Fox Hunters: They Couldn’t Give Two Fookes!

News is coming in that one of the two males arrested following the assault and robbery of hunt sabs is none other than Kieron Fookes, twin brother of recently convicted wildlife criminal Aaron Fookes, the former whipper-in of the Avon Vale Hunt.

Members of North Dorset Hunt Saboteurs were attacked as they intervened between the hounds and a hunted fox, as they were taking measures to mask the line of the fox at a meet of the Blackmore & Sparkford Vale (BSV) Hunt on 7th December at North Dairy Farm, Pullham, Dorset.

Two members of the hunt assaulted and robbed the sabs of equipment soon after, and then fled back to their vehicle, as hunt riders blocked the sabs escape. Fookes can allegedly be heard on their recording equipment saying “No you’re fucking not!” just after a sab says they will make attempts to retrieve their stolen equipment.

Police attended and Dorset Police Rural Crime Team have since made two arrests on suspicion of assault and theft. Too bad his image was caught on camera when his mask slipped, not hard to identify that mug.

Hunt crime is a family affair in the Fookes household. Fookes’ father also isn’t adverse to a spot of criminality, even impersonating a police officer when he ventured out with the terriermen at the Avon Vale Hunt.

One thing is for sure, wherever there is a brother Fookes in town, there will be thuggery, violence and criminality. North Dorset sabs regularly document assaults, and some sabs have had their homes targeted with car windows smashed and tyres slashed, others have been sprayed with urine by hunt terrierman Steve Paul. The former Huntsman Mark Doggrell once rode down a sab using his horse, almost killing them and his son Ben has several convictions including racial abuse and ABH. Fookes will fit in perfectly with BSV thugs.

A HSA spokesperson said

“Violence is so normalised in hunting communities, with children taught by their parents that inflicting pain and suffering on animals is something to be enjoyed, and that they have a right to take whatever they want, be it the life of a fox or even equipment belonging to those who try to stop them.

In a couple of days time on Boxing Day, the BSV hunt will meet in Castle Cary and parade their horses and hounds through the town, in a sanitised display of pageantry that is a million miles from the reality of their activities. The next government must close the loopholes in the Hunting Act and address the sentencing guidelines to make sure they provide a meaningful deterrent to these criminal gangs”