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20 years later, they’re still hunting, so we’re still sabbing!
21/02/2025
Twenty years on from the birth of the Hunting Act, sabs are still defending wildlife.
The 18th of February marked the 20th anniversary of the hunting act coming into force, and even after all this time hunts up and down the country are still continuing as if it never happened.
The Two Bridges hunt club meet is an annual gathering of the four Dartmoor hunts (the Mid Devon, South Devon, Dartmoor, and Spooners & West Dartmoor) that grotesquely commemorates the anniversary of the Hunting Act.
Taunton Vale Harriers – A Very Public Death
19/02/2025
On Thursday 30th Jan, a Somerset woman witnessed a pack of hounds tearing a fox apart after her afternoon was interrupted by a pack of hunting hounds running through the paddock outside her house.
Wendy Bowen, who lives in Westleigh near Lydeard St Lawrence, Taunton was working from home when she was interrupted by one of her dogs barking. She went outside to investigate what was causing his distress, and saw several hunt hound dogs in her paddock running loose. Shortly afterwards, she witnessed several hunt riders riding past her house, heading up the hill.
Twenty years of the Hunting Act
18/02/2025
On this day in 2005 the Hunting Act came into force. It should have stopped the cruelty of hunting with hounds, but 20 years later hunts across the country are still chasing and killing foxes, hares and deer for fun. And often, hunt sabs are still the only people stopping them.
Aniseed and Antis: CountryFile covers the Hunting Act!
17/02/2025
This week sees the 20 th anniversary of the enactment of the Hunting Act, an occasion marked by a special report on BBC’s Countryfile programme.
Viewers were treated to the sight of a hunt sab, an MP, and Assistant Chief Constable Matt Longman – National Police Lead for Hunting with Hounds – all agreeing that illegal fox hunting was ‘widespread’ under the current Act.
Terrierman Takedown At The Cottesmore Hunt!
12/02/2025
In a major victory for Northants Hunt Sabs, the notorious Cottesmore Hunt – recently the subject of a live broadcast by Chris Packham – have had their terriers seized by Leicestershire Rural Crime Team.
January 2025 Review: Same As It Ever Was – Blatant Hunting & Violent Attacks!
10/02/2025
A summary of events over the last month – it’s been a busy and intense start to the year for all our groups across the country.
Urgent: Hunt Saboteurs Association Appeal For Information!
04/02/2025
Yesterday – Monday 3rd February – North Dorset Hunt Sabs and Weymouth Animal Rights attended a meet of the North Devon Beagles at Stoke Farm, Broadchalke in Wiltshire. As a result of events witnessed during the day, local sabs now believe that this may have been the opening meet in a hare-hunting festival.
Poison, Traps and Shooting – Organised Crime on the Grouse Moors
27/01/2025
Bob Berzins continues his series of posts on the darker side of Britain’s Uplands.
Every Saturday through the hunting season sab groups see co-ordinated criminal activity from dozens of people chasing and killing foxes. An equal co-ordinated effort goes into killing every creature that might have an impact on moorland grouse populations.
Two Tier Policing Exposed As Secret Hunt Deal Finally Released
09/01/2025
A secret deal between Warwickshire Police and the Warwickshire Hunt has finally been released, following a two year campaign by West Midlands Hunt Sabs to expose the truth.
Sabs Save Hunted Fox In Lake District!
06/01/2025
In early December 2024, Lake District Hunt Sabs prevented a fox from being killed by the Blencathra Foxhounds near Bowscale in the Northern Fells. Acting on a tip-off from concerned hikers, sabs arrived in the area to find the Blencathra’s hound trailer parked up on Swineside Road and hunt supporters lining fellside tracks with binoculars at the ready.
Merry Beaglers? Sabs stop seasonal hare hunting
03/01/2025
While the red-coated fox hunters inevitably dominate the Boxing Day media headlines, the festive season is also an important time for hare hunters, who like to squeeze in a few extra meets during the season of peace and goodwill.
Fortunately, this fact is not lost on hunt sabs who have mobilised against hare hunters across the country.
Chris Packham & co cover the Cottesmore in first ever live broadcast experience.
30/12/2024
Special Report by Northants Hunt Sabs
As the Cottesmore Hunt gathered in Wymondham village, at the home of their former master huntsman and current British Hound Sports Association (BHSA) vice-chairman Andrew Osborne, Northants Hunt Saboteurs arrived with their own special guests in the form of Chris Packham (C.B.E. Broadcaster and Natural History Expert) and Megan McCubbin (Zoologist) who emerged from our vehicle in style!
The Mask Slips On Boxing Day Charade
29/12/2024
Boxing Day is seen as a big day in the hunting calendar, a day focused on public relations with many hunts parading through town centres and offering a sanitised image of their bloodsport. With all of the added attention, it is often the only day that many hunts actually behave themselves and act within the law. But despite this, some just couldn’t help themselves…
Thurlow Hunt Maul And Kill Helpless Muntjac
26/12/2024
On Monday 23rd December – a time of supposed peace and good will – hunt sabs were confronted with the horrific reality of hunting at the Suffolk-based Thurlow Hunt.
Behind The Facade: The Truth About The Boxing Day Parade
24/12/2024
The annual Boxing Day Hunt Parade is a traditional fixture in many towns’ Christmas calendars, with families turning out to enjoy the ‘spectacle’. The hunt lingers for a while, drinking port, eating sausage rolls and basking in the admiring gaze of the public. So, what happens next? Here, we provide a step-by-step, behind-the-scenes account of how the rest of the day unfolds.