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Hunting stopped on MOD land!
16/09/2024
Hunting has effectively been stopped on Ministry of Defence (MOD) land, with the issuing of licences to hunts currently suspended.
In a Freedom of Information request seen by the Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) last week, the MOD confirmed that 11 hunts had applied for licences to use MOD land for so-called ‘trail hunting activities’ ahead of the new hunting season, but that no licences had been issued.
The British Hound Sports Association: Corrupt? Incompetent? …Or Both?
13/09/2024
The recently released footage of terriermen from the Axe Vale Harriers pulling a fox and an injured terrier out of a badger sett once again draws into question the legitimacy and authority of hunting’s so-called ‘governing body,’ the British Hound Sports Association (BHSA).
Horrific Video Blows the Lid off National Trail Hunting Day
12/09/2024
Just two days before National Trail Hunting Day – the farcical event that has become known as Smokescreen Saturday – we release damning footage of what one of the participating hunts gets up to when police, politicians and journalists are not invited to attend.
Footage Shows Hunt Blocking Badger Setts To Stop Foxes Escape
06/09/2024
HSA is today releasing covert footage captured of members of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn’s Hunt (aka the Wynnstay Hunt) blocking active badger setts ahead of a hunting day.
‘National Trail Hunting Day’ Organised by Convicted Fox Hunter
04/09/2024
One of the key organisers of National Trail Hunting Day – or Smokescreen Saturday, as it has come to be known – has multiple convictions under the Hunting Act.
Death at Dawn: The Horror of ‘Cubbing’ Begins
02/09/2024
Hunts have already been caught out, sneaking out at the crack of dawn to participate in one of their dirty little secrets – cubbing – otherwise known as cub hunting, or dressed up by the hunters as ‘autumn hunting’.
Police Investigate After Horse Hit at Hunt Kennels
27/08/2024
Police are investigating after hunt sabs released disturbing footage of a man kicking and punching a horse at a hunt kennels on Saturday.
Trail Hunting: A Pack Of Lies
26/08/2024
With the Labour Government committed to banning ‘trail hunting’, the HSA takes a detailed look at this activity and how it has been used for almost twenty years to circumvent the law.
‘Struggling With Venue’: Smokescreen Saturday Descends Into Farce
21/08/2024
British Hound Sports Association’s showpiece event, National Trail Hunting Day, is descending into farce.
Fox Hunters Seeking Protected Characteristic Status is Insulting to Genuine Minorities
19/08/2024
Following her recent demolition of Hunting Kind’s Ed Swales on Good Morning Britain, the HSA is delighted to feature a guest piece by writer, presenter and activist Chantelle Lunt.
Run Out Of Stean: Stean Grouse Shoot Gets Sabbed
17/08/2024
Following on from Monday’s highly successful sabotage of the Wemmergill Estate’s first grouse shoot of the season, sabs were once again out taking action.
Hardened Hunter To Organise Smokescreen Saturday
14/08/2024
As predicted, the Labour Party won the General Election by quite a landslide. Within Labour’s manifesto was a promise to close the loopholes which have allowed hunts to continue to hunt live quarry ever since the passing of the Hunting Act nearly twenty years ago.
Sabs silence guns on the Wemmergill estate
12/08/2024
Saboteurs from across the country headed to the North Pennines to stop the guns on the first day of the grouse shooting season, known by animal abusers as the ‘Glorious Twelfth’.
12th August: The Culmination Of A Year Of Killing – Part 2
07/08/2024
In his second article, moorland campaigner and author Bob Berzins takes a detailed look at the hideous array of traps that litter our upland environments.
Horror In The Hills As Stag Hunting Season Begins
06/08/2024
Yesterday morning, Mendip and North Dorset Hunt Sabs tried to stop the Quantock Stag Hounds from killing a magnificent stag at the start of the new hunting season.