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Axe Vale Video Exposes the Horror of ‘Terrier Work’
Today the HSA is releasing a longer version of the horrific video in which the Axe Vale Harriers terrier gang were filmed digging a fox from a badger sett.
Smokescreen Saturday Sinks Without a Trace
In case you didn’t know – and you almost certainly didn’t – Saturday was National Trail Hunting Day, better known as Smokescreen Saturday. Organised by the pro-hunt British Hound Sports Association, the much-vaunted event was billed as “the day we begin to change minds” on the legitimacy of trail hunting.
Hunting stopped on MOD land!
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’.