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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.
Serving police officer claims corruption at the top of Warwickshire Police
23/12/2024
We at West Midlands Hunt Sabs have been calling the Warwickshire Hunt an Organised Crime Group for some time, but last night on Channel 4 News that view was repeated by a serving Warwickshire Police officer.
We have been campaigning for years to expose the corruption that we believe goes right to the top of Warwickshire Police and resulted in the controversial ‘secret deal’ being struck with the Warwickshire Hunt after the Community Protection Notice that had been served on them was withdrawn. This meant the Warwickshire Hunt effectively bypassed due process.
This view of corruption among senior officers at Warwickshire Police was confirmed by a serving officer within Warwickshire Police speaking anonymously to Channel 4 News. The officer states that they were not surprised by any of the behaviour around the hunt – it is just something that happens at Warwickshire Police, suggesting, perhaps, that the secret deal scandal is just the tip of the iceberg.
Drone Wars Reach New Heights!
20/12/2024
Just two weeks after we reported on the Beaufort Hunt bringing down a sab drone, another hunt has targeted our ‘eye in the sky’ technology.
Captain Paul Watson Finally Free!
19/12/2024
Paul Watson has finally been released from prison! The anti-whaling activist, former hunt sab, founder of Sea Shepherd and the Captain Paul Watson Foundation has spent the last 5 months incarcerated in Greenland.