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Criminal Huntsman Convicted… Again!
01/01/2024
Just before Christmas, huntsman Chris Woodward was convicted of illegally hunting a fox and ordered to pay a fine & costs totalling £1,375.
Devon Hunt Kills Two Hounds On Busy A30
30/12/2023
The Hunt Saboteurs Association has received reports of two foxhounds who were tragically hit and killed by cars today on the busy A30 today, near Okehampton, Devon.
Caught Red Handed! Mendip Farmers Hunt Terrier Men Block Active Badger Sett
25/12/2023
Covert cameras have caught the Mendip Farmers Hunt blocking an active badger sett just hours before hunt hounds rampage through the area.
“Oh My God…I’m So Sorry…There’s Nothing I Can Do!”
24/12/2023
These are the desperate cries of a Powys resident as they filmed hunt hounds tearing a fox to pieces in their neighbour’s garden.
Two days after the HSA released video of the Avon Vale Hunt throwing a live fox to hounds, we have been given permission to share horrifying footage of a hunt in Powys on the afternoon of Wednesday 22nd November.
Fox Hunters: They Couldn’t Give Two Fookes!
23/12/2023
News coming in is 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.
Hunting Horror Behind The Boxing Day Charade
22/12/2023
As hunts across the country prepare to gather for their Boxing Day meets, the HSA has been passed horrifying footage of so-called ‘trail hunters’ digging a fox from its underground refuge and throwing it – alive – to a pack of hounds.
Urgent Appeal For Information!
19/12/2023
Following the recent conviction and plea hearings of a number of huntsman and hunt terriermen, the HSA is making a further appeal for sight of several sick videos hunting videos referenced in court.
In particular, we are interested in a video that shows former Avon Vale Hunt master Stuart Radbourne and his fox-baiting mate Oliver Thompson throwing a live fox to the hounds in front of hunt supporters – including a child – on Christmas Eve, 2020.
Terrier Work – Hunting’s ‘Soft Underbelly’ Exposed Yet Again
19/12/2023
Ex-Essex & Suffolk huntsman, Sam Staniland. was in court last Monday facing six animal welfare charges relating to terrier work.
The court heard how Staniland, who already has a conviction under the Hunting Act from his time at the Meynell & South Staffs, failed to prevent injuries and suffering to multiple terriers, a foxhound, and two lurchers by causing, and failing to prevent, dogs from fighting with foxes and badgers.
Musical Differences: Fox Hunters Use Queen Song In Their Latest Video
19/12/2023
Another fake trail-laying event and another embarrassment for hunting’s incompetent governing body, the British Hound Sports Association. This time, the BHSA have chosen to use the Queen song Don’t Stop Me Now to accompany their latest poorly produced video of foxhounds running through a field.
Wiltshire Police Corruption: Badger Protector Receives Substantial Damages From Police
18/12/2023
A badger protector from Wiltshire has accepted substantial damages after being arrested on false – and subsequently withdrawn – claims made by a badger cull shooter. Wiltshire Police agreed a settlement on a case brought against them and admitted unlawful detainment, trespass against the person, assault and battery and a GDPR breach of the badger protectors’ personal information to a third party.
Fox Attack Case Discontinued Against Avon Vale Terrierman
15/12/2023
There could not be a more obvious case of illegal hunting than that captured on camera by fox hunter Harry Mayo at a meet of the Avon Vale Hunt in Brokerswood in December 2022. The video, which showed Avon Vale terrierman Alex Warden retrieve his terrier from a badger sett, as someone lifted the doomed fox from the ground and threw them to the waiting hounds who proceeded to tear the terrified animal apart.
CONVICTED: ‘Sadistic’ Huntsman Guilty Of Two More Animal Cruelty Charges
13/12/2023
Former Old Berkshire Huntsman Oliver Thompson was spared jail on Monday. He was handed a 20-week prison sentence, suspended for two years, told to complete 300 hours of unpaid work, and to pay costs of £2,500.
Fail Hunting: The BHSA’s Latest ‘Trail Hunting’ Demonstration Backfires
08/12/2023
Friday 8th December saw the second of the British Hound Sports Association’s (BHSA) totally shambolic ‘Trail Hunting Demonstrations’. Much as the first ‘demonstration’ back in October, Friday’s event proved to be another failed attempt from those in the bloodsport’s so-called ‘governing body’ to portray hunts as working within the law.
The Horror Of Hind Hunting
06/12/2023
While the autumn stag hunting season has come to an end, there is no reprieve for the red deer herds of the Southwest. Right now, the country’s three remaining stag hunts are targeting hinds, or female deer.
VICTORY! Yet Another South Wales Hunt Folds
04/12/2023
The Caerphilly and District Hunt has just announced that it is going to disband, some 70 years after its formation. The dissolution of the hunt was unanimously agreed upon by members of the hunt at a recent EGM, with the hunt’s final ever meet announced for the 6th January.