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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A badger protector from Wiltshire has accepted substantial damages after being arrested on false – and subsequently withdrawn – claims made by a badger cull shooter.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.
Four Wheels Bad: The Law On Quad Bikes
29/11/2023
Whilst we all know what hunts are using quad bikes for – the terrier boxes on the front along with digging equipment being a dead giveaway – there’s no plausible excuse to have terrier men on a so called “trail hunt”, there is still some confusion from the general public who comment on our posts as to the legality of the use of quads. This post answer some of these concerns.
Sabs Attacked While Saving Deer From Quantocks Staghounds
28/11/2023
North Dorset Hunt Sabs were attacked by a drunken hunt master and his accomplices at a meet of the Somerset-based Quantock Staghounds yesterday.
Hare Hunters Tied Up In Notts!
27/11/2023
Nottingham Hunt Sabs successfully disrupted a rare meet of the East Lincolnshire Bassets near Revesby on Saturday.
Hunting Office ‘Smokescreen’ Webinars: Three Years On
23/11/2023
It is three years since the Hunt Saboteurs Association published leaked training webinars from the Hunting Office. These webinars – presented to an audience of over 100 hunt masters – conclusively proved what hunt sabs had been saying for the previous fifteen years: trail hunting is a lie.
Gifts To Help Stop Hunting This Christmas
20/11/2023
Make the gift-giving season more meaningful whilst also raising awareness and supporting our work by shopping from our huge range of unique HSA gifts!
Hunt Saboteurs Association: Appeal For Information
17/11/2023
The HSA is today appealing for sight of videos that it is aware are circulating on sick hunting WhatsApp groups.
Puckeridge & Essex Hunt Hounds Savage Fallow Deer
16/11/2023
Hunt sabs witnessed horrifying scenes last Saturday 11th November as out-of-control hounds from the Puckeridge & Essex Hunt attacked a fallow deer.