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During the summer months, fox cubs can be often seen in the countryside, exploring their surroundings with their parents close by. But those with malevolent intentions are also watching them, noting their location for when cub hunting – or cubbing – begins.

And why the next Government needs to get a grip on illegal hunting. Unless you’re doing a very good job of hiding from the news, you’ll know that there’s a General Election on the horizon. Maybe not in the next few months, but likely within the next twelve.

What is the best type of hunt? A disbanded one. Last year, the Tanatside Hunt, which traditionally set off from Welshpool on Boxing Day, disbanded citing “increasing urbanisation” of their hunt country as the reason they could no longer carry on.

North Yorkshire Council looks set to join major landowners such as the National Trust and United Utilities in banning “trail hunting” on its land.

Two members of the notoriously violent Avon Vale Hunt have pleaded guilty to wildlife offences yesterday, at Swindon Magistrates Court.

Northern Ireland’s County Down Staghounds are to fold after two centuries of inflicting horrendous cruelty on deer.

On Saturday the elusive Dove Valley Mink (otter) Hounds were shut down by sabs from Nottingham, Staffs, West Mids and Mendip Sabs.

News reaches the HSA that the Leadon Vale Basset Hounds are to fold.

The Avon Vale Hunt are to appear in Swindon Magistrates Court on Animal Welfare and Hunting Act charges.

Recently the Hunt Saboteurs Association exposed shocking footage of huntsman, Oliver Thompson, of the Old Berkshire Foxhounds who was filmed by his wife Felicity as they used a terrier to bait a terrified fox cub.

Horrifying footage passed to the HSA shows Oliver Thompson of the Old Berkshire Foxhounds baiting a terrified young fox with a terrier.

A Cottesmore Hunt supporter filmed mowing down a hunt saboteur with her car pleaded guilty to causing ABH at Leicester Magistrates Court on Thursday.

The recent acquittal of the Puckeridge Hunt is yet another reminder of just how cynical and dishonest the fox hunters are. When their standard ‘smokescreen’ of trail hunting fails, they will say literally anything to get themselves off the hook.

The recent not-guilty verdict for former Puckeridge huntsman, Arun Squire, has demonstrated perfectly, why Hunt Saboteurs are still focusing our efforts on fox hunts nearly 20 years after the ban on fox hunting was codified.

The British Hound Sports Association (AKA the Hunting Office) has issued an edict that terriers should not routinely be taken on hunts.
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