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Witness The End Of Hunting: Why We Need A ‘Recklessness’ Clause
10/11/2025
The Hunt Saboteurs Association has produced a booklet titled ‘Witness The End Of Hunting’ which outlines our plans to stop hunters in their tracks or
Witness The End Of Hunting
04/11/2025
The Hunt Saboteurs Association and its affiliated groups have been actively opposing all forms of hunting with hounds since 1963. This means we have over
Portman Hunt Hounds Savagely Attack Deer
03/11/2025
On Saturday 01st of November the Portman Hunt held their opening meet at Manor Farm, Manston, and within ten minutes of leaving the meet hounds
Hare Hunting and Hare Coursing, Different Names, Same Aim
30/10/2025
You may have seen recently that police forces all over the country have been posting on their social media accounts about how their rural crime
Fitzwilliam Felons Rip Fox To Pieces
29/10/2025
This morning, Wednesday 29th October, the criminal Fitzwilliam Hunt killed a fox while hunting near Keyston in Cambridgeshire. They met at Manor Farm and spent the morning hunting nearby with sabs in attendance. At approximately 9:30am hounds flushed a fox from a small wood close to the road just southwest of the meet. After a short chase the hounds caught and killed the fox. Sabs had no chance to intervene.
HOWL – Hounds Off Our Wildlife!
28/10/2025
HOWL – the magazine of the Hunt Saboteurs Association – will be hitting the doormats of our thousands of members in the next couple of
Hare Hunters Harried By Hunt Sabs
24/10/2025
From north to south, the last few months have seen many meets of hare-hunting beagle and basset packs sabbed.
Between August and October or November these packs are ‘leveret hunting’ – a secretive pre-season practice where young hounds are entered into the pack and trained against young hares, akin to the better known ‘cubbing’ season carried out by fox hunts.
Hunt Sabs Not Guilty Of Aggravated Trespass!
21/10/2025
Last Friday, two East Northants Hunt Sabs were found not guilty of aggravated trespass at St Albans Magistrate Court. The court case followed events at the closing meet of the Cambridgeshire Hunt with Enfield Chace Hunt on March 8th, 2025.
Farcical Friday Falls Flat on Its Face!
13/10/2025
Last Friday, pro-bloodsports lobby group, the British Hound Sports Association, achieved the impossible – they managed to make their showpiece National Trail Hunting Day even more ridiculous and irrelevant than last year!
The HSA had long ago dubbed the event ‘Farcical Friday’ but even we were surprised by its inept organisation and embarrassing turnout.
Against All Odds – A Fox Struggles Against Persecution At The Hands Of The Wynnstay Hunt
10/10/2025
On the day that hunters gather around the country to promote the smokescreen of ‘trail hunting’, the HSA has been passed a ground-breaking, year-long investigation into a single artificial earth used by the Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn (Wynnstay) Hunt.
National Trail Hunting Day in Tatters As ‘Host Pack’ Causes Pile Up
09/10/2025
In just 24 hours the North Cotswold Hunt will be presenting itself as shining example of a ‘trail hunting’ pack as it hosts of one of seven gatherings across the country for National Trail Hunting Day – an event dubbed Farcical Friday by the HSA.
Farcical Friday…the Final Countdown!
07/10/2025
This Friday sees the second National Trail Hunting Day, dubbed Farcical Friday by the HSA. The event has been cobbled together by pro-bloodsports lobby group the British Hound Sports Association in an attempt to present ‘trail hunting’ as a legitimate activity.
Parked: Another Beagle Pack Joins The ‘club’
03/10/2025
The Dorset-based Park Beagles have folded, according to pro-hunt lobby group the Countryside Alliance. As with the Sandhurst & Aldershot Beagles , which we reported
End of The Atherstone
01/10/2025
How the Atherstone Hunt became history and how West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs made it happen.
On the 24th of September 2025 the Atherstone Hunt was officially consigned to the history books, almost six years after they disbanded and ceased hunting. A hard-fought campaign by West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs that spanned over six years, saw a demise in hunt support and due to a persistent sab presence, the hunt ultimately had no other option than to concede defeat.
HSA Hunting Act Campaign Continues at Labour Conference
30/09/2025
Yesterday, Monday 28th September, HSA representatives attended the Labour Party conference in Liverpool (well, we were outside actually, as it’s very expensive to set up inside and we don’t want to misuse our supporter’s donations!), to show MPs and Labour Party attendees the depth of feeling around strengthening the Hunting Act.