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CHRIS PACKHAM
Hunt Saboteurs Association: February Round-up
February may be the shortest month, but it wasn’t short of hunts being persistently sabbed, sabs using drones, illegal hunting, hunt violence and hunt trespass. The 18th of February marked the 20th anniversary of the Hunting Act coming into force and 20 years on sabs are still witnessing hounds hunting
Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow – Coursing in the East
The coursing of wildlife with sight hounds across the eastern counties hit the national headlines recently with the rampage of a gang of approximately 70 individuals in multiple vehicles across the countryside around Ely at the end of January.
It was widely reported that many emergency calls were made
Hunt Saboteurs Spring Sale!
Spring has finally sprung…foxes will soon be giving birth to their cubs, hares are putting on their spectacular boxing displays, and the Hunt Saboteurs Association is having sale.
Middleton Hunt Caught Out by Eye in the Sky
York Hunt Sabs sent the following report.
The notorious Middleton Hunt met at Woodside Farm Bed & Breakfast/Holiday cottages in Westow/Howsham on Wednesday 12th February.
Ex-Huntsman Sam Staniland Convicted of Animal Cruelty
Today, Sam Staniland, the former huntsman of the Essex & Suffolk Hunt, appeared at Ipswich Magistrates’ Court facing six charges related to animal cruelty, including allowing dogs to fight with badgers and foxes. The case was brought by the RSPCA and Suffolk Police Rural Crime Team, following evidence discovered when
Beaufort Hunt Heighten Drone Wars In Premeditated Attack
In November 2024, the Beaufort Hunt were hunting foxes at Widley’s Gorse, located on farmland owned by the Duke of Beauforts’ Badminton Estate, when the pack of hounds attacked a fox which was seeking refuge in a badger sett. Wiltshire Hunt Sabs were present and monitoring the hunt with a
Cruelty United: Shropshire Hunt Hides Body Of Dead Fox
Horrifying footage passed to the HSA shows the lengths fox hunts will go to conceal their illegal activities. A member of the public was filming the United Pack hunting around Corndon Hill in Shropshire on 30th January 2025, when they heard the huntsman’s horn blow for a kill in woodland.
20 years later, they’re still hunting, so we’re still sabbing!
Twenty years on from the birth of the Hunting Act, sabs are still defending wildlife.
The 18th of February marked the 20th anniversary of the hunting act coming into force, and even after all this time hunts up and down the country are still continuing as if it never happened.
Taunton Vale Harriers – A Very Public Death
On Thursday 30th Jan, a Somerset woman witnessed a pack of hounds tearing a fox apart after her afternoon was interrupted by a pack of hunting hounds running through the paddock outside her house.
Wendy Bowen, who lives in Westleigh near Lydeard St Lawrence, Taunton was working from home
ROGUES GALLERY
Our Rogues Gallery of hunting related offenses by hunters and their associates.
HOWL ARCHIVE
Dive into our archive of HOWL magazines, documenting the journey of the HSA.
HUNT LOCATIONS
Our map reveals hunt locations across the UK - you may be surprised!
LOCAL GROUPS
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SHOCKING SCALE OF BADGER PERSECUTION BY HUNTS REVEALED
The wide scale persecution of badgers by hunts is revealed in new data seen by the Hunt Saboteurs Association.
Of the 3,405 incidents reported in the National Wildlife Crime Unit’s ‘Badger Related Incident Analysis…
JUSTICE FOR THE PELSHAM FARM FOX
On the 4th of December 2023 the BSV hunted and killed a fox at Pelsham Farm near Buckhorn Weston. Foot sabs had gone around ahead of them and positioned at Nyland knowing that foxes often ran that way.
Sadly that day floods prevented the fox…
MARCH 2025 REVIEW: SEASONS & SABS KEEP ROLLING
A summary of events over the last month. March saw the fox and hare hunting season coming to an end for many hunts across the country. Many of our groups faced violence and witnessed kills right up till the final meets.…
NORTH COTSWOLD HUNTSMAN OLIVER DALE CHARGED WITH A TRIO OF ILLEGAL HUNTING INCIDENTS
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