Hunt members found guilty of illegally pursuing fox with hounds

Verdict is triumph for animal rights groups as trio from Crawley and Horsham Hunt convicted and fined Three leading members of a Sussex hunt have been convicted of pursuing a fox illegally with hounds, in a case that will be seen a significant victory for animal rights activists. The guilty verdicts at Haywards Heath magistrates [...]

Lady turns on a foxhunter!

Made my day!!!  

Cotswold Vale Fox Hunt attack Three innocent residents during illegal hunt

The Cotswold Vale hunt today (27/3/12) attacked 3 people, one of them a woman in her sixties, during their final hunting day of the season. The first attack involved a motorist who they claimed had hit one of their hounds on the B4213 near Apperley, Gloucestershire. One of the hunt terrier men punched him in [...]

Campaigners blame hunt after badget sett destroyed

ANIMAL campaigners are blaming huntsmen after a badger sett was found dug into and destroyed. Police are investigating reports of a sett allegedly being destroyed by terriermen belonging to an Essex hunt, near to Sturmer Road, New England, in Halstead. It is illegal to enter or disrupt a badger sett without a licence. Renee Hockley [...]

Police probe attack on Carlisle man during hunt

Police are investigating an alleged assault on a Carlisle man that occurred during a hunt. It is alleged that the victim, who is a man in his 40s, was monitoring the Coniston Hunt on Saturday when he was assaulted by at least two men who hit him with sticks. He suffered minor facial injuries in [...]

Rural gangs linked to drug operations

Poaching and hare coursing gangs often linked with major drugs operations are behind most crimes against wildlife. In Cumbria last year, 363 wildlife crimes were reported to the police and of those 211 involved poaching, hare coursing and lamping – hunting animals at night with high-powered lights. In one incident at Sandysyke near Longtown, three [...]

Crawley & Horsham Hunt trial date set

Note for your diary next month. The date of the trial for the four members of the Crawley and Horsham Hunt has been set for April 23rd 2012 and is expected to last about 7 days. The case will be heard at Horsham Magistrates Court. Andrew Phillis, former huntsman (who is now huntsman/master for the [...]

Boy watches in horror as hounds chase pet in Petworth

A mother and her nine-year-old son watched helplessly as a pack of hounds chased their pet terrier around a lake in Petworth Park on Sunday. Mya, a three-year-old Lakeland terrier, fled in terror as mink hounds from the Wealden pack, on exercise in the park, pursued her until in panic she leapt into the water [...]

Fox hunt investigation abandoned amid row between campaigners and CPS

Animal charity criticises prosecutors for letter claiming Dorset hunt was ‘media savvy’ and would use specialist lawyers Owen Bowcott, legal affairs correspondent guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 21 February 2012 An investigation into a Dorset hunt has been abandoned amid a row between animal welfare monitors and the Crown Prosecution Service over the text of a letter explaining [...]

Well done to this man

Fox’s protector comes forward THE “mystery” man who helped protect a fox from hounds in East Devon has come forward. Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses to the incident which happened on Boxing Day afternoon near Shute. Sidmouth resident Prescilla Lynch, 52, claims to have found herself in the middle of the pack of [...]