A Tribute to Mike Hill

Please do something to help animals this month in the name of Mike Hill. Saving the life of one animal won't change the world, but it will change the world of that particular animal, No matter how small the action, they all help in the end. ########################## At 4.00 pm Saturday 9th February, 1991 Mike …

Dead badger strung up at New Forest home of Chris Packham

21st February 2020 A DEAD badger has been strung up at the New Forest home of TV presenter and wildlife campaigner Chris Packham. Mr Packham (58) tweeted a picture of the gruesome late-night discovery on his gate at about 1am this morning (Friday). He said: “Always nice to get home after a long day at …

WAVENEY HARRIERS’ HOUNDS MAUL DEER OVER AND OVER!!

Post from Norfolk/Suffolk Hunt Sabs WARNING :  CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT. Following our report yesterday (18th February 2020) of a deer being killed by the Waveney Harriers at Frostenden, please see photographs and read the account of what happened written by the courageous member of Norfolk and Suffolk Against Live Quarry Hunting who witnessed this horrific …

Four men fined for poaching in Stapleford

10th February 2020 The quartet were caught on Christmas Eve. Police received a report of a suspicious vehicle and dogs on farm land in Stapleford at 12.15pm on December 24th 2019. Officers attended and located four men, a vehicle was also seized along with two dogs. The four appeared before Salisbury Magistrates on Friday (7th …

Hunt hounds ‘run amok’ while ‘chasing fox’ through Chesterfield businesses

Businesses near Chesterfield say they are counting the cost after dogs from a Derbyshire hunt ‘ran amok’ while ‘chasing a fox’ across their land. By Tim Paget Monday, 10th February 2020 Hounds from the Barlow Hunt allegedly ‘rampaged’ across a former golf driving range and a reclamation business at Barrow Hill on Tuesday, February 4 …

Sabs doing what sabs do best – saving lives

Message from Glasgow Hunt Sabs Illegal dig out- Lanarkshire & Renfrewshire Foxhounds- 08/02/20 https://www.facebook.com/glasgowhuntsabs/videos/633887897412397/ This was an active badger set a fox had gone to ground in. Other sabs continued with the hunt while some from Glasgow and some from Fife and Central Scotland Hunt Sabs defended the earth and were stomped on and thrown …

League Against Cruel Sports and Countryside Alliance comment on court case

7th February 2020 Animal welfare campaigners have described a not guilty verdict as a hollow victory for hunting after two men associated with the Quantock Staghounds deer hunt avoided a criminal conviction at Taunton Magistrates’ Court on February 4. Richard Down, former Huntsman, and Martin Watts, former Whipper-in and current Huntsman of the Quantock Staghounds, …

Depraved Scots thug caged after forcing dogs to compete in barbaric badger baiting

Conran Connor used three dogs for taking part in brutal clashes with the animals in rural Lanarkshire. 6th February 2020 A thug who admitted keeping dogs to compete in barbaric badger baiting contests has now been jailed for 21 weeks. Conran Connor, of Wishaw, Lanarkshire used three dogs for taking part in brutal clashes with the …

Somerset deer hunt in court

Posted 29th January, 2020 A former Huntsman will be appearing at Taunton Magistrates’ Court on Monday, February 3 accused of illegally hunting a stag with a pack of hounds. The case follows an investigation by Avon and Somerset Police based on evidence obtained by volunteers from Hounds Off and Somerset Wildlife Crime, who monitored the …

Hunt supporter smashes sab vehicle windows with a hammer

Message from Sheffield Hunt Sabs On 25/01/2020, we attended a meet of the Grove and Rufford Hunt at South Farm, Letwell, with West Yorkshire Hunt Saboteurs. While our foot sabs were with with the hounds, hunt support blocked our vehicle in and made some phone calls. Half an hour later, two red Subaru Foresters with …

Huntsman found not guilty of illegally hunting fox with hounds

22nd January 2020 A huntsman who was accused of illegally hunting a fox with hounds has been found not guilty. Peter Doggrell of Bishops Down, Sherborne, was accused of hunting a wild mammal with a dog in a two-day trial at Taunton Magistrates Court, where footage was played of the incident. The reported incident was …