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15th October 2021 FOUND GUILTY! Mark Hankinson has been found guilty of encouraging or assisting others to commit offences under the hunting act following his trial at Westminster magistrates court. The trial came about after the HSA exposed leaked hunting office webinars in 2020.

Three Month Suspended Jail Sentence for the Possession of two dead Buzzards

Date Released: Thursday, October 21, 2021 A County Laois man has been given a three month suspended prison sentence for the possession of two dead Buzzards, which were found strung up on his land. On Friday the 15th of October, at Portlaoise District Court, Mr. Desmond Crawford, Roskelton, Mountrath, Co. Laois pleaded guilty to the …

National Trust reaffirms trail hunting stance after alleged activity between Keswick and Buttermere

20/10/2021 THE National Trust has reaffirmed its stance on trail hunting following reports of the activity taking place on its land. Videos seen by the News & Star appeared to show trail hunting taking place between Keswick and Buttermere and near Crummock Water last week. A National Trust spokesperson said: “Following the emergence of a …

Police ‘furious’ that a member of the House of Lords was not prosecuted over fox hunting video

20th October 2021 Police officers behind the conviction of a leading figure in the fox hunting lobby have told i they are “furious” that a member of the House of Lords was not prosecuted. Lord Mancroft, one of 92 hereditary peers who remain in the upper house, was one of six leading hunting figures who …

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Mark Hankinson: Top huntsman guilty of encouraging illegal fox hunting

15th October 2021 A senior fox hunter has been found guilty of encouraging and assisting people to evade the ban on fox hunting. Recordings of Mark Hankinson, a director of the Master of Foxhounds Association, speaking to around 100 senior hunters in two private webinars in August 2020 were leaked online. The prosecution argued he …

Shocking video shows campaigner confronting huntsman with dead fox in south Warwickshire after dragging it out of the mouths of hounds

The huntsmen said the hounds strayed from the trail which had been laid for them to follow and that they immediately reported it the police (NWHSA comment - what a load of bullshit) 13th October 2021 An anti-hunt campaigner in south Warwickshire dragged a dead fox out of the mouths of hounds - and then …

Bicester Hunt Kill fox

Message from West Midlands Hunt Sabs Bicester Hunt and Whaddon Chase - Tuesday 12th October 2021 - Priors Hardwick, Warwickshire Video of Bicester Hunt Kill fox -  http://www.facebook.com/WestMidsHuntSabs/videos/361409865765160/ Video of the Bicester Hunt with Whaddon Chase actively hunting a fox which is then killed by the hounds in thick undergrowth. Our sab struggled on hands …

Why are foxhunters exempt from the Tories’ ‘public order’ crackdown?

Bloodsports enthusiasts appear to be running riot, while the government rides roughshod over our right to protest George Monbiot 13th August 2021 Something is going badly wrong in the countryside. For years, despite abundant video evidence, bloodsports enthusiasts have intimidated and attacked people who criticise and seek to monitor them, with apparent impunity. There is …

Man banned from owning animals after ‘standing on hare while his dog mauled it’

A man from County Durham has been banned from owning animals for five years after what a judge described as “absolutely appalling animal cruelty”. 12th October 2021 Paul Bowes, 30, of Etherley Dene, Bishop Auckland, was convicted of hunting with a dog at Rise in East Yorkshire and causing unnecessary suffering to a brown hare, …