Fox cub hunting (cubbing) has started

If you see or hear any info about you local hunt please call us ASAP. What to look out for - https://www.huntsabs.org.uk/strong-coffee-and-citronella-the-dawn-disgrace-that-is-cub-hunting/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckWKXjOmHjU

Men fined hundreds of pounds after being caught hare coursing

13th September 2021 Two men have been fined hundreds of pounds after being caught hare coursing in North Yorkshire. Thomas Agar McDonald, 33, from Stokesley, and John Alan Langan, 35, from Great Ayton were caught by police officers after a report from a member of the public. Both men took off from police on January …

Fox killed during Warwickshire Hunt meet

9th September 2021 A FOX has been killed during a Warwickshire Hunt event in Chadshunt. Hunt saboteurs captured the incident on video in which hounds are seen gathering in a frenzy and, as they disband, the remains of an animal can be seen. While fox hunting is illegal, ‘trail hunting’ – where a scent is …

F**c the cull – Another year of mass slaughter has started

Message from Manchester Hunt Sabs 7th September 2021 Another year of mass slaughter has started. The government backed farce will see hundreds of Badgers killed across Cheshire & Staffordshire. If you'd like to support us as we do our best to fuck it up for them, you can donate here: ko-fi.com/manchesterhuntsabs

Laughing crack dealer filmed his dogs ripping badger to shreds

3rd September 2021 A crack cocaine dealer was found with "sickening" footage of a "barbaric" attack by two dogs on a "squealing" badger - and it was all filmed for "entertainment". One of the aggressive dogs, called Pig, was being encouraged and congratulated as a "good lad" by a laughing man during the vicious fight. …

Driver Jake Melhuish jailed for causing death of Trevor Coates

2nd September 2021 A SHOOTING party guest has been jailed after he killed a friend in a car crash after he had been drinking port and taking cocaine. Jake Melhuish was driving from the shoot on the edge of Exmoor with 23-year-old father-to-be Trevor Coates as his passenger when his car veered off a country …

Man convicted of hare coursing across Fife

2nd September 2021 A FIFE man has been fined after being convicted of using his dog to catch and kill hares last year. Jackie Stewart, 41, was fined £1,000 at Dundee Sheriff Court on Wednesday, 1 September, 2021, after pleading guilty to the offence on 17 June 2020. Hare coursing is a wildlife crime where …

Quorn Hunt members cleared of breaching fox-hunting ban

25th August 2021 Two hunt members who were accused of encouraging hounds to look for a fox have been cleared of a hunting offence. Huntsman John Finnegan and whipper-in Rhys Matcham from the Quorn Hunt were on trial for breaching the 2004 Hunting Act in Leicestershire last year. The pair claimed the hunt on 4 …

Huntsman and whipper-in accused of ‘charade’ to flout fox hunting ban

24th August 2021 A huntsman and a whipper-in actively encouraged hounds to look for a fox after a trail hunt was set up as a charade, a court has heard. Prosecutors allege that huntsman John Oliver Finnegan, 36, and 30-year-old whipper-in Rhys Matcham breached the 2004 Hunting Act in Leicestershire on February 4 last year. …

Huntsman pleads guilty to Livestock Worrying

Message from Sheffield Hunt Sabs 23rd August 2021 Phillip Watts today pleaded guilty to Livestock Worrying after he lost control of the High Peak hounds as they chased a calf last season, in an incident which made national press. Watts left the High Peak soon after. He was given a six month conditional discharge and …