Batchelor Party As Northern Counties Mink Hounds Get Sabbed!

25th April 2024 Image Staffordshire Hunt Sabs A barn full of old folks in bright waistcoats? A verge full of Sabs in their new black spring outfits? Mink hunt sabbing must be underway! Hunt Saboteurs from Sheffield, Manchester, Staffordshire, Hull and West Yorkshire found themselves at a familiar meet, Eastfield Farm in Arram. Where the …

FIRST ARRESTS UNDER NEW SCOTTISH FOX HUNTING LAW

Message from Glasgow Hunt Sabs 12th April 2024 Matthew Wilkinson, huntsman for the Jed Forest Hunt, who we focussed on over the last hunting season, has been arrested and charged with multiple hunting offences under the new Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023. This arrest is the first of its kind since the new Act …

BLACKMORE & SPARKFORD VALE HUNT MEMBER GUILTY OF ABH

8th April 2024 Last week, sabs from North Dorset spent three consecutive days in Bournemouth Crown Court giving evidence and victim statements. On Thursday 4th April, a jury unanimously found Charlie Mayo, a member of the Blackmore & Sparkford Vale Hunt (BSV), guilty of Actual Bodily Harm (ABH). The attack took place 28 months ago, …

Deadly dog fighting ring run by ‘Doctor Death’ and his gang from suburban garage for money

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Self-styled 'Doctor Death' Phillip Ali ran a barbaric international contest ring where thousands of pounds could be won as the animals were ripped apart in Essex 4th April 2024 A gang ran a vicious ­international dog-fighting ring in the garage of a couple’s village home. It was led by “Doctor Death” Phillip Ali, …

Gang convicted of training and fighting dogs across Europe

4th April 2024 FOUR people have been convicted for their involvement in a dog fighting ring which saw organised fights take place across England, the Republic of Ireland and France. Three men and one woman were all convicted by a jury today [Wednesday 3 April] of a string of offences* following a four-week trial at …

Top Devon cop says illegal fox hunting is rife and that must change

People are 'reluctant' to report offences, according to a chief superintendent 2nd April 2024 It's 20 years since fox hunting was banned in England and Wales under the Hunting Act 2004. The law came into effect the following year but as anti-hunt groups like the League Against Cruel Sports have long pointed out, the law's …

Penryn man whose dog attacked deer is prosecuted by RSPCA

29th March 2024 A Penryn man whose dog chased and attacked a deer as he encouraged it, while filming the incident, has been prosecuted by the RSPCA. Sampson Richards, aged 28, of Lestraynes Lane, Penryn, pleaded guilty to an offence under the Deer Act 1991 after an investigation by the RSPCA ended in court. Concerns …

AVON VALE HUNT – KEEPING MAGISTRATES BUSY!

28th March 2024 Tom Ledbury (far right) supervises a dig out of a fox to be thrown to hounds as a young child looks on. More drama this week as the Avon Vale implosion is still being dragged out before the courts. This time, it was the turn of Tom Ledbury, an Avon Vale Hunt …

Hunt in court

26th March 2024 Benjamin Halsall, 23 from Whatcote Road, Shipston-on-Stour, has been charged with Hunting a Wild Mammal With Dogs under the Hunting Act 2004, along with Warwickshire Hunt Limited, from Kidlington, Oxfordshire. Halsall and Warwickshire Hunt Ltd will appear in Leamington Spa Magistrates Court on 31 May 2024. This follows an investigation by the …

Hunting: Warwickshire Police accused of “cover up” by MP

25th March 2024 From Channel 4 News An MP has accused Warwickshire Police of a ‘cover up’ over a secret deal they made with the Warwickshire Hunt. Earlier this month we reported how a legally binding order was imposed on the hunt following reports that their horses and dogs were disrupting traffic. We also reported …