Convicted of interfering with badger setts

Message from Lancashire Badger Group 28th November 2025 In June 2025, Lancashire Badger Group reported damage to a badger sett in the Carnforth area. Following an investigation by Lancaster, Morecambe, & Fylde Rural Task Force, on 28th November 2025 Stephen Metcalfe of Barbon was convicted of interfering with badger setts at Lancaster Magistrates Court. He …

Teme Effort: Another Hunt Involved In Coniston Dig-out

30th November 2025 On Friday 28th November, Cumbria Police announced that a further four people have been arrested over the Coniston Foxhounds dig-out, bringing the total number of arrests to sixteen. Teme Valley Hunt enjoy a fox-torturing holiday with their hosts the Coniston Foxhounds. These latest arrests were made in the Powys area of Wales …

Forgive us our trespasses? Hunts continue to cause havoc in communities across the UK

Message from Protect the Wild 30th November 2025 In this late November/Early December hunting update hunts have been busy terrorising schools and local communities across the UK. Tragically, the Beaufort Hunt was caught on camera killing a fox close to the grounds of Gloucestershire’s Westonbirt School, later that week they hunted a fox through a …