Still sabbing the bastards
3rd May 2021 A FORMER master of the Jedforest Hunt in the Borders has been cleared of breaking Scotland's fox-hunting law. Countryside campaigners welcomed the verdict while there have been fresh calls for a strengthening of the legislation after yet another case was thrown out of court. Police Scotland and the Crown felt there was …
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25th April 2021 A leading British huntsman has lost his position as Master of one of the nation’s most prestigious hunts following an investigation into a 70th Birthday celebration hunt during lockdown. Joss Hanbury was found to have “seriously damaged the reputation of hunting” after a birthday gathering of hounds and fellow Quorn Hunt members …
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As spring arrives and the foxhunting season comes to an end, we might hope for some reprieve for foxes. Unfortunately, it doesn’t happen. The ‘off’ season is, in fact, one of the busiest times for the hunt as they prepare a new set of victims for the autumn. Fox hunting has never been about the …
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6th April 2021 The HSA would like to thank the Sinnington Hunt For their full and frank admission that they have been illegally hunting and for dropping the Old Surrey, Burstow and West Kent foxhounds so deeply in the mire. Yet again, Hunting Leaks have obtained documentary evidence to support what we have known all …
Message from Manchester Hunt sabs - 5th April 2021 On 1st October 2020 whilst attending a meet of the York & Ainsty South we, along with West Yorkshire Hunt Sabs and York Anti Hunt League, witnessed the hunt killing two foxes within an hour of each other. Footage from the incident made national news. The …
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3rd April 2021 "April 1993, about 40 hunt saboteurs were present at the closing meet of the Cambridgeshire Foxhounds at Low Farm near Gravesley in Cambridgeshire. With the group of saboteurs was Tom Worby, a 15 year old from Milton Keynes, on his first day out sabbing. His girlfriend had seen the hunt sab information …
29th March 2021 One of the country’s most prestigious hunts has suspended two of their hunt masters after a 70th “birthday surprise” during national lockdown in which they dressed up in full hunting attire and rode out with their hounds. The Quorn Hunt in Leicestershire suspended the senior members following “hunting activity” on land at …
The first video 'I am a hunt saboteus' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elbO-lIr0yI In this first of four hard hitting episodes we sit down with a hunt saboteur. We put to him some common misconceptions and frequently asked questions to explore what it means to be a saboteur. It is important to note that the views of this …
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https://www.facebook.com/devoncountyhuntsaboteurs Using a pack of hounds to chase a fox is illegal. Except, of course, when you can claim “it was an accident”. Today, Lamerton huntsman David Lewis and former Lamerton whipper-in (now huntsman of the North Cornwall Hunt) Gareth Frain were found NOT GUILTY of illegally hunting a fox back in December 2019. We …
18th March 2021 Two men have been cleared of illegally hunting a fox with hounds on Dartmoor. David Lewis, 50, and Gareth Frain, 25, were found not guilty of hunting the wild animal with dogs at Lake Down, near Bridestowe, in Devon. A district judge at Exeter Magistrates' Court said the case against Mr Frain …
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