Quad Bikes and the Law

Many thanks to Protect the Wild for writing this article https://protectthewild.org.uk/protectors-of-the-wild/quad-bikes-and-the-law/

The MoD is complicit in murdering foxes: it’s time for you to take action

24th April 2023 Fox hunting with dogs is illegal in the UK, but still takes place across the country. Recent statistics show that during the 2022/23 hunting season, monitors reported 526 cases of suspected illegal hunting. Even when they do find themselves in court, they use loopholes in the law to be found not guilty. Since the introduction of …

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526 incidents of suspected illegal fox hunting took place in the 2022-2023

Another Channel 4 investigation 18th April 2023 Warning: distressing images in this report. Watch the video here - https://www.channel4.com/news/526-incidents-of-suspected-illegal-fox-hunting-took-place-in-the-2022-2023-hunting-season-exclusive-figures-suggest Hunting foxes was banned 18 years ago, but is it carrying on regardless? New figures from the League Against Cruel Sports, shared exclusively with this programme, suggest that in the last hunting season, there were over …

Yet more damning footage of hunts out of control

Family left 'shocked and appalled' after pack of hounds kill fox in their private garden 22nd February 2023 Watch the footage here - http://www.itv.com/news/2023-02-22/family-left-appalled-after-pack-of-hounds-kill-fox-in-their-private-garden ITV News has seen graphic footage of a how an apparently out of control fox hunt spilled into a domestic garden, as our Correspondent Rupert Evelyn reports A family has told …

60 AT 60: SHARING THE LOVE ON OUR DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY

2023 is the 60th anniversary of the Hunt Saboteurs Association, the oldest direct action organisation in the world.  To celebrate we’ve given away sixty thousand pounds, one thousand to each of our affiliated local groups.  We’re able to give such a large sum because the HSA is run entirely by volunteers and all donations received …

CHAOS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

17th January 2023 WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES Since the hype and spin of Boxing Day it’s back to usual on the countryside killing fields. Hunts are going to ever more extreme lengths to try and stop the sabs who stand in their way of hunting and killing wildlife. Here’s a round up of just SOME of …

Police investigate hunting allegations after sheep dies in south Northants fox hounds incident

17th January 2023 Police are investigating alleged ‘illegal hunting’ after a sheep drowned when foxhounds ran amok through a field at Moreton Pinkney. The incident happened on Saturday after the Grafton Hunt meet, reportedly at Crockwell Farm. Villagers expressed anger and incredulity on the community Facebook page after a farmer said the hounds had scattered …

Doncaster hunting hound ‘killed’ as lorries screech to a halt amid fox hunt chaos

Hunt saboteurs say a hound from a Doncaster area hunting group was killed amid chaos which saw lorries on a busy road screech to a halt. 1st December 2022 The Grove and Rufford Hunt, which has hunted in and around the Doncaster area for more than 100 years, was caught up in the drama which unfolded near Clumber …

Fox sought refuge on Lorton Valley house roof during alleged hunt

21st November 2022 POLICE are investigating allegations of an illegal “fox hunt” in the Lorton Valley involving men on foot with dozens of foxhounds. Witnesses say they saw a “terrified” fox clambering on to a house roof as it attempted to escape from the dogs. Gill James, 70, a retired research scientist who lives in …

Very sad news

Message from the Hunt Saboteurs Association 18th November 2022 We’re very sorry to report that Matrix the cat died this morning from his injuries inflicted by the Brocklesby Hunt. Yesterday, hounds from the Lincolnshire-based hunt mauled Matrix, as the hunt was out illegally hunting foxes. The suffering and pain caused by these rural organised crime …