Grouse Shooting And Hunting Exempt From Johnson’s ‘Rule Of Six’ Covid Curbs

14th September 2020 Boris Johnson is facing a fresh row over his new coronavirus “rule of six” curbs after it emerged that the government has exempted grouse shooting and other “hunting” with guns from the restrictions. Pro-hunting and shooting groups can continue to hold gatherings of between six and 30 people because they are covered …

Two men to stand trial accused with illegal fox hunting on Dartmoor

11th September 2020 Two men have appeared in court accused of illegally hunting a fox with dogs on Dartmoor. David Lewis, 50, and Gareth Frain, 25, have each been charged with an offence under the Hunting Act 2004. The Act controls the hunting of wild mammals with dogs. Lewis, of Lewdown, Okehampton and Frain, of …

Charges dropped over ‘insufficient evidence’ after fox dies on New Year hunt

10th September 2020 The case has been dropped against two men who were charged after allegedly allowing dogs to hunt a fox in East Yorkshire. Christopher Richardson, 72, of Bridlington Road in Brandesburton, and Charles Clark, 39, of Garman Carr Lane in Selby, were set to be prosecuted under the 2004 Hunting Act. The charges …

Hunt saboteur airlifted to hospital with “multiple fractures” following collision with horse

Police launch GBH investigation over claims hunter rode horse at protest group. 9th September 2020 Paramedics airlifted a hunt protester to hospital after he was seriously injured by a horse near Northampton. The Northants Hunt Saboteurs group revealed the man in his 60s suffered fractures around his shoulder and ribs and a partially collapsed lung …

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Stag hunt handed taxpayer-backed £50,000 coronavirus loan and £10,000 grant

3rd September 2020 A stag hunt has been handed a £10,000 grant and a £50,000 loan from taxpayer-backed schemes that help struggling businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic. The Devon and Somerset Staghounds is understood to be one of a number of hunts that have won grants or taken out loans through government programmes during the …

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Don’t criminalise trespass The Government's manifesto stated “we will make intentional trespass a criminal offence”: an extreme, illiberal & unnecessary attack on ancient freedoms that would threaten walkers, campers, and the wider public. It would further tilt the law in favour of the landowning 1% who own half the country. For a thousand years, trespass …

Horsham District man to appear in court over fox hunting offences

A Horsham District man is to appear in court over fox hunting offences. 21st August 2020 William Bishop, 50, (huntsman for the Crawley & Horsham Fox Hunt) of Kennel Lane, West Grinstead has been summonsed for two offences of hunting a fox with dogs contrary to the Hunting Act 2004, police said. Bishop is due …

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Global Pandemic – yet still people want to go out killing wildlife

Message from Norwich Hunt Saboteurs Eastern Counties Mink hounds, Waples Mill, River Roding, 18th July 2020 Someone in this area really doesn't like people who kill otters and mink, so for the second year in a row we were tipped off that Eastern Counties Mink hounds would be hunting here. We joined up with SES - …