Masked supporter of Nottinghamshire hunt stabs tyres of saboteurs

They had gone to his village to monitor the hunt 3rd May 2024 A young hunt supporter armed himself with a knife, masked himself with a balaclava and slashed the tyres of a group of saboteurs who had come to his village to make sure what was happening was not illegal. Nottingham Crown Court heard …

BEWARE HORRIBLE ARTICLE, VIDEO AND IMAGES

SHOCKING FOOTAGE SHOWS HUNTED STAG’S FINAL MOMENTS AFTER HORRIFIC CHASE 1st May 2024 On Saturday 20th April 2024, sabs from across the country headed to Exmoor for a national hit on the Devon & Somerset Stag Hounds closing meet. Despite the best efforts of all sabs involved, the hunt tragically killed a stag who they …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Hunter sentenced after live fox was thrown to hounds

Thomas Ledbury will have to carry out unpaid work after he was caught aiding hunters to dig out a fox and throw it to the hounds 25th March 2024 A fox hunter who “supervised” the throwing of a live fox to a pack of hounds during a Christmas Eve hunt has been told to carry …

HUNTING SEASON 2023-24: A BRIEF REVIEW

25th March 2024 A piece like this can never do justice to the week-in, week-out efforts of sabs who venture out in all weathers to face down the hunters. We can’t cover, for example, the 58 hunt meets that Nottingham sabs have attended this season, nor the 55 times Salisbury Plain sabs went out to …