Hunt Saboteurs Association 60 this year

Did you know that this year is our 60th anniversary? 🎉 Thanks so much Chris Packham for celebrating with us and for your inspiring words to every hunt saboteur saving wildlife! Check out his message below. 👇  

Man convicted of killing 15 birds, including raptors, in Dumfries and Galloway

5th April 2023 A 67-year-old man has been convicted of killing raptors and other wild birds in Dumfries and Galloway. Barry Nicolle appeared at Dumfries Sheriff Court where he admitted the charges to killing the birds, which included five red kites. Police had discovered that the birds had not died naturally and had in fact …

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Highland gamekeeper fined after blasting protected sparrowhawk with shotgun

31st March 2023 Rory Parker was video-recorded as he fired twice at the protected bird of prey before it plummeted to the ground. Rory Parker was caught on camera as he fired two shots into the air before the protected bird of prey plummeted to the ground. The wildlife charity RSPB Scotland video-recorded the incident …

Jedburgh: Shooting hut gets go-ahead despite wildlife concerns

20th March 2023 A SHOOTING hut in Jedburgh has been given the green light – despite concerns over its potential impact on protected species. Scottish Borders Council has approved a retrospective planning application for a timber shooting hut from Lothian Estates Shooting Partnership on land west of Coldhaugh Bank in Jedburgh. The hut is to …

Landowner threw dead partridge at gamekeeper in row over £15k shoot, court hears

Farmer William Elder was cleared of assault after an argument with his gamekeeper and a teenage beater. 23rd February 2023 A landowner threw a dead partridge at his gamekeeper in a falling out over the lacklustre spoils of a £15,000 game shoot, a court has been told. Farmer William Elder took issue with the direction …

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 …

French hunter who killed man after ‘mistaking him for boar’ goes on trial

Calls for crackdown on hunt safety during trial of Julien Féral, who shot dead man outside home near Toulouse 17th November 2022 A hunter who shot dead an Anglo-French man after allegedly mistaking him for a wild boar has gone on trial accused of manslaughter. Morgan Keane, 25, was hit in the chest as he …

Animal Rebellion

8th October 2022 Animal Rebellion have poured red paint on the floors of Farlow’s fishing, hunting and shooting supply store as well as placed paper flowers outside the front of the shop. Watch the video here - https://twitter.com/RebelsAnimal/status/1578746294880780288 ANIMAL REBELLION HAVE ALSO PAINTED THE FRONT OF WILLIAM EVANS SHOOTING SUPPLY SHOP Watch the video here …

Gamekeeper shot and poisoned birds of prey at national nature reserves

5th October 2022 A gamekeeper has admitted illegally shooting and poisoning birds of prey at internationally important wildlife sites. Matthew Stroud, 46, from Fengate at Weeting, near Thetford, dosed dead pheasants with poison as bait to kill buzzards in woodlands near Weeting Heath and Breckland Forest, which are both protected sites. Appearing at Norwich Magistrates …

I SPENT TWO DAYS WITH SABS THAT STOPPED GROUSE SHOOTS

25th August 2022 Each year since 2017, the Hunt Saboteurs Association has co-ordinated a national day of action against grouse shooting on 12 August. This is the so-called Glorious Twelfth, the opening day of the grouse shooting season. For 2022, though, the HSA decided on a “week of action”, targetting shoots over multiple days beginning on 12 August. …