Four men charged with hare coursing offences in Lincolnshire

March 13, 2023 Four men have been charged with hare coursing offences after Lincolnshire Police received several reports from the Common Drove area of Spalding. Lincolnshire officers, supported by Cambridgeshire rural crime officers, attended Common Drove yesterday (Sunday, March 12) at around 10:30a.m where the men were located in a field, arrested and later charged. …

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ANOTHER HUNT BITES THE DUST: THE MEYNELL AND SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE ARE FINISHED

11 March 2023 Thanks to Staffordshire Hunt Sabs for this post. You can follow them at http://www.facebook.com/staffordshirehuntsabs. On 3rd March 2023 the Meynell and South Staffordshire Hunt packed up for the final time in their 230 year history, accompanied by a lacklustre turnout of support and with little ceremony. Luckily ourselves and Manchester Hunt Saboteurs …

£13k bill for pair caught hare coursing in Lincolnshire

9th March 2023 Banned from keeping dogs for five years Two men who came to Lincolnshire to hare course together have each been handed £6,655 bills in court. Darren Lee, 26, and Ronnie Doherty, 21, were the first people to be convicted in the county under new and tougher legislation introduced last year, magistrates in …

HUNT SABOTEURS STORM SOMERSET HARE HUNTING FESTIVAL!

9th March 2023 Hunt saboteurs have disrupted the second day of a secretive, week-long hare killing festival organised by the Somerset-based Ilminster Beagles. On Tuesday, sabs swung into action as around 30 hunters from the host pack were about to set off. On first sight of sabs, the hunters high-tailed it back to their kennels …

LONG RUN THE FOX! THE END OF SCOTLAND’S MOST NOTORIOUS HUNT

8th March 2023 Glasgow Hunt Sabs celebrate the end of the Lanarkshire & Renfrewshire Foxhounds: Within a week of the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Bill being passed in parliament, we became aware that The Fife Foxhounds, a notorious hunting pack from the east side of Scotland had folded. The hunt themselves told the press that …

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‘The reign of terror is over for foxes’: Meynell hunt disbands after 150-years in Derbyshire

7th March 2023 A 150-year-old hunt in Derbyshire has been disbanded due to 'increasing urbanisation'. It's a move that anti-hunt protesters have heralded as an end of a 'reign of terror' for Derbyshire's foxes. The controversial hunt dates back to the 18th century. The hunt will still be able to go ahead next season however, …

Hunt master’s conviction overturned after court hears he ‘didn’t have enough puff’ to restrain dogs

6th March 2023 A hunt master has had his conviction for illegal hunting overturned after a court heard that he did not have enough “puff” to restrain his dogs. Mark Pearson, 63, leader of the South Dorset Hunt, was originally found to have “actively encouraged” a pack of dogs to hunt and kill a fox, …

Hare courser branded ‘lazy’ after he didn’t bother to get out of car as he set dog loose in field

3rd March 2023 A hare courser who was branded “lazy” for watching the kill from the comfort of his car has now been banned from keeping dogs. Richard Hanratty, 29, did not even bother to get out of his car as he set his Lurcher dog on hares in a field near Hopewell Farm in …

Two charged under new hare coursing legislation

2nd March 2023 Two males are the first to be charged in Lincolnshire under new hare coursing legislation. The men were arrested in the Holbeach area after we received several reports of hare coursing in Gedney and West Pinchbeck on 25 August, 2022. Darren Lee, aged 26, of Top Road, Barnacle, Coventry, and Ronnie Doughty, …