6th March 2016 A national paper is running an article on sabs wearing masks and the old tired campaign of the Countryside alliance to get the law changed to stop sabs wearing masks. Sabs do this to protect their identity and thus attacks against themselves, their homes and families. Although this is not universal as …
Police appeal for information following disorder at legal drag hunt
Date Published: 18/03/2014 16:20 Police from the Eden Neighbourhood Policing Team are appealing for information following a number of alleged incidents at a recent legal drag hunt on Saturday 15th March in the area of Grisedale Beck. A legal drag hunt involves the laying of a scent, usually animal based (fox urine) prior to the …
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Travesty of justice
Press Release 13th March 2014 On Boxing day 2012 at the meet of the South Down & Eridge fox hunt, the driver of the South Coast Hunt Sabs was the subject of a vicious and sustained attacked by supporters of the hunt. The groups Land Rover windscreen was smashed, the door bent back on its …
Hunt apology after hounds go on the run – Banbury Guardian
A huntmaster has apologised after hounds ran through a village garden and towards a nursery school in possible pursuit of a fox. Sam Butler, of the Warwickshire Hunt, offered the apology in response to strong criticism after the hounds picked up the scent of a fox in Farnborough on Monday. The hounds ran through one …
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A Tribute to Mike Hill
At 4.00 pm Saturday 9th February, 1991 Mike Hill became the first hunt saboteur to be killed whilst trying to protect wildlife. Mike was only 18 and for two years lived and breathed animal rights, not just dogs and cats but every living creature. He was a vegan, worked at both Heavens Gate Sanctuary and …
Hunt terrierman threatens hunt monitor
Pro-hunt North Yorkshire Police must have been in real turmoil after we handed them some video evidence showing Dicky Tonks (hunt terrierman of York and Ainsty South FH) verbally abusing and threatening a sab. Incredibly they didn't manage to lose the footage (which we had obviously made copies of) and Tonks received a criminal record …
(BEWARE IMAGES ATTACHED) Farmer appalled by hunt as young children witness foxes killed
By Western Morning News | Posted: January 26, 2014 Youngsters watched on as countrymen with dogs unearthed and shot two foxes, in pictures released by anti-hunt campaigners. The images show children thought to be as young as five standing just yards away as the animals are dug from an old badger sett and killed. The …
Foxhounds killed after being hit by Iarnród Éireann train
11/1/14 A number of fox hounds that were out on a hunt were struck by a train travelling to Dublin. A NUMBER OF foxhounds were killed yesterday after an Iarnród Éireann train hit the dogs who had strayed onto the railway track. It is believed the dogs were taking part in a hunt along the …
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York and Ainsty South Hunt denies claims of illegal fox hunting
A NORTH YORKSHIRE hunt has denied claims it illegally hunted foxes on parkland near Selby. The York and Ainsty South Hunt held a Pony Club ride at Escrick Park, near Selby, on December 28. Activists from a Sheffield hunt saboteurs group have claimed it hunted three foxes and broke the law by illegally disturbing an …
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Fox Saved From Death At Dig-Out
On Saturday December 28th hunt saboteurs from Yorkshire attended a Pony Club meet of the York & Ainsty South Foxhounds at Escrick Park. Three foxes that were deliberately hunted were aided in their escape by the sabs through the course of the day and, as the sun was going down, three terrier men were found …