Wilts & Infantry Beagles Enford Farm, Upavon Monday 2nd January 2023 Teaming up with Salisbury Plain Hunt Sabs we initially went on a search around for the Royal Artillery Fox Hunt, who we found out later weren’t out. We came across a different hunt. Half a dozen cars parked up in a field looked suspicious and sure enough further up the road at a farm around thirty hunt supporters were standing around and in the middle were the uniformed staff of a beagle pack having their pre-hunt chin wag. On closer inspection the hound van could be seen hidden to one side and from the sounds coming from it still had the pack inside. This was the Wilts & Infantry Beagles and the meet was Enford Farm near Upavon. Parking up at two vantage points either side of the farm our binoculars showed dismayed hunters staring our way not knowing what to do. On a beautiful sunny day among big fields perfect for hares, but it was game over for the hunters before they could even leave the meet. They weren’t going to risk taking the hounds out with us there. Soon the hound van was pulling out and heading back the way they came - to their kennels. A very short and sweet sab! Not much to take photos of this time. Picture shows hunt staff car and hound van in front on their way home. Defeated without a horn being blown. We travelled a lot of miles today to help shut down this illegal hunt - please consider donating just £3 towards our fuel fund here —-> PayPal.me/BerksABC #huntsabssavelives #huntsabs #berkshirehuntsabs #trailhuntlies #smokescreen #huntingofficewebinars #houndsplease #tallyho #animallovers #beaglesofinstagram #markhankinson #followhounds #huntingwithinthelaw
Royal Artillery Hunt Manor Farm, Chitterne Boxing Day 26th December 2022 Yesterday Berkshire Hunt Sabs teamed up with @moonrakerhuntsabs to ensure the Royal Artillery Hunt didn't get away with illegal fox hunting like they did last year. The hunt headed off from the Village Hall to find us waiting in the field for them to arrive - the clapping and cheers from support at the meet was as holly jolly as their Boxing Day Hunting would get. We followed the 20-small field riders & hounds into woodland & scrub. Not even an hour after leaving the meet, one hound was left behind as the hunt hastily moved on in efforts to evade sab eyes. This set the pace for the rest of the day as the hunt continued to play cat and mouse with sab teams on the Salisbury Plain. We had continuous tip-offs from spotters of the hunt's location throughout the day, giving foot teams a chance to pre-spray areas likely to contain foxes & placed sabs strategically ahead of the hunt so our presence wasn't missed. The hunt spent the majority of the day evading sabs so not a lot of hunting went on. When they did attempt to hunt, they drew mostly blank coverts; this coupled with clean hounds means we can confidently say no foxes were killed. This time last year the RA had killed a fox so it is a testament to the work Moonraker sabs and all the supporting groups have done to erode the Royal Artillery's capability to hunt. #huntsabssavelives #huntsabs #berkshirehuntsabs #trailhuntlies #smokescreen #huntingofficewebinars #houndsplease #tallyho #animallovers #markhankinson #followhounds #huntingwithinthelaw
Wilts & Infantry Beagles Widdington Farm, Upavon Saturday 10th December 2022 Yesterday was a different story weather wise since last time Berkshire Hunt Sabs had visited the Plains only last weekend. Most fox hunts weren’t out yesterday due to frosty hard ground which is not great for riding around on so it was all about checking out a foot pack. The Wilts & Infantry Beagles had barely left the meet at Widdington Farm, Upavon as Sabs turned up after a search of the area along with @moonrakerhuntsabs, @readinghuntsaboteurs and @surreyhuntsabs Their half a dozen followers were looking on from the hillside in the hope of a view to a kill as we all rolled up and followed the hunt down into the valley and back up the track again to the farm when they realised sabs were moving in from all directions. More sabs arrived as the hound van drove behind the fleeing pack who were now actually running down the main road to try to leave the area on foot. Their hunting day curtailed within 20 minutes. Their hound van was followed back to the kennels to make sure they didn’t try and hunt elsewhere. Once we were assured they wouldn’t be heading back out again sabs retired to the pub! A short but extremely successful day and with no wildlife killed! We travelled a lot of miles yesterday - please consider donating just £3 towards our fuel fund here —-> PayPal.me/BerksABC #huntsabssavelives #huntsabs #berkshirehuntsabs #trailhuntlies #smokescreen #huntingofficewebinars #houndsplease #tallyho #animallovers #beaglesofinstagram #markhankinson #followhounds #huntingwithinthelaw
Cottesmore Fox Hunt Knossington Saturday 19th November 2022 Yesterday Berkshire Hunt Sabs joined a sab of the the Cottesmore with many other sab groups across the country in response to last months hit and run attack on a Northants Sab. An attack on one of us is an attack on us all. The hunt met at Knossinton at 11am when more than a dozen groups rolled up in a convoy of sab vehicles much to the dismay of riders and supporters alike. The ground was swamped by hours of heavy drizzle and now the area was swamped by almost 90 odd Sabs covering every field the hunt went. At no time was any smokescreen attempted. The first fox saved was within the first hour and it’s scent line covered quickly from a wooded area which the hunt would have definitely taken the time to hunt through had Sabs not been there. This was the first of five foxes seen during the day and aided to safety. The huntsman Sam Jones had no respite as he soon realised he would be in our sights every single step of the way as he tried to shake off sabs west of Oakham. Sheep were disturbed by hounds in a number of fields with one attacked and left bleeding. Another victim of hunting activities. Collateral damage to their ‘sport’. A hound too was badly injured on the road by one of the hunt horses kicking it into a ditch. Supporters pushed sabs trying to help it aside and put it in a truck - fate unknown. Supporters began to leave in droves as all the they saw was more of sabs in action rather than their pack. Their frustration at knowing that they would be unlikely to get a kill that day showed with one sab punched and horn & radio taken and also a supporters little car ramming a sab Land Rover and instantly regretting it after he caused significant damage to his own vehicle instead. Continued in comments…
Royal Artillery Fox Hunt Bulford Camp, Salisbury Plain Saturday 12th November 2022 Berkshire Hunt Sabs were in the area on a different mission and then joined up with @moonrakerhuntsabs, @readinghuntsaboteurs and @south_west_sabs who were already in the area keeping an eye on the Royal Artillery Fox Hunt. One fox had already been saved earlier in the day at Brigmerston Plantation and a number of deer were put up and sent running by hounds including one which ran across the almost causing an accident. Otherwise it was an uneventful day with sabs with hunt all day keeping them on the move and not hunting. With sabs and monitors absolutely everywhere, at one point the huntsman exclaimed “it’s busier than Piccadilly Circus around here today.” The hunt packed up at 4pm and headed back to the meet back at their kennels at Bulford and sabs retired to the pub for a well earned pint. As always we travelled a lot of miles to sab the RA - please consider donating just £3 towards our fuel fund here —-> PayPal.me/BerksABC #huntsabssavelives #huntsabs #berkshirehuntsabs #trailhuntlies #smokescreen #huntingofficewebinars #houndsplease #tallyho #animallovers #beaglesofinstagram #markhankinson #followhounds #foxhounds
Leadon Vale Basset Hounds Pillows Green, Gloucestershire Saturday 29th October 2022 Yesterday we headed west and joined our compadres the valiant @severnvalesabs and helped pack up the Leadon Vale Basset Hounds. A nice tip off had come in and we checked out the area of Pillows Green near Staunton. Sure enough a line of known vehicles were parked up along a lane. As we approached the hunt gathered the pack from the middle of the field and went to the hedgerows on the side of the field instead. We asked a few friendly questions… What were they up to? They were obviously hunting hare in the middle of the field when we got there but now they half heartedly caste alongside the hedgerow. “We’re hunting rabbits”. How many have you killed so far? No answer. What happened next changed their whole story. The bassets suddenly leapt into action charging through a gap in the hedge into the next field and George Brinksworth thier (convicted drink driver) huntsman quickly shouted “trail!” “I thought you said you were after rabbits?”“They are on the trail we laid earlier!” he replied. Strange then that the moment he said it the child acting as Whip was rating the hounds trying to call them off…the ‘trail’. Into the next field and to the other side in full cry the pack picked up a different scent line. This time a deer. Sabs with calls and whips made up for the poor attempts of the hunt to call off hounds and the deer was safely away. Are you a rabbit and deer pack now then? “It was a trail” Hunting a trail or hunting rabbits? No answer After this embarrasing display the hunt weren’t keen to show us their hounds chasing any more wildlife and they slouched off back to the meet where they packed up much to the disgust and disappointment of all eight of their supporters. Hunts continually show that all their excuses immediately fall apart when you question it. They know that there is no such thing as ‘trail hunting’ and that it is a smokescreen for live hunting. They admitted so in their webinars. Trial hunting is a wholly fake activity only created in order to allow them of carry on hunting post Hunting.
Kimblewick Fox Hunt Brightwell Park, Oxon Saturday 22nd October 2022 Yesterday we teamed up with the newly affiliated group @eastsurreyhuntsabs, @readinghuntsaboteurs, @surreyhuntsabs & @wiltshirehuntsaboteurs to sabotage an afternoon cubbing meet which was happening at Brightwell Park. We witnessed blatant illegal cub hunting by the Kimblewick Fox Hunt, and watched them chase at least 1 fox in our presence. We received a tip-off from the public about a large collection of horse boxes on the field between Fish Ponds and Brightwell Park Farm and after some scouting we found the huntsman and a couple riders on point at Cadwell Covert. We ran over as the hounds went into cry and began rating them and cracking the whip to call them off a fox that was seen running out, in order to give it a headstart from them. The hunt then moved the pack to Berrick Salome where they circled around the onsite farmer's pig field before a few loose hounds started to give chase to a hare, but were swiftly called off by sabs. Around 5.30pm the hunt decided to turn back into Cadwell Covert to draw the pack through the same wood, blatantly looking for the same exhausted fox - in order to give the young hounds a taste for blood. Thankfully the pack found nothing, but in his desperation for a kill the huntsman kept them out hunting in the pitch black for a further 2 hours. Not only are hunts a danger to wildlife, but also to members of the public. One unsuspecting member of the public accidently almost drove his car into riders on the road, as they crossed without looking. He was left shouting at the hunt staff for making him almost crash his car into them. Did they care? No, obviously not. We saw many foxes, hares, & deer to safety so all in all it was a good day for wildlife. We travelled a lot of miles to sab this hunt, so please consider donating just £3 towards our fuel fund here ---> PayPal.me/BerksABC #huntsabssavelives #huntsabs #berkshirehuntsabs #trailhuntlies #smokescreen #huntingofficewebinars #houndsplease #tallyho #animallovers #beaglesofinstagram #foxhounds #followhounds #kimblewick
Trinity Foot Beagles Cole Green Farm, Brent Pelham & Cambridge & Enfield Chase Hunt Hillend Farm, Hatfield Saturday 12th March 2022 Yesterday Berkshire Hunt Sabs teamed up with @northlondon_huntsabs to say hi to the Trinity Foot Beagles. A drone was put up and the beagles were soon spotted near Cole Green Farm which turned out to be their meet. Heading down there our vehicles were surrounded by gloomy-looking bumpkin folk, quickly realising that they had been rumbled. Sabs immediately got out and followed the pack with guest appearances from dancing foot supporters prancing in front of our cameras wearing even stranger than usual clothing. It was gratifying to see some arguments amounts themselves as to the best way to deal with us. One supporter had to be held back from attacking us by another supporter. They get very angry when they don’t get to kill animals! It seems the old jibes about us being jobless or unwashed are long gone and new insults are along lines of current affairs. Sabs must be seen to be some sort of powerhouse as we were once again asked about Putin & Russia like it’s somehow relevant. A short walk across a couple of muddy fields and we were at Home Farm in the village of Measden where the pack was unceremoniously crammed into the back of their red pickup but not before some beagles got a taste of a decaying dead rabbit on the side of the road. A sab rated the beagles to get them off the decaying animal while the hunt looked on. A hunt member said "I know it's tasty" to one of the dogs ignoring the fact they were eating a dead animal on the side of the road that had probably been there for weeks and could be riddled with diseases. We had some words with a supporter who was keen on manhandling sabs & told them where to go which they duly did with the hound vehicle going one way off to their kennels while the rest of the hunt staff bumbled off back to the meet in the knowledge that their hunting was done for the day. They then had to face their disappointed followers some of which hadn’t even had time to get out of their cars. Continued in comments…
Sandhurst & Aldershot Beagles Herriard Park, Herriard Saturday 5th March 2022 Today we had 3 cars out checking known meets for local hunts when we had a report from the HSA hotline about a group of cyclists seeing hare coursers chasing a hare around Heriard Park. One of our vehicles decided to go check it out and sure enough, the Sandhurst & Aldershot Beagles were in the field and the dogs could be heard speaking from the road. Sabs went into the field and within minutes the pack was seen circling down the field between Guy's Copse & Park Farm. Sabs ran into the field as the beagles were in cry and quickly rated them and used whip cracks to call them off the scent. The huntsman then used horn & voice calls to bring the pack back up to Guy's Copse and the walk of shame back to the meet began. The support were visibly upset to have been sabbed twice in the last 2 weeks, so much so that one of them thought it was a reasonable use of force to assault & jab two of us with the sharp ends of his thumb stick in an attempt to 'move us off private property'. Then "PUTIN!" was shouted at us a couple times & the sad bunch gathered around the houndvan thinking about how they can get away with illegal hunting. Ben from Hampshire Constabulary joined us shortly afterwards to tell us all was well and that the hunt had a "legal permit” to hunt and that we risked arrest for aggravated trespass. We informed him there is no such thing as a "hunting permit" and that it has been illegal since 2004 when the Hunting Act was brought in, at which point Ben said he had not heard of that law before but would read up on it upon returning to the station. We stayed there until the houndvan was seen to leave the property. We hope next time Ben will have done his homework & come prepared to aid us in preventing, quite obvious, illegal hunting! We travelled a lot of miles today, please consider donating just £3 towards our fuel fund here ---> PayPal.me/BerksABC #huntsabssavelives #huntsabs #berkshirehuntsabs #trailhuntlies #smokescreen #huntingofficewebinars #houndsplease #tallyho #animallovers #beaglesofinstagram #foxhounds #followhounds #sandhurstbeagles
Cottesmore Hunt Lady Wood Lodge, Leicestershire Tuesday 1st March 2022 On Tuesday one of our sabs decided to go back up to Thrapston to once again support the work that Free The MBR Beagles is doing to liberate animals abused in laboratories & then decided to head out with Hertfordshire Hunt Saboteurs & Northants Hunt Saboteurs to pay the Cottesmore another visit. The ever predictable Cottesmore met at Lady Wood Lodge made evident by the large number of horse boxes & support parked all around the landowner’s entrance. We approached the meet using the nearby footpath when the hunt moved on towards Cold Overton Wood and a roe deer was spotted leaving the scene before any foxhounds picked up her scent. Unsurprisingly, the hounds began to speak & went into cry immediately upon reaching the wood and were encouraged by the huntsman. Sabs rated the hounds and used whip cracks to call the hounds off which moved the hounds on. While some sabs waited to be transported to the next location, we made sure to spray Lady Wood to cover any scents in the wood as the Cottesmore are known for dropping foxes in the wood for hounds to find. The hunt then looped back towards Lady Wood Lodge for a second horse through Flitteriss Park Farm where sabs called over to hounds in an attempt to distract them from hunting. The huntsman brought the hounds towards a hedge between Flitteriss Park Farm & Cold Overton Wood where they began to speak to each other and once again sabs rated and called them off the scent as the red coat looked on. Continued in comments…
1 DAY 2 HUNTS Hampshire Hunt Tile Barn Farm, Upton Grey & Sandhurst and Aldershot Beagles College Farm, Ellisfield Saturday 26th February 2022 Today we joined up with @readinghuntsaboteurs & @surreyhuntsabs to sab the Hampshire Hunt who were meeting at Tile Barn Farm. After following a few horse boxes it became clear a hunt meet was occurring, but it seems they got cold feet at the last moment. The huntsman wasn't in sight and the pack was still in the kennels so we stuck around to make sure they didn't go out hunting. After continuing to monitor the Hampshire Hunt to ensure they didn’t go out we received a call from a concerned local in Ellisfield letting us know that there was a pack of dogs crossing the road near Lower Common; little did they know they handed us on a silver platter the location of the elusive Sandhurst & Aldershot Beagles. Sabs ran through a field opposite College Farm where the Sandhurst Beagles were found in full cry with the huntman encouraging using the horn. Without wasting a second, sabs rated the beagles & used whip cracks to stop them hunting hares. The huntmaster then took inspiration from sabs & changed his tune completely, rating the hounds and also cracking his whip. 5 minutes later the pack was seen back to the meet at College Farm & we had some words with keen supporter Ian “Shug” Roberts, who is master and huntsmans of the Wealden Mink Hunt, - "bacon sandwhich", "ginger", & "how old are you?" was uttered in an attempt to spite sabs. An ozzy supporter was adamant it's natural for hares to be chased to death, despite the hunt staff simultaneously claiming to be "hunting trails"... John Hunt, formerly of the Ilminster Beagles, was also in attendance and was less aggressive and threatening than usual. Becoming increasingly more elderly does now, thankfully, seem to have mellowed him. Sabs were shocked to see a supporter trying to prevent her dog from approaching sabs by whacking her dog with a stick at the gate of College Farm, but such abuse & abhorrent behaviour is to be expected by these bloodthirsty scum. Continued in comments…
Cottesmore Hunt Newbold Farm, Leicestershire 22nd February 2022 Yesterday started with an early morning trip to Impex Couriers at 3 Cosy Nook in Thrapston, Kettering where one of our sabs travelled to support the on-going protest against this company that transports most animals in the UK destined to die in laboratories. As they were in the area, the sab then joined up with @northants_huntsaboteurs & @hertfordshire_hunt_saboteurs to sab the notoriously vicious Cottesmore Hunt. We drove through the Cottesmore’s known meets, but it didn’t take long to find the hunt near Newbold Farm drawing foxhounds through a stream into a thick thorny hedge. Ironically, the whipper-in challenged a sab on the use of a whip while sat on a horse’s back watching his hounds in full cry. We were then staggered in teams and followed the hunt through Peake’s Covert, Burrough on the Hill, Knossington & Owston Woods calling the hounds off of fox scents giving the Cottesmore little rest to get their much desired kill. A fox was spotted running across a field towards Owston Road and a group of sabs rushed to cover her scent with citronella spray. One fox was seen to safety and a badger sett’s entrances were unblocked by 2 sabs after the hunt had trampled all over the sett blocking all entrances. The day came to an abrupt end due to a mechanical failure so if you can help our friends at Northants Sabs, every pound will help get their vehicle back on the road ahead of Saturday. We travelled 215 miles - please consider donating just £3 towards our fuel fund here —-> PayPal.me/BerksABC https://ko-fi.com/northantshuntsabs @free_the_mbr_beagles #berkshirehuntsabs #animaltesting #OneStruggleOneFight #huntsabssavelives #huntsabs #trailhuntlies #Smokescreen #huntingofficewebinars #animallovers #houndsplease #tallyho
Surrey Union Hunt Lukyns Farm, Hurt Wood 11th February 2022 A motley crew of sabs from @berkshirehuntsabs2011 and @surreyhuntsabs easily found the Surrey Union Hunt at Lukyns after supporters cars gave them away. We followed them to Holmbury Hill where the hounds went into cry. The sab vehicle was approaching the hunt and saw a very tired fox struggling up the road running towards them with its tongue hanging out. The sab driver let the tired fox pass safely and then quickly went into action using exhaust fumes to cover scent and slow traffic as hounds charged up the lane where the fox had been seconds before. As the hunt staff caught up with the hounds the local landowner apppeared from where they had been and launched into them with a barrage of anger telling them to stop repeatedly trespassing on his land, and that he thought they were “wankers!” Having cameras on them at all angles and no sign of trail laying all day they high tailed it into the big area of The Hurtwood. With vehicles positioned on two sides sabs went in and, with a little help from an off road motorcyclist got in the direction of the hunt west of Felday. Again hounds were in cry and were just seconds behind the second fox of the day. Sabs used voice calls and rated the confused hounds and use of a gizmo sent them in circles as the fox was seen safely vacating the area. The huntsman, however took hounds over the Radnor Road and down to Holts Copse - a favourite place to find foxes. Riders and followers tried to stop sabs getting into the field but in the end had to abandon the attempt at hunting here and took the hounds out and back to the meet. A tiring day but sabs kept up with them and two foxes were helped to safety. We travelled a lot of miles on Friday - please consider donating just £3 towards our fuel fund here —-> PayPal.me/BerksABC #huntsabssavelives #huntsabs #berkshirehuntsabs #surreyhuntsabs #trailhuntlies #smokescreen #huntingofficewebinars #houndsplease #tallyho #animallovers #beaglesofinstagram #foxhounds
Hampshire Hunt Fur & Feathers pub, Herriard 5th February 2022 Teaming up with @surreyhuntsabs and new group East Surrey Hunt Saboteurs (make sure to head over to their Facebook page to give them a like!) we made our presence felt at the pub meet of the Hampshire Hunt and it soon became apparent that our numbers pretty much matched theirs. All they did was ride up to Weston Common and a little circuit around high wood and little wood and with sabs everywhere they evidently gave up and went back to where the hound truck and horse boxes were parked. No hunting. No silly games. And hounds back at their kennels by 1.30pm. We spent the same amount of time in the pub as sabbing! We travelled a lot of miles today - please consider donating just £3 towards our fuel fund here —-> PayPal.me/BerksABC #huntsabssavelives #huntsabs #berkshirehuntsabs #surreyhuntsabs #eastsurreyhuntsabs #trailhuntlies #smokescreen #huntingofficewebinars #houndsplease
RAC Beagles Manor Farm, Oldbury on the Hill 22nd January 2022 Following a tip off from a concerned local seeing men in fields with dogs, Berkshire Hunt Sabs and @severnvalesabs charged over to Manor Farm in Oldbury on the Hill near Chipping Sodbury. And sure enough as we arrived on the scene we could see the pack hunting in nearby fields. Sabs entered from both sides and as soon as the hunt saw us they changed direction and picked up speed away from us back to the meet. So fast did they scarper that we didn’t get any doggy pictures this week. Back at the meet the hounds were quickly boxed up and out came the sandwiches and flasks for a hurried social interrupted one supporter driving up to sabs demanding they leave and getting a bit arsey when told he could be prosecuted as the hunt are known for illegally hunting. Please do continue to tip us off - your information can save lives 07443148426 We travelled a lot of miles today - please consider donating just £3 towards our fuel fund here —-> PayPal.me/BerksABC #huntsabssavelives #berkshirehuntsabs #severnvalehuntsabs #huntsabs #trailhuntlies #smokescreen #huntingofficewebinars #racbeagles
Reposted from @berkshirehuntsabs2011 New Forest Beagles 27th December (Boxing Day meet) Turfcutters Arms Pub Today Berkshire Hunt Sabs took a visit to the New Forest to check on a so called ‘trail’ hunt (aka smokescreen for hare hunting) at the Turfcutters Arms in East Boldre. The trailer belonging to the New Forest Beagles was spotted parked up at the nearby Village hall and Sabs walked up to pub with a few choice placards for the supporters outside and passers by to read. The hunt did a short speech and declared they were taking the few dogs they had for a walk on leads. We tailed them to see for sure and that’s what they did. The New Forest Beagles no longer have permission to ‘trail ‘hunt on the Forest but it’s important to let them know that the general public don’t like them and that they are being watched as hunts clearly can’t be trusted and who knows what they would have got up to if we hadn’t have been around. We travelled a lot of miles today - please consider donating just £3 towards our fuel fund here —-> PayPal.me/BerksABC #huntsabssavelives #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #trailhuntlies #smokescreen #huntingofficewebinars #boxingdayhunt
New Forest Beagles 27th December (Boxing Day meet) Turfcutters Arms Pub Today Berkshire Hunt Sabs took a visit to the New Forest to check on a so called ‘trail’ hunt (aka smokescreen for hare hunting) at the Turfcutters Arms in East Boldre. The trailer belonging to the New Forest Beagles was spotted parked up at the nearby Village hall and Sabs walked up to pub with a few choice placards for the supporters outside and passers by to read. The hunt did a short speech and declared they were taking the few dogs they had for a walk on leads. We tailed them to see for sure and that’s what they did. The New Forest Beagles no longer have permission to ‘trail ‘hunt on the Forest but it’s important to let them know that the general public don’t like them and that they are being watched as hunts clearly can’t be trusted and who knows what they would have got up to if we hadn’t have been around. We travelled a lot of miles today - please consider donating just £3 towards our fuel fund here —-> PayPal.me/BerksABC #huntsabssavelives #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #trailhuntlies #smokescreen #huntingofficewebinars #boxingdayhunt
Kimblewick Fox Hunt Tuesday 14th December Hill House, Hartley Wespall. Today we teamed up with our friends from @southcoasthuntsabs & @surreyhuntsabs to pay a visit to the Kimblewick Fox Hunt who were meeting at Hartley Westpall in Hampshire. At the start of the day the hunt had two quad bikes with them who went ahead to open gates for them and the hunt went into numerous fields and woods in the nearby areas. Early on in the day hounds picked up on the scent and then started chasing a fox at the bottom edge of Hartley Common Wood. Sabs were quickly covered the scent and the dogs lost the line and the huntsman did call the hounds off. Albeit he didn’t have much choice! The huntsman continued on and went on a circuit of the local fields, keeping his hounds close to him no doubt because of our presence. A little while later hounds picked up on another scent and started to speak so some quick bursts of a gizmo got them confused and scattered in the area. This gave time for other sabs to join sabs already there, to keep tabs on this quick moving hunt. At the next woodland the hunt hung around for a while as they waited for an injured hound to picked up. Sabs kept the hunt on the move and always in sight for the rest of the day and the huntsman hardly tried to hunt. A deer was chased near Eldridge Copse but a sab rated the hound off. A hare was also chased. No wildlife is safe when a pack of dogs, trained to kill by their masters, is running rampant in the countryside. Finally they went up to Chandlers Green and along the bridle way that led onto the road and back to the church followed by sabs all the way. Good result. No kills. But also no sign of them laying trails. Clearly they have given up on trails now that it’s proven they are a smokescreen. And a nice time for us down a cosy rustic pub for chips n’ beer! We travelled a lot of miles today - please consider donating just £3 towards our fuel fund here —-> PayPal.me/BerksABC #huntsabssavelives #berkshirehuntsabs #surreyhuntsabs #southcoasthuntsabs #huntsabs #trailhuntlies #smokescreen
Saturday 11th December- report 1 of 2. Royal Agricultural College Beagles. Bowldown Farm, Gloucestershire. Together with @severnvalesabs we headed to Gloucestershire to a meet of the RAC beagles. As we arrived we could hear the hounds in cry straight away in the woodland to the side of the meet so we all moved in. Hunt staff in the field were waiting for hounds and looked on in shock as sabs emerged out of the woods with them. Gathering the pack the huntsman solemnly walked them a few hundred yards then stopped to chat with a few elderly supporters and that was basically it for their hunting day. Supporters in the distance by the local small airplane landing strip started to come back to their cars and the pack were taken over to the hound van parked up behind the barns. Sabs on the road saw a couple of lost hounds still near the woods and kept them safe until the huntsman went to collect them, while some sabs checked the farm entrance to watch supporters cars leave. Back at the meet one supporter approached sabs insisting we take a picture of him for some reason before he drove off down the road to have a moan to the occupants of our vehicles, telling our driver that he was taking the driver to court under “joint enterprise” for his photo being taken by another sab. Then to add to the comedy the landowner also approached sabs on the roadside and told them that he didn’t even know that the RAC beagles were coming onto his farm today, but that doesn’t give us the right to turn up to his village in our “fancy cars”. Maybe he thought that as we are all obviously students or on benefits we should driving old transits or VW polo’s or something. Leaving Severn Vale to oversee the last remaining movements of this hunt before they moved on to the next one we had a similar plan after a tip off over in Wiltshire. Report 2 of 2 to follow. We travelled a lot of miles yesterday - please considering donating just £3 towards our fuel fund here —-> PayPal.me/BerksABC #huntsabssavelives #berkshirehuntsabs #severnvalehuntsabs #trailhuntlies #smokescreen #huntsabs
RAC BEAGLE HIT BY VAN DURING ILLEGAL HARE HUNT A last minute tip off and we found ourselves in the company of sabs from @wiltshirehuntsaboteurs, @severnvalesabs @mendiphuntsabs @bath_hunt_sabs and @cirencesterillegalhuntmonitors and went to catch the RAC (Royal Agriculture College) Beagles at Jackbarrow Farm, Duntisbourne Abbott’s, Gloucestershire. They were found close to the meet and half of the pack running up and down the road and the other half in the fields both sides of the road. The hunt clearly had zero control of their hounds or the chaos they were causing. We disembarked vehicles and immediately noticed an elderly hunt supporter sitting in the road trying to pick up and then putting an injured beagle in to her jacket - trying to hide it from us. Other supporters huddled round to also try to stop us seeing and took the hound back to the farm. We later found out that it had been hit a van just minutes before. Meanwhile sabs rushed into the fields and caught up with the huntsman he was on his phone to organise his retreat back to the meet. No trail of course. He made a big display of horn blowing for his three followers as four of his pack were still missing. And also for the benefit of his easily impressed entourage some baying banter about us being without jobs and being of council house stock. Hounds bounded over the wall next to the road and a third was pushed over by a supporter to keep it in the field. Then it was then a short walk back to the meet and the rest of the pack put in with their injured pal and the hunt staff returned to the fields to look for their lost hounds. The injured beagles fate? Who knows. Patched up back at the kennels or, if too badly hurt, dispatched. We drove a lot of miles today - please consider donating £3 to our fuel fund PayPal.me/berksabc #rac #racbeagles #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #countrysidecriminals #trailhuntlies #huntsabssavelives
LEVERET HUNTING: BEAGLINGS DIRTY SECRET 🐰 https://www.huntsabs.org.uk/leveret-hunting-beaglings-dirty-secret/ 🐰 #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #countrysidecriminals #illegalharehunters
@vfest.uk is down to its last 100 tickets. Get yours now before they sell out! #vfest #veganfestival #vegancampout #vegancamping #vegan #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabssavelives
VINE & CRAVEN FOX HUNT EXPOSED And it looks like they are at risk of another major landowner pulling the plug on them. Watch this space. https://huntingleaks.is/hunts-exposed/ #vineandcraven #vineandcravenhunt #huntingleaks #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #lordastor #johnathanseed #extinctionrebellion
Our local pack the Sandhurst & Aldershot Beagles get the Hunting Leaks treatment. Read how they admit to neglecting their hounds and allowed them to fight to their death. https://huntingleaks.is/sandhurst-and-aldershot-beagles/ #supporthounds #trailhuntlies #countrysidecriminals #sandhurstbeagles #sab #huntsabs #berkshirehuntsabs #rspca
Here is another archaic scene now upcycled for the 21st century #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsaboteursassociation #smashthehunts #huntsabssavelives #countrysidesports #bloodsports #trailhuntlies #supporthounds
Hunt Sabs: Sabotaging countryside ‘sports’ and tableware since 1963 #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsaboteursassociation #smashthehunts #huntsabssavelives #countrysidesports #bloodsports #trailhuntlies #supporthounds
Tally-ho! From the archives #tallyho #trailhuntlies #supporthounds #huntsabs #berkshirehuntsabs
SEASONAL SABBING AT IVINGHOE-HO-HO BEACON Berkshire Hunt Sabs brought Christmas cheer to the wildlife of Ivinghoe Beacon yesterday. When a member of the public called to say a hunt - which turned out to be the Trinity Foot & South Herts Beagles - were trespassing on National Trust land, we immediately scrambled a response. We had a small team on the scene within 30 minutes and they wasted no time in calling the hounds off the scent of a hare. As further Berkshire Hunt Sab units arrived the dejected hunters finally gathered their hounds and began the long trudge back to the meet. Result! We covered a lot of miles sabbing this hunt, and the risk of violence we face is increasing. If you want to help contribute to our fuel fund or help us to fundraise for a GoPro so that we can keep ourselves safer - instead of buying yourself a coffee this week please consider donating just £3 here —-> PayPal.me/berksabc #berkshirehuntsabs #trailhuntlies #banhuntingforreal #countrysidecriminals #smokescreen #softunderbelly #supporthounds
NO MORE FOREST FOR THE NEW FOREST BEAGLES Yesterday Berkshire Hunt Sabs received a tip off from a member of the public that a beagle pack, later identified as the New Forest Beagles, had been spotted on farmland in Tidpit near to the New Forest. We rushed to the area to find elderly supporters hanging around the scene, one of whom was willing to give us the current location of the hunt which was rather useful! While one vehicle circled the area foot sabs took a bridle path that led to the epicentre of their hunting day. A pig farm. A supporter took interest in following sabs and made frantic phone calls which told us we were close but all was quiet. It turned out they had been sheltering from the rain not far from the meet waiting to resume their day bothering hares but just as the rain stopped word had got round that sabs were in the area and thats when their plans were scuppered. The forlorn and bedraggled hunt were seen dragging themselves back to the meet and clearly following the advice from the notorious webinars - that they must not continue to hunt when sabs are present. Four hunt staff and seven followers in their non mask wearing ‘scum bubble’ back at the meet, which was a couple of run down barns, were soon driving off home. This pack normally hunt almost solely on the picturesque New Forest. But now they they have rightly lost their licence to trail hunt and it seems they now have to resort to hunting on an intensive pig farm and getting covered in slurry. We covered a lot of miles yesterday - if you want to help contribute to our fuel fund or help us to fundraise for a GoPro, instead of buying yourself a coffee this week please consider donating just £3 to us here —-> PayPal.me/berksabc #berkshirehuntsabs #trailhuntlies #banhuntingforreal #countrysidecriminals #tidpit #newforestbeagles #smokescreen #softunderbelly #supporthounds
HUNT SABS ATTACKED AT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION OF BEAGLES AND HARRIERS HUNT. A last minute tip off up to Warboys on the A141 and the Trinity Foot Beagles opening meet. Sabs took a footpath on a farm track to and immediately a hare ran past us. Hunt staff rushed in along the hedgerow. They had been caught bang to rights. A lone sab was grabbed and thrown to the floor and punched several times in the head. Later identified as Kenneth the hunt supporter continued to be aggressive and threatening as a second sab came to help and was also thrown to the floor and kicked repeatedly. The sabs GoPro was then stolen. The arrival of a third sab and the hunt master Kate Higgs, screaming at him to stop ended the confrontation. Mr Angry slouched off and joined the pack in the sad, un-socially distanced and unmasked walk back towards the meet. Kate Higgs, the joint hunt master apologised profusely for Mr Angry’s violence and said that his actions didn’t represent hunting but we disagreed on that. If anyone knows any more about this Kenneth bloke - let us know! His wife Sarah, shown in our footage, also has form for attacking sabs, please see our old hit report here: https://www.facebook.com/568176806573091/posts/824035090987260/?d=n Meanwhile hunt officials continued to chat about how much of a liability Mr Angry was to their hunt. Kate claimed that trails are laid when we are not around but our presence somehow puts their plans all out of joint when we turn up and that’s why we never see them lay a trail.... If you want to help us to be as safe as possible in the fields please consider donating just £3 to our GoPro fund here —-> http://PayPal.me/berksabc #berkshirehuntsabs #trinityfootbeagles #trailhuntlies #banhuntingforreal #illegalhunting
NO LICENCE, NO TRAILS, NO KILLS We weren’t there to take in the beautiful landscape of the New Forest on a wet Tuesday morning. We were heading off for a days sett surveying nearby when a tip off came through that a dog walker had seen a hunt gathering so we diverted our plans and got there not long after they started - dropping in a couple of monitors to the woodlands for good measure. The New Forest Foxhounds meet today evidenced that a trail wasn’t forthcoming and standard corona virus protection measures totally flouted. Sabs from Berkshire and @hampshirehuntsabs moved in south of the meet as the hunt rode south from Whitfield Moor Car Park. Once the huntsman realised he was being watched he made a big circle up to and around Red Hill and then up to east of Bats Bush worryingly close to the B3508 where hounds briefly picked up a scent. One hound was photographed with a blooded face but on closer inspection this was seen to be from what looked like a torn ear. No one from the hunt was interested. While the pack was, in the end, only out for two hours this was on forestry land that requires that hunts should have a licence to be there. Our checks show no licence had been issued for the day. Keeping up across the marshy terrain sabs were with them at Wiverley Plain where riders riders were blatantly spread out on point. They then continued on their circuit of the area ending in a slow trek back to the meet where other sabs filmed the, rather deflated looking, hunts progress back to the car park where a handful of grumpy followers congregated. #berkshirehuntsabs #hampshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #hsa #trailhuntlies #banhuntingforreal #newforest #nffh
We’re out every single week of this cull trying to protect badgers and other wildlife from persecution. Hunt sabs can’t stop all hunting, everywhere and all the time. But we are certainly not going to make it easy for them. This shooting tower was recycled and the animals living nearby are a little bit safer now. If you want to help keep us active in this cull please consider donating just £3 to our petrol fund here —-> PayPal.me/berksabc #pixiepower #stopthecull #stopthebadgercull #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #banhuntingforreal
Pixie power in action! We’re loving this before and after photo sent in anonymously from one of our supporters. Hunt sabs & badger lovers across the country are busy cleaning up the countryside of nasties like this! You can help stop the cull by going for a walk in a cull zone and reporting your findings to the local sab or badger group. We’re out sett surveying on a regular basis to try and help save lives. If you want to help keep us active please consider donating just £3 to our petrol fund here —-> PayPal.me/berksabc #pixiepower #stopthecull #stopthebadgercull #badgerlover #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs
Following a tip off into the HSA hotline us and Reading Hunt Sabs got up bright and early this morning and headed over to Polhampton Farm near Overton. Although we were expecting to find the Vine & Craven Fox Hunt we were surprised to find the area deserted - the meet had been changed. The farm was pretty much deserted except for a few hunt followers who had only just got the message about a change of plan. One particularly helpful supporter wound down her window to ask us for directions to the new meet place which was just a few roads away. We also checked the time of the meet and she said that had been changed to slightly later too! She was quite helpful! Another local introduced himself to us also. As we walked up the road he put his car diagonally across it and drove back and forth in an attempt to stop us passing. Asking what his problem was it seemed he was eager to chat. He just didn’t want us to go near his house up the road and he was actually one of the partners of the business at Polhampton Farm. He said he wasn’t a hunt follower and had asked the hunt to leave when he saw sabs arrive. Nice story bro but not convincing. However, interestingly, he went on to profess that he had a similar attitude to us when it came to hunting and wished us luck. Perhaps things are changing when it comes to this farm? Something that we shall keep an eye on as this is also a known Sandhurst & Aldershot Beagles meet. After we finished gathering intelligence we moved off the find the hunt and sure enough we found them hunting in a nearby woodland and they soon moved slowly onwards with sabs keeping an eye on them. Shortly after sabs helped send them packing back to their kennels and the hunt were back where they started from less than an hour and a half after they started. We ensured that no animals were killed by this hunt - a great way to start the day! We covered a lot of miles today - if you want to help contribute to our fuel fund and keep us active please consider donating just £3 here —-> PayPal.me/berksabc #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #hsa #trailhuntlies #banhuntingforreal #overton #hannington #vineandcravenfoxhunt
HOW TO DEAL WITH ANTIS It’s rather interesting to read these comments from the chief executive of the countryside alliance, Tim Bonner talking about hunt sabs using photos to misrepresent situations and make hunters look bad. They would say that of course. Actually we don’t have to do anything to this photo to show that they mistreat animals! Understanding whats going on in the hunting community can give us some really useful insights and what we learn is often quite disturbing! On this occasion they are quite right about about a couple of things: “Don’t ‘undersell’ the antis. They are very organised and thorough.” “It’s game over as soon as antis appear“ Of course we couldn’t agree more. https://www.fieldsportschannel.tv/howtodealwithantis/ #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #illegalhunting #trailhuntlies #banhuntingforreal #countrysidecriminals
RIPARIAN BARBARIANS Hunting mink or rats is not about ‘pest control’. This is a sport. They would like us to believe they have willing given this up in place of a prelaid scent.... in a river (!) in spite of it being obvious that trail hunting would never satisfy their love of hunting animals. Whilst these particular photos where taken pre-ban, they show the cruel reality of what really goes on - to this day otter, mink and rats are hunted to exhaustion by packs of hounds who follow their scent on land and water. If the animals finds refuge in a hole it is dug out by thuggish terrier-men. These packs hunted otters until their near extinction and the ban in 1978. Unlike the rest of us, mink hunters look back on otter hunting with great fondness. For example, the Dove Valley Minkhounds wear the uniform of the old Staffordshire Otterhounds. The official DVMH uniform even requires actual Staffordshire Otterhounds buttons to be worn on the cuffs of their coats. Organisations like the DVMH - who fetishise otter hunting in their very uniforms - should not be allowed anywhere near our waterways. Thankfully, hunt sabs are out there stopping the riverside hunters. Make sure to tip us off if you or anyone you know has information which could help us to stop them. Hunt Sabs are the only protection these animals have got. 📞 07443148426 Please also consider donating £3 to our petrol fund which enables us to remain in the fields all year round —-> PayPal.me/berksabc #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #illegalhunting #minkhunting #trailhuntlies #banhuntingforreal #countrysidecriminals
This time it's the Northamptonshire Mink Hound's turn to be damned by their own words. This report is taken from Hounds magazine Vol.2 No.1. Yet again, two things shine out: the sheer cruelty of mink hunting - particularly the extensive use of spade and terrier - and the obvious delight the hunters take in inflicting this cruelty. 𝑅𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑑𝑒𝑛'𝑠 𝑆𝑘𝑒𝑤 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝐶𝑙𝑢𝑏 𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑙𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛, 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑓 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑖𝑝𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑑. 𝐴 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑂𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑀𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑟𝑠 𝑆𝑖𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑒'𝑠 𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑊𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝐹𝑎𝑟𝑚 ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑇𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝐴𝑏𝑏𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 10 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑤𝑎𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑓𝑢𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟. 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 - 1 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟 45 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛 𝑂𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑦𝑒-𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑀𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑟𝑠 𝐺𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑙𝑙'𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙. 𝐴𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑚 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑖𝑙𝑙, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑒𝑛𝑑." The Northamptonshire Mink Hounds are one of several packs who will be out on our waterways this summer claiming to hunt a so-called ‘trail’. #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #illegalhunting #minkhunting #trailhuntlies #banhuntingforreal #countrysidecriminals
We have always believed that one of the best ways to expose the cruelty of hunting is simply to reproduce "hunting reports" written by hunters for hunters. Let’s start with a report from the Ytene Mink Hunt (now known as the Courtenay Tracy Hounds) from Hounds magazine. In this report no attempt is made to hide the extended cruelty of the chases - often over many hours - and the desperate measures taken by terrified mink that run up trees or into holes, only to be bolted by terriers and forced to run on. To the hunters it's all part of the fun. "𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝐽𝑢𝑛𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑁𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛, 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑘 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑘ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 (𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑔) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑢𝑧𝑒𝑙 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑖𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑡. 𝐴 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑘ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑤 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑘 (𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑔) 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑧𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, 𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔." #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #illegalhunting #minkhunting #trailhuntlies #banhuntingforreal
DULY REWARDED? Another day, and another confession from the Wilts & Infantry Beagles. These hare hunts know that if they keep hidden they can hunt animals without any obstruction. It’s clear they feel safe to write blatantly obvious reports like this. “𝐵𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑅𝑜𝑑𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑑...𝑎𝑠 𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑎𝑟𝑎ℎ ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑊𝑒𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛. 𝑃𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒, ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑦 𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑁𝑒𝑤𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑓𝑜𝑖𝑙. 𝐷𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑙𝑚 𝐹𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑤𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒅." Make sure to tip us off if you or anyone you know has information which could help us to stop them. Hunt Sabs are the only protection these animals have got. 📞 07443148426 #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #trailhuntlies #banhuntingforreal #countrysidecriminals
SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION? Look at this report we have been given, written by the hare hunters at the Wilts & Infantry Beagles. We would like to hear them attempt to justify what they think is a ‘successful conclusion’! “𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘮, 𝘊𝘰𝘥𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏” Trail hunting is a lie and they don’t even try very hard to cover it up. #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #trailhuntlies #banhuntingforreal #countrysidecriminals
The angry elderly beagler you may have seen from our earlier video has form for wishing violence on Sabs. . Check out this video of him in December 2017. After we had shut down the Sandhurst & Aldershot Beagles and stopped them from killing animals he once again found he couldn’t hold himself back from telling us what he really thinks of us . After trying to throttle a sab and attempting to steal her phone, he said this. The question is, is his choice of weaponry as archaic as his morals? . #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #thethingshunterssay #trailhuntlies #banhuntingnow
🦡 10 SUPPLEMENTARY BADGER CULLS LICENSED TO START TODAY 🦡 Whilst out keeping an eye on a particularly vulnerable badger sett in the #Berkshire area, one of our supporters were greeted with this glorious sight! 🦡 After initially noticing an adult actively snuffling through the undergrowth, two badger cubs popped out of the hedge line and gave us a precious opportunity to take some close up footage of their activity.... 🦡 This just shows how vulnerable these creatures are. 🦡 In spite of the conservatives recent announcement that they would be phasing out badger culls, today 10 zones, including 7 of which are brand new this year - are starting today. These supplementary culls run from the 1st June until 31st January 2021, and badgers like these two will be killed mercilessly across the country. 🦡 If you want to help us to protect our badgers contact Berkshire Against the Badger Cull or contact the Badger Action Network to find your nearest group. 🦡 If you want to help us to get active in the culls please consider donating just £3 to our petrol fund here —-> PayPal.me/berksabc 🦡 #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #babc #berkshireagainstthebadgercull #badgeractionnetwork #ban #stc #stopthecull #stopthebadgercullnow
This was a good day! 🐰 Last season along with Severn Vale Hunt Sabs we made this particular hunt supporter very unhappy! All in a days work 😂 🐰 Watch this short video to see what the, now amalgamated, Palmer Marlborough Beagles really thinks of us. Who do you agree with? 🐰 If you want to donate to our petrol fund to help get us ready for next season so that we can keep on annoying hunters, please consider donating just £3 to us here: PayPal.me/Berksabc 🐰 #berkshirehuntsabs #severnvalehuntsabs #huntsabs #thethingshunterssay #palmermarlboroughbeagles #pmb #dannyallen #banhuntingforreal #trailhuntlies
#TBT FOUR SHIRES BASSETS 🐰 Delving into our archives once again we come across a rather festive Rupert Burchett of the Four Shires Bassets. He always seemed pleased to see us, which we thought at the time was a bit unusual! On New Years Day 2014 our sabs showed up to one of their most popular days, however instead of hunting hare in the fields as planned they were forced to take a miserable sodden walk up and down the lane - in the torrential rain. They then went to the nearby pub to watch some Morris dancing and presumably to drown their sorrows. Rupert however was very pleased to take a read of HOWL as he made a feature in it. We left him with a copy. Whose side does he actually want to be on, we wonder? 🐰 Aside from these vile bunch of criminals their hounds are innocent and normally gentle creatures. Our favourite was Ajax, the one eyed basset who was afraid of water and wouldn’t go in the puddles. We hope Ajax is still around and now retired to a loving home, however when the hounds ‘retire’ it’s rarely a happy ending for them. 🐰 #ThrowbackThursday #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #fourshiresbassets #illegalhunting #countrysidecriminals
Two of our local rampant hare killing hunts have amalgamated! 🐰 This is never a good sign for a hunt, and normally a result of hunts suffering financial and other hardships. We are sure being sabbed hard by us over the last few years hasn’t helped this failing hunt and may have been the final nail in the coffin. 🐰 #whoisnext #berkshirehuntsabs #severnvalehuntsabs #huntsabs #palmermarlboroughbeagles #pmb #dannyallen #wewontstop
HUNTS STRUGGLE AS NEW HUNT YEAR COMMENCES . In the bloodsports calendar today is the traditional hunt change-over when hunt hunt staff across the country are moving to pastures new to their new positions with new packs and often into their new accommodation which might come with the job. . Although hunting has stopped for now they are actively planning and organising for the next season. Much as in the same way that they keep hunting as close to how it was pre ban they are attempting to keep aspects of their scene going by, for instance, having virtual hound shows and small scale sponsored YouTube activities to try and make up for not having their hunter trials and point to points which are their main fundraisers and important social events. . Meanwhile the interviewing and recruiting of Hunt personnel continues unabated. We want to know given the national crisis and the high risk of infecting the general public as well as their own hunt staff, should these non essential employees really be moving around the country at this time? . Even though this period of lockdown will be affecting them financially they are still preparing for the next season and, of course, we are getting ready too. Join the HSA today and support your local groups; help save your local wildlife: https://www.huntsabs.org.uk/index.php/join-the-hsa #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #illegalhunting #minkhunting #foxhunting #countrysidecrimimals #banhuntingforreal #trailhuntlies #coronavirus
#TBT MINK HUNT MISFITS 🐶 In June 2014 the Northants Mink Hounds were sabbed by many groups across the south, including our group. It was meant to be a very large turn out of hunting people against a few small defenceless animals. Well, until we all turned up that is! No animals were killed and they left shortly after our arrival. 🐶 With around 12-20 dogs per pack mink hunts often comprise of a mix of their own otter hounds and other types of hounds, and the hunts participants are also an oddball mix of the more fanatical bloodsports aficionado. 🐶 Apart from the cruelty to mink & otters, other river dwelling species and may also be caught up in this organised rampage. If the terrified mink hide is bushes or up a tree sticks are used to wack it out, and if it attempts to hide underground then terriers will be used to dig it out. 🐶 It is reported that there are 17 registered and 20 unregistered mink hunt packs in the UK, although exact figures may be unknown, and they operate from April to October so keep a look out if you are out exercising. 🐶 Would these hunters heed the lockdown guidelines? Seems unlikely as they are not interested in public opinion or abiding by the law. 🐶 #tbt #throwbackthursday #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #illegalhunting #minkhunting #countrysidecrimimals #banhuntingforreal #trailhuntlies
2019/2020 END OF SEASON REVIEW 🐰 This year the hunting season for everyone was brought to an unexpected early close because of the Coronavirus when the hunting office formally suspended all hunts. This was a welcomed move and had given animals a few weeks respite from these illegal hunts. 🐰 But the highlight for us this year is how far we have been able to share our message. A whopping 2.5 million people have seen our posts this year! One thing the hunters hate is being exposed as they want to hunt in secret. Sabs make it their mission to keep on exposing them! Please continue to like and share Hunt Sab pages to keep reaching new people. 🐰 For now we are still out checking on wildlife during our daily excercise along with our researching and updating of our information until lockdown is over when actions can be stepped up again. 🐰 What can you do? 🐰 TIP US OFF Mink hunt season would ordinarily be starting now, but we believe that these hunts should not be meeting to prevent the spread of the virus, and this goes against government advice during this time. However we wouldn’t put it past them as they are not known for following rules and regulations. We need people who are able to help us gather any intelligence. If you see anything unusual whilst taking your exercise please message us, or the HSA’s tip off hotline on 07443148426 🐰 JOIN Please consider supporting all Hunt Sabs by joining the Hunt Saboteurs Association. For only £20 per year you get your membership including a copy of HOWL several times per year —-> https://www.huntsabs.org.uk/index.php/get-involved/join-the-hsa 🐰 DONATE Please consider donating £3 to our petrol fund which enables us to remain in the fields all year round —-> PayPal.me/berksabc 🐰 Thanks for your support! #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #forthewild #banhuntingforreal #trailhuntlies
The hunters claim to ‘love’ their hounds but we are not convinced! 🐶 Hounds are simply tools and commodities to the hunt. They are bred to pass on the bloodline, look right and behave under orders for the entertainment and the ‘sport’. 🐶 Thousands of healthy hounds (including puppies) are routinely clubbed to death or shot each year. Either if they are deemed ‘unsuitable’ at the end of the season or at the end of their hunting life which is often at just over half of a dogs natural lifespan. 🐶 #berkshirehuntsabs #houndsoff #huntinghoundabuse #banhuntingforreal #huntsabs
#TBT: ETON COLLEGE BEAGLES 🐰 They had thought they could stay under the radar. They thought wrong. 🐰 February 2012; the few weeks & months leading up to this sab was a pivotal time for our group when we saw how quickly we could shut down a days beagling with a small group and that’s when we began to cause increasing panic within the ranks of this secretive part of the hunting fraternity. 🐰 Looking like extras from a dodgy panto we knocked them off their hare chasing script and away they went scampering back to their hunty transport in no time. One nil to Berks Sabs. Again. 🐰 #throwbackthursday #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #etoncollegebeagles #ecb #racb #countrysidecriminals #beagling #Albury #etoncollege
Adorable. ❤️ How could anybody seek to hurt these beautiful, harmless creatures? Picture by Richard Bowler. #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #huntsaboteursassociation #trailhuntlies #ilovehuntsabs #countrysidecriminals #stophuntinganimals #banhuntingforreal
SABS SWAMP SURREY UNION FOX HUNT MEET 🦊 Yesterday Berkshire Hunt Sabs went over to Shackleford in Surrey for a meet of the Surrey Union Fox Hunt which had gathered in a field at Home Farm, Peper Harow. Last Saturday the local sab groups had all their tyres slashed on both landrovers, so groups from all across the South East joined them in solidarity to show these degenerates we won’t tolerate this behaviour. 🦊 The massive group of sabs positioned themselves around the area and kept with the huntsman moving north and then to the east of Shackleford as far as they could go in that direction parallel to the A3. From there they moved into Mitchen Hall Plantation and back accross the land owned by Lydling Farm, which is also a shoot. 🦊 At this point they went to go out on the Puttenham Road through the gate but changed their mind and headed back south with the huntsman taking the hounds off away from the rest of the field. The day was spent in an unusually small area near to the meet, as they ran into sabs at every turn. 🦊 Two foxes were seen to safety during the afternoon and the hunt trespassed in a local garden and drive leaving a gate open. The property owner spoke to sabs and advice and information was given so that they can follow up with a complaint. 🦊 With just so many sabs everywhere they looked, the hunt hardly moved more than half a mile from their meet and the riders must have been bored with seeing the same scenery as they moved in an ever smaller circle around Warren Lodge. 🦊 We only saw a pathetic following of just two car supporters during the day and in one of those was some sad case waving a foxes tail out their window at sab vehicles. 🦊 By about 3pm sabs reported the pack was heading back to the meet and after we got together in a car park for refreshments and a photo opportunity it was time for the pub. 🦊 Please support us in the work we do by donating to our petrol fund here —-> PayPal.me/berksabc - we spend a massive amount of money on fuel every week and donating just £3 to us really make a difference and enables us to continue. Thank you 😊 🦊 #berkshirehuntsabs #trailhuntlies #banhuntingnow
Throwback Thursday: casting our minds back to October 2013 when we sabbed a joint meet of the Eton College & Sandhurst Beagles, our presence apparently warranted 3 police cars to protect the young hunters. No kills were had however one hunt master tried to run over a sab #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabs #hsa #etoncollegebeagles #etoncollege #berkshire #eton #sandhurstbeagles #sab #aldershot #sabdhurstandaldershotbeagles
Hunting is dead. Thanks to @leinsterhuntsabs for the meme. #berkshirehuntsabs #huntsabssavelives #huntsabs #huntsaboteurs #huntsaboteursassociation #huntscumkillforfun #trailhuntlies #banhuntingnow #banhuntingforreal #huntscumkillforfun
The downside of sabbing - dealing with wannabe leaders of the Tory party. Oliver Howard-Vyse took the lead in trying to start fights with hunt Sabs whilst sabbing the RAC Beagles this Saturday. James Hunter in the background. 🐰 🐰 🐰 🐰 #berkshirehuntsabs #severnvalehuntsabs #bristolhuntsabs #bathhuntsabs #teamwork #huntsabs #huntsaboteursassociation #trailhuntlies #racb #rac #rau #ca #ilovehuntsabs #countrysidecriminals #stophuntinganimals #banhuntingforreal #tunnelhousepub #cirencester #huntball #dowhattheysaynotwhattheydo
Beagles are naturally trusting and gentle animals, but are trained to kill wildlife. Killed when no longer useful, the are just a commodity for these people. 🐰 #berkshirehuntsabs #severnvalehuntsabs #bristolhuntsabs #bathhuntsabs #teamwork #huntsabs #huntsaboteursassociation #trailhuntlies #racb #rac #rau #ca #ilovehuntsabs #countrysidecriminals #stophuntinganimals #banhuntingforreal #tunnelhousepub #cirencester #huntball
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BEAGLES SABBED BEFORE THEIR PRESTIGIOUS HUNT BALL 🐰 Yesterday Berkshire Hunt Sabs joined up with Sabs from Bath Hunt Saboteurs, Bristol Hunt Saboteurs and Severn Vale Hunt Saboteurs to attend gathering of the Royal Agricultural College Beagles who had a breakfast meet at the Tunnel House Pub, in Cirencester. 🐰 As we arrived we could see they had already started hunting and the RAU ‘ambassador’ for young people, Jack Walton, attempted to block the public road to prevent us, and other road users from moving. After he got moved on sabs entered the fields where the hunt were and a standoff ensued whilst the hunt staff tried to decide what to do next. 🐰 Unable to hunt due to the massive group of sabs watching their every move, they had no choice but to walk back to the hound van and box up the hounds. At this point Kennel huntsman David Simms tried to start a fight with Sabs whilst his friends had to hold him back. Showing violence is part and parcel of hunting. Go figure. 🐰 The rest of the gang of hunt criminals then tried to provoke Sabs by shouting and swearing at them and asking them for fights - the usual response from these countryside thugs. 🐰 The hound van then left at speed and arrived back at their kennels at Coates a few moments later. The stand off continued outside the kennels with more thuggish behaviour from the students for the next couple of hours as we hung about to make sure they didn’t try to hunt again. Once we knew their day was well and truly over and the hunt had retired to the pub to drown their sorrows instead of killing innocent Hares, Sabs left the area. Good work from all the groups involved. 🐰 The RAC Beagles had their hunt ball later that evening and no doubt talk of Hunt Sabs messing up their day would have dominated their annual event. 🐰 Please support us in the work we do by donating to our petrol fund here —-> PayPal.me/berksabc - we spend a massive amount of money on fuel every week and donating just £3 to us really make a difference and enables us to continue. Thank you 🐰 #berkshirehuntsabs #severnvalehuntsabs #bristolhuntsabs #bathhuntsabs #teamwork #huntsabs #huntsaboteurs
Not only does @jeremyclarkson1 Clarkson support the totally ineffective cull of our beloved badgers, he's a well known supporter of hunting with hounds too! 🦡 Here's another ridiculous quote from the aged pro-hunt, ex Top Gear presenter, "Let's be perfectly clear, shall we. The fox is not a little orange puppy dog with doe eyes and a waggly tail. It's a disease-ridden wolf with the morals of a psychopath and the teeth of a great white shark". 🦡 Our view; "The morals of a psychopath" would seem more appropriately applied to you Jeremy. 🦡 #berkshirehuntsabs #bristolhuntsabs #severnvalehuntsabs #teamwork #huntsabs #huntsaboteursassociation #trailhuntlies #ca #ilovehuntsabs #harehunters #illegalhunting #trailhuntlies #banhuntingforreal #chippingnorton #chaddlington #criminals #stophuntinganimals #jeremyclarkson #topgear #thesunnewspaper #thesundaytimes #whowantstobeamillionaire #stopthebadgercull
**REPOST** Posted with @withregram • @berkshirehuntsabs2011 CULMSTOCK MINK HUNT SUPPORTER CAUTIONED FOR ASSAULT ON SABS . At a meet of the Culmstock Minkhounds on 27th July 2019 at Colyton, sabs from several groups filmed an Otter being hunted & forced the hunt to pack up. Sabs were subjected to multiple assaults from the hunt and their supporters in retaliation. . One frustrated hunt supporter named Trevor Nex from Taunton, attacked one of our sabs from behind, trying to steal his camera. During the attack another hunt supporter wearing a balaclava joined in & our sab was punched & kicked to the ground and his camera damaged. The sab received injuries of bruising to face, neck & body. The sab body cam clearly showed him being attacked from behind as he was walking through a field & then other hunt supporters joining in. Other sabs present bravely defended him & were also separately subjected to multiple sustained attacks from hunt staff armed with otter poles. . Police were unable to identfy the masked hunt supporter but did follow up with an investigation which has now concluded with one hunt supporter, Trevor Nex, receiving a caution for assault by beating. Although we are disappointed that in spite of the damming video footage, photographic evidence, along with a confession from the perpetrator, that the investigation did not result in a trial & prosecution for assault, robbery & criminal damage; we would like to thank the investigating officer at Devon & Cornwall Police for their professionalism which has resulted in a caution for the hunt supporter. . If you want to help us cover the cost of fixing the camera damaged by Trevor in the assault, you can donate to us here: . —-> PayPal.me/Berksabc . #berkshirehuntsabs #teamwork #huntsabs #huntsaboteursassociation #trailhuntlies #otterhunters #racb #ca #ilovehuntsabs #minkhuntscum #criminals #pjbconstruction #somerset #taunton #trevornex #stophuntinganimals
CULMSTOCK MINK HUNT SUPPORTER CAUTIONED FOR ASSAULT ON SABS . At a meet of the Culmstock Minkhounds on 27th July 2019 at Colyton, sabs from several groups filmed an Otter being hunted & forced the hunt to pack up. Sabs were subjected to multiple assaults from the hunt and their supporters in retaliation. . One frustrated hunt supporter named Trevor Nex from Taunton, attacked one of our sabs from behind, trying to steal his camera. During the attack another hunt supporter wearing a balaclava joined in & our sab was punched & kicked to the ground and his camera damaged. The sab received injuries of bruising to face, neck & body. The sab body cam clearly showed him being attacked from behind as he was walking through a field & then other hunt supporters joining in. Other sabs present bravely defended him & were also separately subjected to multiple sustained attacks from hunt staff armed with otter poles. . Police were unable to identfy the masked hunt supporter but did follow up with an investigation which has now concluded with one hunt supporter, Trevor Nex, receiving a caution for assault by beating. Although we are disappointed that in spite of the damming video footage, photographic evidence, along with a confession from the perpetrator, that the investigation did not result in a trial & prosecution for assault, robbery & criminal damage; we would like to thank the investigating officer at Devon & Cornwall Police for their professionalism which has resulted in a caution for the hunt supporter. . If you want to help us cover the cost of fixing the camera damaged by Trevor in the assault, you can donate to us here: . —-> PayPal.me/Berksabc . #berkshirehuntsabs #teamwork #huntsabs #huntsaboteursassociation #trailhuntlies #otterhunters #racb #ca #ilovehuntsabs #minkhuntscum #criminals #pjbconstruction #somerset #taunton #trevornex #stophuntinganimals