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Over the last few months, BTM has started to notice factions arising in the hunt saboteur community. But these aren’t just minor tiffs; they are rooted in power struggles and sab politics. From personal spats between leaders of neighbouring saboteur groups to criticism of the Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA)
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It is not often that the sab movement submits itself for examination. This month, Lynne Graham's 496-page doctoral thesis appeared on Northumbria University's research portal, entitled: No Justice, Just Us: A qualitative mixed methods ethnographic study of organised foxhunting and anti-hunt activism in England and Wales.
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This year's Glorious Twelfth passed with rather less drama than the saboteur movement would have you believe. What at first glance looked like two or three separate actions across the Yorkshire moors turns out, on closer reading, to be one lawful shoot at Coverdale, checked by police and
Sabs Unmasked
Location: Cirencester Affiliations: Cirencester Hunt Saboteurs Mike Collet, a ‘hobbity’ looking man with the heart of an aspiring WWE wrestler, is a well-known sab in Cirencester. Now in his late 60s, Collet has shown little inclination to slow down when it comes to getting physical in the field. Whilst the
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Andy Burnham had been Prime Minister for precisely two days when Sir Ben Wallace stood up at the East of England Showground and offered him a reset, which is more courtesy than the countryside has had from Downing Street in years. The Future for Hunting Festival of Hounds, held alongside
North London Hunt Saboteurs
On Saturday 25 July the Essex and Suffolk Hunt hosted a wholesome and light-hearted fun ride commencing in the village of Lindsey. What was a beautiful summers day was interrupted by a small group of disorderly protesters from the North London Hunt Saboteurs (NLHS) and Suffolk Action for Wildlife saboteurs.
Sabs Unmasked
Location – Sturminster Newton, Dorset Affiliation – North Dorset Hunt Saboteurs, Wildlife Crime Action David Tibbles likes to think of himself as the mastermind behind the North Dorset Hunt Sabs. In reality, he's something of an armchair general. Rather than venturing out himself, Tibbles prefers to dispatch two of his
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Foxes, hounds, gannets. Rob Pownall's campaigns are never short of animals. What they are short of is any account of what happens to them afterwards. The pattern was set in the spring of 2022, when Keep The Ban, the group Pownall founded, went to its supporters with two
Herefordshire
Affiliation: Welsh Border Hunt Saboteurs (formerly Three Counties Hunt Saboteurs) Location: Herefordshire Every saboteur group has its star performer: the one who never misses a meet, never runs out of opinions, and never lets inconvenient details get in the way of a good story. Part of the Welsh Border Hunt
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On 2 May, members of Nottingham Hunt Sabs, West Yorkshire Hunt Sabs and South Northants Hunt Sabs were active in the countryside near Kings Newton, where the Dove Valley hunt was meeting that day. According to a source familiar with the day's movements, the saboteurs were masked, their
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There is a particular breed of animal rights lover who wakes each morning convinced that the hills and hedgerows of Britain cannot turn on their axis without their personal supervision. Derek Farr is one of them. Not out in the field, but from the comfort of a Facebook comment box,
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The Consultation On 26 March, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs launched a formal public consultation on banning trail hunting in England and Wales - a practice introduced after the Hunting Act 2004 as a lawful alternative to fox hunting, using an animal-scented rag. The government has given