The latest investigations, breaking stories and special reports from BTM. We expose the criminality and intimidation of so-called hunt saboteurs across the UK, giving a voice to the rural communities they target.
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An MP who had the Labour whip removed for “persistent knobheadery” is attempting to pressure the Government into strengthening the 2004 Hunting Act. Neil Duncan-Jordan has written to MPs and Peers, urging them to sign a joint letter to ministers which calls on them to publish details about plans to
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In May, the shiny new anti-hunt lobbying group the New Hunting Ban proudly announced the formation of its ‘Parliamentary Committee’, complete with five Labour MPs (four of whom were only elected in 2024) and promises of political credibility and potential legislative reform. The group held its first meeting inside Parliament
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As if the company kept by sabs couldn’t get any lower (cf. Dan Norris, arrested on suspicion of child sex offences), Behind The Masks has discovered that Salisbury Plain Hunt Sabs is in cahoots with “deeply offensive” rap punk dup Bob Vylan, whose Glastonbury Festival set has appalled the
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For years, animal rights groups and anti-hunting activists have targeted businesses perceived to be in any way offering their services to country sports. Whether that’s a pub or even a conference centre, the hostilities driven by animal rights activists continues to have a negative impact on many small businesses
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As countryfolk know all too well, the main aims of hunt sabs is not the saving of foxes, but to cause rampant damage and destruction in the countryside and to hurt the rural economy. This has been illustrated to a gross degree after anti-hunt vandals attacked a farm near Chipping
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Dan Norris MP, the former chair of anti-hunt charity the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) who was arrested in April on suspicion of rape, child sex offences, child abduction and misconduct in a public office, has continued to vote via proxy in Parliament, despite being banned from the Parliamentary Estate.
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Last month a new anti-hunting lobby group popped up calling itself the ‘The New Hunting Ban’. The group boasted a slick website, swanky London offices, a crack team of advisors, and a “Parliamentary Committee” made up of five backbench Labour MPs. Pretty impressive. Well, not really. Scratch beneath the surface
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The trials and tribulations of plaguing the internal workings of animal charity League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) continues, after the organisation was forced to pay £30,000 to its former chief executive for breach of departure agreement. Andy Knott led LACS from January 2018 until March of last year. He
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Hunt sabs have often been described by the rural communities they harass as ‘countryside terrorists’. Now the Hunt Saboteur Association (HSA) has come out in full support of an actual ‘terrorist’ group, Palestine Action. A post by the Sheffield Hunt Saboteurs, reposted by the HSA, criticises the government’s plans
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According to disgruntled sab insiders, members of the notorious North London Hunt Saboteurs (NLHS) are apparently organising themselves for a takeover of the leadership of the Hunt Saboteur Organisation (HSA). HSA is run by 12 individuals who are elected each year by the group’s members. But it seems NLHS
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A new anti-hunt pressure group has sprung up, seemingly out of nowhere, calling itself The New Hunting Ban. A quick browse of its website gives the impression of a slick and well put-together lobby group with a “Parliamentary Committee” of four backbench Labour MPs. However, an investigation by BTM has
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It has become increasingly clear that many sabs, driven by their apparent love of animals, relish any opportunity for airtime on television. We need only look as far as Lesley Martin, John Harwood, or even sab sympathiser Caroline Hutt. Most recently Simon Wild, a long-time associate of the West Sussex