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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It will come as no surprise to hunt supporters that the major anti-hunting charity the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) is embarking on a malicious campaign against much-loved country pubs. Its latest scheme is to send threatening letters accusing pubs that host hunts of “condoning illegal behaviour” – even though they
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The National Police Chiefs Council lead on illegal hunting, Chief Superintendent Matt Longman, spoke to a committee of anti-hunting activists in Parliament, just a few months after he was criticised for comparing trail hunting to serious crimes such as burglary and drug dealing. On Monday, Mr Longman attended a meeting
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Hunt sab Anthony Robinson (37) has been found guilty of using threatening, abusive and insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm and distress. Sentenced at Wrexham Magistrates’ Court on 23 September, Robinson was handed him a 10-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, along with a restraining
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The League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) has performed the most spectacular U-turn. In a confusing display of double thinking, they've managed to contradict two decades of their own campaigning in a single report. The great contradiction In one of its reports doing the rounds, Hunting with Dogs: Illegal
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If there’s one thing sabs love more than terrorising the countryside and beating up young girls, it’s trying to claim the moral high ground. Nothing gets sabs hotter under the collar than evangelising about veganism, Palestine, and whatever other strand of woke tosh is trending on Instagram that
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This week, news broke of the results of a coroner’s inquest into the tragic, accidental death of a much-loved local figure, Guy Avis. The coroner reached a conclusion of accidental death after he was told how Avis, aged 76, died after falling from his horse when riding with the
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Scottish Labour MSP Colin Smyth has become the latest anti-hunt lawmaker to be accused of sex crimes against minors. The 52-year-old, who has represented South Scotland since 2016, has been arrested and charged over possession of indecent images of children. He was picked up earlier this month and quickly suspended
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Coordinated hunt saboteur action failed to overshadow this year’s Glorious Twelfth, as multiple groups targeted grouse shoots across the UK in a bid to halt the opening day of the season. In the end, the hooded anarchists targeted the Catlow shoot, on ground owned by United Utilities and managed
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Tensions within the hunt saboteur movement appear to be rising, as the North London Hunt Sabs (NLHS) have publicly declared themselves “an independent hunt saboteur group,” raising questions about their relationship with the central Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA). The announcement, made via a recent post on NLHS’s Facebook page,
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The police officer in charge of tackling illegal hunting has come under fire for comparing trail hunting to serious crimes like burglary and drug dealing. Chief Superintendent Matt Longman, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) lead on illegal hunting, has been accused of “blatant prejudice” and undermining public trust in
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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