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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We in the countryside are often told that rural policing is in crisis. A study by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) last summer found that crime in rural areas has surged by 32% since 2011, compared with a 24% increase in towns and cities. Meanwhile, many forces lack
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Back in December, BBC Springwatch presenter Chris Packham joined the infamous Northants Hunt Sabs to disrupt a meeting of the Cottesmore Hunt in Leicestershire. As BTM reported at the time, Packham and stepdaughter Megan McCubbin spent the day livestreaming their outing alongside convicted bomb maker and notorious Northants sab leader,
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To most Britons – eager to see the best in people – the fact that self-professed animal lovers poison hounds or go out of their way to stop money being given to charities comes as a shock. However, to those in the hunt community we know this is only scratching the surface
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Susan Sutton-Lloyd, a leading figure in the now disbanded Roaming Sabs group, has given up sabbing after a reported fallout with other members of the anti-hunt fraternity. In a parting shot to her erstwhile colleagues, Sutton-Lloyd told Behind The Masks, “I am no longer a Sab nor do I wish
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Labour Party MP for Poole Neil Duncan-Jordan met with members of the North London Hunt Saboteurs (NLHS) at the House of Commons last week to discuss the case for strengthening current fox hunting laws. One of those sabs, Behind The Masks can reveal, is reported to have a criminal record
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Former veterans minister Ivor Caplin has been arrested after being filmed allegedly trying to meet with a 15-year-old boy he met online. The ex-Labour Party MP for Hove was stopped at Brighton train station by the campaign group Stop Stings, who had been communicating with Mr Caplin for several months
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The Sheffield Hunt Saboteurs group has encouraged a supporter to deliberately waste police time, instructing them to “exaggerate the situation as far as your safety is concerned,” according to screenshots seen by BTM. The image shows a Facebook message exchange between the Sheffield Hunt Saboteurs group and one of their
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The festive period is traditionally a jolly and busy time for hunts across the UK, bringing people together throughout the countryside and lifting community spirits. In keeping with traditional values, the Dungarvan Foxhounds Supporters Club in Ireland was hoping to raise money for charity, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
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The BBC’s Springwatch presenter Chris Packham has found himself in hot water once again after spending the day with convicted bomb maker Mel Broughton while livestreaming an outing with the Northants Hunt Sabs. On Saturday 28th December, Packham joined the Northants Hunt Sabs to disrupt a meeting of the
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Originally Suffolk Against Foxhunting, Suffolk Action for Wildlife (SAF) was created in 2021 by Anna Bye as a volunteer-based hunt monitoring and disrupting organisation. The group is still chaired by Bye, a local mortgage broking business owner, and now covers most of Suffolk, helping local hunt saboteur organisations to disrupt
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Behind The Masks can exclusively reveal that a member of the East Yorkshire Coast Hunt Sabs has been arrested and questioned by the police following an incident with a member of the Derwent Hunt on Saturday. Mark Fothergill was arrested by North Yorkshire Police on suspicion of assault. He has
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A man was charged with two counts of assault by beating after throwing soup over women’s rights activist Kellie-Jay Keen in Sheffield on 21 September. Behind The Masks can now reveal that the alleged assaulter – named by the police as Ben Lindsay, 34 of Fitzwilliam Street, Barnsley – is a