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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The Chair of the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) Dan Norris has stepped down from his post after being arrested on suspicion of rape and child sex offences. Norris, who is also the Labour Party MP for Northeast Somerset and Hanham, was released on conditional bail after police raided his
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Lincoln Hunt Saboteurs have been caught red-handed spreading an outrageous lie. The sab group has been forced to backtrack on a wild claim that Neil Burton had executed his own hounds and fed them to the rest of the pack. The shocking accusation was plastered across their Facebook page on
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Members of the notorious Stockport Monitors, reportedly commanded by ringleader Paul Allman and convicted bomb-maker David Blenkinsop, attacked a meeting of the Wynnstay Hunt on Saturday. Eyewitnesses said the men, clad in ski masks and balaclavas, were armed with hammers, baseball bats, and even a machete. The attack occurred at
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Lardy lad Luke Tucker and his Northants Hunt Sabs pulled over by police, and try to leg it Luke Tucker, ringleader of the Northants Hunt Sabs, was back in the spotlight last Saturday after reports of aggressive behaviour towards locals in Gunby village, Lincolnshire. The notorious group had descended on
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The disgraced MP for Runcorn and Helsby, Mike Amesbury, criticised the Hunting Act (2004) on the same day that he was sentenced for assaulting a constituent. In a written question to the Secretary for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Amesbury asked, “if he will make an assessment of the potential
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In the latest instalment of hunt sabs’ malicious and vindictive campaign to punish anyone and anything associated with hunting, Wiltshire Hunt Saboteurs has attacked a charity, Society Without Abuse (formerly Swindon Domestic Abuse Support), for accepting a donation from the Beaufort Hunt. The Beaufort Hunt recently announced it had raised
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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