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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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
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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,