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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After the introduction of the 2004 Hunting Act, hunts across the UK sought to retain the recreation and sense of community offered by hound sports by adopting trail hunting: a legal practice that involves riders (on horseback or on foot) following a manufactured scent along a pre-determined trail with hounds
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Many in the sab community describe themselves as animal rights activists and draw a large degree of moral justification from the belief that their actions are motivated by compassion and respect for animals. The issue with this comes when so-called ‘direct action’ is misinformed and becomes dangerous. In the sab
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For decades hunt saboteur and monitoring groups have harassed, intimidated, and attacked legal trail hunts without fear of responsibility or consequence. While many of the individuals involved are harmless pests, some are opportunistic thugs who routinely intimidate bystanders, damage property, and cause harm to the very animals they claim to