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Earlier this month, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary announced a crackdown on masked protesters. Using new powers under the Crime and Policing Act, officers will stop people at protests from hiding their faces. The trigger was masked demonstrators at anti-migrant protests in Dover and Portsmouth. However, for the hunting
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The Countryside Alliance launched its Campaign for the Countryside in Westminster on 14 September and did not struggle for big names. Lord Cameron warned there is "no national security unless you have food security". He attacked "stupid moves such as the family farm tax" and was
Sabs Unmasked
Location: London Affiliations: North London Hunt Sabs Elric Newby is a painter and decorator by trade and, at weekends, a DJ at Metal Devastation and hunt saboteur with the North London Hunt Sabs. In other words, a man who has built his life around volume and disruption. By his own
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A Dorset hunt saboteur whose assault allegation against a huntswoman ended in acquittal was previously convicted of attacking an elderly hunt supporter. Alexandra Dennis, of North Dorset Hunt Saboteurs, was the complainant in the case against Sophie Tuffin, who was cleared by magistrates in August. The Tuffin case In August
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On 27 August, District Judge Barnes threw out animal welfare charges against both directors of Cheshire Forest Hunt Limited. He did it at half time, on a submission of no case to answer, before either woman had said a word in her own defence. The prosecution evidence, he found, was
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Over the last few months, BTM has started to notice factions arising in the hunt saboteur community. But these aren’t just minor tiffs; they are rooted in power struggles and sab politics. From personal spats between leaders of neighbouring saboteur groups to criticism of the Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA)
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It is not often that the sab movement submits itself for examination. This month, Lynne Graham's 496-page doctoral thesis appeared on Northumbria University's research portal, entitled: No Justice, Just Us: A qualitative mixed methods ethnographic study of organised foxhunting and anti-hunt activism in England and Wales.
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This year's Glorious Twelfth passed with rather less drama than the saboteur movement would have you believe. What at first glance looked like two or three separate actions across the Yorkshire moors turns out, on closer reading, to be one lawful shoot at Coverdale, checked by police and
Sabs Unmasked
Location: Cirencester Affiliations: Cirencester Hunt Saboteurs Mike Collet, a ‘hobbity’ looking man with the heart of an aspiring WWE wrestler, is a well-known sab in Cirencester. Now in his late 60s, Collet has shown little inclination to slow down when it comes to getting physical in the field. Whilst the
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Andy Burnham had been Prime Minister for precisely two days when Sir Ben Wallace stood up at the East of England Showground and offered him a reset, which is more courtesy than the countryside has had from Downing Street in years. The Future for Hunting Festival of Hounds, held alongside
North London Hunt Saboteurs
On Saturday 25 July the Essex and Suffolk Hunt hosted a wholesome and light-hearted fun ride commencing in the village of Lindsey. What was a beautiful summers day was interrupted by a small group of disorderly protesters from the North London Hunt Saboteurs (NLHS) and Suffolk Action for Wildlife saboteurs.
Sabs Unmasked
Location – Sturminster Newton, Dorset Affiliation – North Dorset Hunt Saboteurs, Wildlife Crime Action David Tibbles likes to think of himself as the mastermind behind the North Dorset Hunt Sabs. In reality, he's something of an armchair general. Rather than venturing out himself, Tibbles prefers to dispatch two of his