BEHIND THE MASKS

On Saturday 22 November, as the master of the Burton Hunt counted in his hounds after a solid day’s trail hunting, he was alarmed to come up one dog short. Wayward, an ironic name for such a loyal and experienced hound, had not returned to the fold. Wayward the hound The huntsman paced the tracks and footpaths around Cold Hanworth in Lincolnshire late into the evening, blowing his horn to bring the dog home. But it was nowhere to be seen. When hounds very occasionally do run

A group of saboteurs vandalised kennels belonging to the Derwent Hunt near Snainton in North Yorkshire. The sabs are thought to have struck in the early hours of Saturday morning, slashing the tires on an SUV and trailer used by the hunt. The vandals also graffitied the words ‘HUNT SCUM’ on the walls of the kennels. The perpetrators vandalised the Derwent kennels in the early hours of Saturday morning. It is not currently known who carried out the attack, however the Derwent

The terrorist sympathiser deemed too extreme for the League Against Cruel Sports was invited back to Westminster as the guest of your elected representatives.  Animal Liberation Front (ALF) supporter and Hunt Saboteur Association (HSA) Chair Simon Russell was back in Parliament last week, this time with the support of some seriously heavyweight political beasts. This is the same Simon Russell who was too toxic for even the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) to touch . The eve

The National Police Chiefs Council lead on illegal hunting, Chief Superintendent Matt Longman, spoke to a committee of anti-hunting activists in Parliament, just a few months after he was criticised for comparing trail hunting to serious crimes such as burglary and drug dealing . On Monday, Mr Longman attended a meeting in the House of Commons organised by the New Hunting Ban: a political pressure group which broke parliamentary standards  by falsely describing itself as havi

Hunt Saboteurs Association chairman welcomed into Parliament despite links to extremist group and criminal damage charges In June, Members of Parliament threw open the doors of Westminster to welcome the Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) for a cosy reception called "Hounds of Wildlife." Among the activists rubbing shoulders with elected officials was a man so toxic that even the police refused to work with him. Simon Russell is HSA's Chairperson and a known supporter of the An

Affiliations : Welsh Border Wildlife Protectors Location : Deeside Brett Tully is a self-styled aerial vigilante of the Welsh Border...

Hunt sab Anthony Robinson (37) has been found guilty of using threatening, abusive and insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm and distress. Sentenced at Wrexham Magistrates’ Court on 23 September, Robinson was handed him a 10-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, along with a restraining order protecting his teenage victim. Robinson has also been ordered to undertake a programme of rehabilitation activity. Robinson, reportedly a member of

The League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) has performed the most spectacular U-turn. In a confusing display of double thinking, they've...

Location:  Sunderland     Affiliation : Teesside Anti Blood Sports   Meet Lynsey Nagev – though she answers to Lynsey Wrightson too, and...

Affiliation : Devon County Hunt Sabs Location : Redhills, Exeter Back in October 2024, Devon County Hunt Sab Serena Joiner was filmed apparently ramming a 16-year-old lad’s quad bike multiple times with her red Land Rover before fleeing the scene. The vicious attack took place at Higher Westacombe, Inwardleigh and was a shocking act of violence against the hunting community. Serena Joiner rams into quad bike Although the matter was taken to the police, for reasons unknown it’

If there’s one thing sabs love more than terrorising the countryside  and beating up young girls , it’s trying to claim the moral high...

This week, news broke  of the results of a coroner’s inquest into the tragic, accidental death of a much-loved local figure, Guy Avis....

Scottish Labour MSP Colin Smyth has become the latest anti-hunt lawmaker to be accused of sex crimes against minors. The 52-year-old, who...

Coordinated hunt saboteur action failed to overshadow this year’s  Glorious Twelfth , as multiple groups targeted grouse shoots across...

Tensions within the hunt saboteur movement appear to be rising, as the North London Hunt Sabs (NLHS) have publicly declared themselves...

The police officer in charge of tackling illegal hunting has come under fire for comparing trail hunting to serious crimes  like burglary...

An MP who had the Labour whip removed for “persistent knobheadery” is attempting to pressure the Government into strengthening the 2004...

Affiliations: Stop the Cull; Hunting Leaks; Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC); Animal Liberation Front (ALF)   Jay Tiernan (birth...

In May, the shiny new anti-hunt lobbying group the New Hunting Ban proudly announced the formation of its ‘Parliamentary Committee’,...

As if the company kept by sabs couldn’t get any lower (cf. Dan Norris , arrested on suspicion of child sex offences), Behind The Masks...