BEHIND THE MASKS

Hunt saboteur Neal Buckoke orchestrates online attack that could force a Somerset farmer to cull her beloved animals Neal Buckoke Neal Buckoke , a notorious hunt saboteur and anti-establishment conspiracy theorist, is the driving force behind Two Counties Hunt Saboteurs' vicious campaign against Somerset Reindeer Ranch, an online crusade that could result in the culling of 10 beloved reindeer.   Sarah Sutton, a Navy veteran who has operated Somerset Reindeer Ranch near Yeovil

Affiliation : Weymouth Animal Rights Location : Weymouth Town Centre Gill Rayner Gill Rayner is a leading figure in Weymouth Animal Rights, one of the more aggressive saboteur groups operating in the South West.  Based in Weymouth but active across multiple hunts, Rayner has turned disruption into a long-term campaign - one built on trespassing, intimidation, and a network of like-minded sabs. Rayner's dedication to disruption is notable for its consistency. He has been a cen

The New Hunting Ban, a political pressure group which previously broke parliamentary standards , returned to Parliament on 16 December, this time to publish their legislative recommendations to ban trail hunting. The campaign group is preparing to intensify pressure on the government ahead of ministers' planned public consultation on the issue.   At the event, Labour MP Neil Duncan-Jordan announced he has begun drafting a Private Members' Bill based on these recommendations,

Duprey being led away in handcuffs by police officers. Richard Duprey has been given a nine-month suspended sentence and £500 fine for Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH). And his sab group? They're celebrating it. Richard Duprey , also known as Richard White, was sentenced on was sentenced on 9 January at Craigavon Courthouse to a nine-month suspended sentence and a £500 fine for a vicious assault on a 79-year-old man in August 2024 on New Forge Road, Magheralin. The details are gri

The Official BTM Guide to Spotting & Stopping Hunt Saboteurs Think you’ve spotted a sab? Here’s how to turn that encounter into evidence we can use. Follow these six steps to help us expose the criminality and anti-social behaviour by these countryside terrorists. 1. Pin your position Always lock down your location. Drop a WhatThreeWords pin, save your GPS coordinates, drop a pin on your Maps app, note the nearest road junction or landmark. Be specific. 2. Get your camera ou

The British Hound Sports Association has called out yet more mistruths from so-called charity the League Against Cruel Sports after it staged its latest attention-seeking stunt in Cirencester.  On Thursday, LACS campaigns manager John Petrie wandered around the Gloucestershire town’s Market Square, harassing locals with a stuffed toy fox doused in fake blood.  According to the League’s own social media pages, Petrie “spoke to shoppers and even carol singers in Cirencester’s

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...