On 2 May, members of Nottingham Hunt Sabs, West Yorkshire Hunt Sabs and South Northants Hunt Sabs were active in the countryside near Kings Newton, where the Dove Valley hunt was meeting that day. According to a source familiar with the day's movements, the saboteurs were masked, their
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There is a particular breed of animal rights lover who wakes each morning convinced that the hills and hedgerows of Britain cannot turn on their axis without their personal supervision. Derek Farr is one of them. Not out in the field, but from the comfort of a Facebook comment box,
The Consultation On 26 March, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs launched a formal public consultation on banning trail hunting in England and Wales - a practice introduced after the Hunting Act 2004 as a lawful alternative to fox hunting, using an animal-scented rag. The government has given
Location: Suffolk Affiliations: Suffolk Hunt Saboteurs Chris Power is a menacing member of the Suffolk Hunt sabs. With an "unparalleled level of arrogance", Power flies his drone across the countryside - careful, of course, to remove the evidence before the lens swings back his way. Plumber by day,
Affiliations: South Suffolk Hunt Saboteurs Location: Suffolk Stephen Nash spent his working days as Head of Commercial Property at Fenn Wright - a respectable Colchester estate agency, the sort of outfit that values discretion and reputation. Evenings and weekends, according to sources, were a different matter entirely. Nash was out
Now that the trail hunting season is drawing to a close, hunt saboteurs have wasted no time in finding new ways to terrorise local communities. If they can't disrupt a legal hunt, they'll disrupt something else. It really is them against the countryside. Members of the
Affiliation: Wiltshire Hunt Saboteurs Location: Chippenham An active and dangerous member of the Wiltshire Hunt Saboteurs, Christopher Tuite never misses an opportunity to interfere with the Wiltshire and Beaufort hunts. BTM sources report regular sightings of him between December 2025 and March 2026, most notably a disturbing incident in January
Affiliations: Wiltshire Hunt Saboteurs James Allen is an active member of the Wiltshire Hunt Sabs, who can often be found hovering his drone above a Wiltshire field, squinting at a screen and muttering about "evidence”. Meet the South West’s resident aerial menace, a man whose commitment to the
For someone who campaigns against legal trail hunting, Deborah Hall has developed quite a taste for the chase. Deborah Hall is no ordinary sab. As BTM has previously reported, the Cornwall-based coordinator of Action Against Foxhunting is known to push well beyond the boundaries of reasonable protest. From her failed
Affiliations: Norwich Hunt Saboteurs Location: Norfolk A notorious member of the Norwich Hunt Sabs, Jan McLachlan, can often be spotted sabotaging local legal trail hunts across Norfolk. On 14 February, she was spotted in her Range Rover Defender, interfering with a lawful hare hunt. Not content with mere disruption, she
The Rotherham MP's emotive social media post reveals a government more interested in settling old class scores than listening to rural Britain Sarah Champion, the Labour MP for Rotherham, took to Facebook recently to declare herself "disgusted" that people still hunt foxes "under the smoke
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Chris Packham just so happens to stumble across the perfect sob story while out for a stroll in the Dorset countryside. During the now-infamous "Operation Smokescreen" livestream on 7 February, BBC Springwatch presenter Chris Packham spent five hours following the Blackmore & Sparkford Vale Hunt around Bishop'
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A Kent-based hunt saboteur has been caught using a fake identity on popular dating app Hinge in what appears to be a deliberate attempt to infiltrate the hunting and countryside community. Carly Ahlen, a regular with West Kent Hunt Saboteurs and founder of GABO Wildlife, created a profile under the
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Location: Cheshire Affiliation: Groups across Cheshire Paul John Meade presents himself as a devoted animal rights activist in Cheshire, reportedly protesting Boxing Day meets and causing trouble. He fills his Facebook feed with fox worship and Protect the Wild propaganda. But behind the righteous facade, investigators claim he has been
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Cheshire Monitors' Anthony Robinson was allegedly caught by police illegally flying his drone out of sight and over private property at Cholmondeley Park, Cheshire. Sources tell us Robinson was asked to leave after he was unable to produce a valid drone licence when challenged by officers. UK drone laws
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Location: Suffolk Affiliations: Leader of Suffolk and Essex Hunt Sabs, Norwich Hunt Sabs, Suffolk Action for Wildlife Tina Smith leads the Suffolk and Essex Hunt Sabs with a reputation for aggression that extends far beyond hunt disruption. By day, she responds to breakdown calls as an AA mechanic. By weekend,
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In yet another display of activism masquerading as rural advocacy, the Plymouth and West Devon Hunt Saboteurs have launched a campaign against Bridestowe Village Hall for committing the apparently heinous crime of... functioning as a village hall. Their target? A fundraising lunch for the Spooners & West Dartmoor Hunt this
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Affiliations: Welsh Border Wildlife Protectors Location: Deeside Emma Jayne Corbould's transformation from pre-school teacher to alleged surveillance operative reads like a cautionary tale of activism gone rogue. She stands accused of planting covert cameras outside homes where children play, backed by an uncle described as a Manchester "
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Affiliations: West Cornwall Hunt Saboteurs Location: West Cornwall Day Job: Pagination and Medical Records Services Manager at Tula Medical Experts (Medical Negligence and Personal Injury) Mandy Deiraniya balances her career managing medical records with a fervent side hustle: sabotaging legal countryside activities. Her social media feed reads like a greatest
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Video evidence shows Emma Jayne Corbould collecting hidden recording device — But she won’t face any punishment. A hunt supporter near Wrexham was horrified to discover a surveillance camera hidden in a hedge outside his family home where his children play, planted by an anti-hunt saboteur who has allegedly been
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Hunt saboteur Neal Buckoke orchestrates online attack that could force a Somerset farmer to cull her beloved animals 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
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Affiliation: Weymouth Animal Rights Location: Dorset 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,
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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