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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 has discovered that Salisbury Plain Hunt Sabs is in cahoots with “deeply offensive” rap punk dup Bob Vylan, whose Glastonbury Festival set has appalled the
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Affiliation: Locals Against the Wynnstay Location: Wrexham Sarah Sheridan has become a notorious figure in Wrexham’s hunt saboteur scene, known for what one local described as “wild antics” and a tendency to “whip up hysteria with wild accusations”. Her online presence is centred around the Facebook group Locals Against
Cheshire
Location: Cheshire Affiliations: Cheshire Animal Rights Campaign Trish Barlow plays a leading role in the Cheshire Animal Rights Campaign, a group that regularly targets local trail hunts. Based in Northwich, Barlow has become increasingly active over the past few seasons, gaining notoriety not just for her persistent presence in the
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For years, animal rights groups and anti-hunting activists have targeted businesses perceived to be in any way offering their services to country sports. Whether that’s a pub or even a conference centre, the hostilities driven by animal rights activists continues to have a negative impact on many small businesses
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As countryfolk know all too well, the main aims of hunt sabs is not the saving of foxes, but to cause rampant damage and destruction in the countryside and to hurt the rural economy. This has been illustrated to a gross degree after anti-hunt vandals attacked a farm near Chipping
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Dan Norris MP, the former chair of anti-hunt charity the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) who was arrested in April on suspicion of rape, child sex offences, child abduction and misconduct in a public office, has continued to vote via proxy in Parliament, despite being banned from the Parliamentary Estate.
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ast month a new anti-hunting lobby group popped up calling itself the ‘The New Hunting Ban’. The group boasted a slick website, swanky London offices, a crack team of advisors, and a “Parliamentary Committee” made up of five backbench Labour MPs. Pretty impressive. Well, not really. Scratch beneath the surface
West Yorkshire
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Affiliation: Sheffield Hunt Sabs Ever wondered how the sabs fund their violent and antisocial countryside exploits? Besides begging for money from the general public on donation pages (like Sam Morley, Doug Maw, Emma Phipps, and Max Watson), sabs have attracted a few high net worth donors
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The trials and tribulations of plaguing the internal workings of animal charity League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) continues, after the organisation was forced to pay £30,000 to its former chief executive for breach of departure agreement. Andy Knott led LACS from January 2018 until March of last year. He
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Hunt sabs have often been described by the rural communities they harass as ‘countryside terrorists’. Now the Hunt Saboteur Association (HSA) has come out in full support of an actual ‘terrorist’ group, Palestine Action. A post by the Sheffield Hunt Saboteurs, reposted by the HSA, criticises the government’s plans
Sheffield Hunt Saboteurs
Location: Derbyshire Affiliations: Sheffield Hunt Sabs Christopher Hallam is an obsessive member of the Sheffield Hunt Sabs who was once arrested for stalking and harassing the Conservative MP for High Peak, Robert Largan. On 19 September 2023, Hallam and his mother Christine were arrested by Derbyshire police and banned from
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According to disgruntled sab insiders, members of the notorious North London Hunt Saboteurs (NLHS) are apparently organising themselves for a takeover of the leadership of the Hunt Saboteur Organisation (HSA). HSA is run by 12 individuals who are elected each year by the group’s members. But it seems NLHS