The latest investigations, breaking stories and special reports from BTM. We expose the criminality and intimidation of so-called hunt saboteurs across the UK, giving a voice to the rural communities they target.
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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
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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
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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
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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’
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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
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It will come as no surprise to hunt supporters that the major anti-hunting charity the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) is embarking on a malicious campaign against much-loved country pubs. Its latest scheme is to send threatening letters accusing pubs that host hunts of “condoning illegal behaviour” – even though they
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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
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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
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The League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) has performed the most spectacular U-turn. In a confusing display of double thinking, they've managed to contradict two decades of their own campaigning in a single report. The great contradiction In one of its reports doing the rounds, Hunting with Dogs: Illegal
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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 ground. Nothing gets sabs hotter under the collar than evangelising about veganism, Palestine, and whatever other strand of woke tosh is trending on Instagram that
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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. The coroner reached a conclusion of accidental death after he was told how Avis, aged 76, died after falling from his horse when riding with the
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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 has represented South Scotland since 2016, has been arrested and charged over possession of indecent images of children. He was picked up earlier this month and quickly suspended