Hunting

What to do about fox hunting on Public Access Land

The area marked on the map, around Hatchmoor, is public access land. It is also a regular haunt for the Torrington Farmers Hunt, which has hunted on it several times recently, on Boxing Day 2022 and on other occasions since. On Boxing Day they were seen chasing a total of five foxes there. So what can people do about fox…

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What to do about fox hunting?

The fox hounds are in cry. Perhaps you can see them chasing a fox. Maybe you’ve just witnessed a fox running over a busy road, chased by a pack of dogs. Have fox hounds invaded your garden, terrifying your pets and upsetting your children? You might hear fox hunting in progress on someone’s land. Perhaps hunters have blocked your car…

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Hunting

Hunt insurance – And why criminal hunters can’t claim

Earlier this year an article about hunt insurance and related equine insurances appeared in Insurance Times, the UK’s top insurance sector magazine. It revealed the shocking truth about the insurers who offer insurance to hunts even though, as the journalist said, the fact that the majority of hunts still hunt foxes is ‘one of the UK countryside’s worst kept secrets’.…

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Hunting

TORRINGTON FARMERS HUNT ACTIVITY: 2021-2022 SEASON

Every time the Torrington Farmers Hunt and Stevenstone Hunt meet, they hunt foxes. It is common knowledge amongst local people, all three local Councils, and the police.  This document covers the fox hunting season August 2021 – April 2022. It details the reported activities of these two fox hunts in one small area. It also looks into other interesting aspects of…

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Hunting, Police

In Memory of Tom Worby – Killed by Tony Ball

On Saturday 3rd April 1993 Tom Worby, aged just 15, was killed by huntsman Tony Ball at the closing meet of the Cambridgeshire Foxhounds at Low Farm near Gravesley in Cambridgeshire. Mr Ball was never charged or convicted for this unlawful killing. This was the very first time Tom Worby had accompanied hunt saboteurs on their mission to protect wildlife.…

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Hunting, Police

Torrington Farmers Hunt Boxing Day 2019

The 2019 Torrington Farmers Hunt Boxing Day meet in the centre of Great Torrington was a remarkable event for one key reason. The TFH had actually submitted details of their event and they even applied to Devon County Highways for road closure. Remarkable! Previously they have never formally applied for road closure and have never at any time in the…

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Hunting, Police

Cottesmore Hunt Thugs Exposed

The Cottesmore Hunt are a notorious organised criminal gang who routinely engage in illegal fox-hunting, aided by a number of knuckle-dragging, violent supporters who have openly admitted that the Cottesmore Hunt ignores the ban on fox-hunting. One of these supporters (Marc Birney) has recently attempted to discourage Northants Hunt Saboteurs from mentioning his fellow, violent, hunt supporting fools Ollie Barton…

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