Action Against Hare Hunting

Campaigning against all hare hunting with hounds. We also oppose all shooting of hares & coursing in Britain and Ireland

[Action Against Hare Hunting @ActionHare]

If those coursing hares with packs of scent hounds (beagles and bassets) were treated the same way as those who course with sight hounds (lurchers, greyhounds, Salukis) the former would stop hunting overnight.

Both practices are completely illegal 🤔

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

New sentencing guidelines for hare coursing were introduced on 1 June. The most serious hare coursing offences now carry a custodial starting point of 18 weeks. But they fail to properly tackle a bloodsport that sees hares relentlessly chased and killed by dogs.

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

New sentencing guidelines for hare coursing were introduced on 1 June. The most serious hare coursing offences now carry a custodial starting point of 18 weeks. But they fail to properly tackle a bloodsport that sees hares relentlessly chased and killed by dogs.

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

Together we can end hunting!

On the 18th of June the government consultation into banning 'trail hunting' will close. This consultation is your chance to have your say, be heard and end hunting.

https://t.co/wKRW6I5m9t

We need the following changes to the Hunting Act for it to be effective.

🔻 Recklessness clause - to ensure that injury or damage to any animal is a breach of the Act.

🔻 Reversal of the burden of proof to ensure participants are responsible for any action taken with hunting hounds.

🔻 Ban of trail hunting for artificial scent, animal-based or otherwise, to prevent trail hunting from being used as smokescreen for actual hunting.

🔻 Removal of all Hunting Exemptions as they have been used to facilitate actual hunting.

🔻 ‘Hunting’ definition to include the Act of ‘searching for a scent or animal’.

🔻 Criminal penalties to be aligned to Animal Welfare Act 2006.

[Action Against Hare Hunting @ActionHare]

Please take a moment to fill in the consultation 🙏🐰🦌🦊

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

During the 2020 webinar by the (then) Hunting Office, (now the BHSA), Richard Tyacke advised Beagle packs to pack up and go home if sabs were present. Because these packs operate on a much smaller scale than fox hunts, they are more vulnerable to prosecution.

Back in February, just before the 21st anniversary of the Hunting Act, Philip Saunders, huntsman of the Pipewell Foot Beagles, was found guilty of illegally hunting. The case arose due to a courageous wildlife photographer witnessing the Beagles hunting and killing a hare at Boughton Estates, owned by the Duke of Buccleuch.

There is no smokescreen for beagle packs, hence why they are told to pack up and go home should sabs arrive.

There is less than four weeks to complete the government consultation into banning hunting. This is your chance to have your say, speak up for wildlife and be a part of the change. https://t.co/LU5aw2G5YF

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

During the 2020 webinar by the (then) Hunting Office, (now the BHSA), Richard Tyacke advised Beagle packs to pack up and go home if sabs were present. Because these packs operate on a much smaller scale than fox hunts, they are more vulnerable to prosecution.

Back in February, just before the 21st anniversary of the Hunting Act, Philip Saunders, huntsman of the Pipewell Foot Beagles, was found guilty of illegally hunting. The case arose due to a courageous wildlife photographer witnessing the Beagles hunting and killing a hare at Boughton Estates, owned by the Duke of Buccleuch.

There is no smokescreen for beagle packs, hence why they are told to pack up and go home should sabs arrive.

There is less than four weeks to complete the government consultation into banning hunting. This is your chance to have your say, speak up for wildlife and be a part of the change. https://t.co/LU5aw2G5YF

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

The Hunt Saboteurs Association have been sabbing hunts for over 60 years. Our affiliated groups all over the country have extensive experience and knowledge of hunting; saving lives and exposing cruelty.

This has only been possible with your continued support.

By becoming a member of the HSA, you will be directly supporting saboteur groups, keeping them in the field, with the equipment they need. You will also receive a free subscription to our magazine 'HOWL' which contains exclusive group news and articles.

Find out more by following the link in the comments 👇

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

On the 14th of May, after a 12-week consultation, the Sentencing Council published a new guideline for sentencing hare coursing offences. It includes "𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 — 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘵 18 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦."

A member of the sentencing council described hare coursing as causing real harm "𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦." The exact same thing could be applied to hare hunting, and any other form of hunting with hounds.

So, whether it’s hare hunting or hare coursing the aim and outcome is the same, and both are illegal under the Hunting Act 2004. Both involve people taking dogs out into the countryside with the aim of chasing and killing hares and both cause distress to local communities. A link to our article "Hare coursing and hare hunting, different names, same aim" can be found in the comments.

There is now less than 5 weeks left to complete the consultation into banning "trail hunting." We need stiffer sentences and enforcement of the law, as well as an eradication of loopholes and exemptions. Have your say https://t.co/LU5aw2G5YF

[Action Against Hare Hunting @ActionHare]

@HsaChair 🎯

[HSA Chair @HsaChair]

New Hare coursing sentencing guideline

We note that Trespass in the daytime in search of game, Trespass with intent to search for hares with dogs and being equipped for searching or pursuing hares with dogs could and should be used against hare hunts.

https://t.co/3KdYpwgjpF

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄!

On Saturday hundreds of people turned out to send a very clear message to the government, there is no place for hunting! We are sick and tired of our wildlife being terrorised and killed and the time for change is now.

Megan McCubbin was one of the speakers at the rally and she spoke about an incident when she was out with a hunt saboteur group. The hunt had killed a fox the week before and when a member of the hunt was asked if he'd had to wash his red coat after bundling the body into it, he replied by smirking and saying, "I had to jet wash it."

This cruelty must be consigned to the history books, and you can make it happen by completing the government's consultation. Read the HSA's consultation guidelines 👉 https://t.co/LU5aw2G5YF

[Sue Wood @SW_PhotoNature]

If ever there was a ‘looker’ ❤️

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

"𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲.”

https://t.co/9bU5WUEBJs

[Danny Chambers MP 🔸🩺 @DannyVet]

The intelligence of an animal has no effect on its capacity to feel pain or emotion.

Like humans, we know animals experience pain, excitement and suffering.

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

Please take action and fill out the Govt consultation on hunting: https://t.co/gvrVv6NThh

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

The 1st May marks the beginning of the hunting season, a date which sees administrative changes taking place before they all gather together, later in the year, to head out and kill wildlife. The 1st of May also means there are 48 days left to respond to the government's consultation into banning "trail hunting."

The HSA has provided carefully collated guidelines to assist you in the completion of the consultation, and these can be found at 👉https://t.co/LU5aw2G5YF

If you have already completed the consultation, please share with your family, friends and colleagues. Together we can end hunting.

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙙…

Hunts via the Countryside Alliance have effectively admitted they will “adapt” by shifting to drag hunting if given the opportunity. If the government introduces this as an option for them, it will become the new smokescreen. Please make sure to respond to the government consultation—use our guidance in the link below to help.

Tell them we need;

❌ No more smokescreens
❌ End all the loopholes
👮 Enforce the law
🚓 Real sentencing deterrents aligned with the Animal Welfare Act.

Tell the government your thoughts here 👉 https://t.co/LU5aw2G5YF

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

It's time to end all hunting.

[Once a Scruffy Cop @scruffycop]

Really excited to be speaking at this @ALAWAnimalLaw event with some amazing @Naturewatch_org colleagues. #TargetCrimeNotWildlife #protectanimlasprotectpeople @domdyer70
@marcthevet @arminkahelic @JournoJane @MegMathews @AnimalLawIE

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

In 2025 Jed Forest Joint-Master and Hedge Fund Manager Johan Christofferson donated £100,000 to Nigel Farage’s Reform and now he’s looking for a return on his investment.

Reform are for sale to those with very deep pockets.

Send this “Man of the people” a message in the local elections on May - our wildlife are not for bargaining with.

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝!

This is a once in a generation opportunity to end hunting, and our wildlife need you now more than ever. The government's consultation into banning "trail hunting" is open until the 18th of June. The HSA has applied over sixty years' worth of knowledge, drawn from sabs all over the country, to formulate guidelines to assist you through the process.
https://t.co/LU5aw2G5YF

It is extremely important that you ensure your answers are individual and include any personal experiences you may have had in regard to hunting. If you have already completed the consultation, then please continue to share our posts to spread the word.

This is a pivotal time for wildlife and together we can end their suffering at the hands of hunts.