Devon County Hunt Sabs

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[Devon County Hunt Sabs @devoncountysabs]

We had an awesome time this weekend holding stalls at Exeter Respect Festival on Saturday and Exmouth Vegan Fair on Sunday.

It was great to meet so many people interested in what we do. Thanks to everyone that stopped by to chat and support us, we appreciate all of you!

[North Dorset Hunt Saboteurs @NDHuntSabs]

Featured in The Times today, the yob behaviour of stag hunters culminating in the hunted stag being forced to jump screaming followers to escape. This footage was shown to the British Deer Society who condemned stag hunting as a form of deer management. https://t.co/BY1uImiksZ

[North Dorset Hunt Saboteurs @NDHuntSabs]

This poor doomed stag was funnelled down a valley to a dead end of supporters lining the roads, forcing him to turn and run back below jeering support.
Just one of many disgraceful scenes at the Devon and Somerset Staghounds yesterday. w/ @devoncountysabs https://t.co/7DmJEmFHF2

[North Dorset Hunt Saboteurs @NDHuntSabs]

Listen to the Devon & Somerset Staghounds followers' excitement as the hunted stag runs below. "What a king" one of them remarks. Well that king is dead now after being chased for almost 4 hours today. Not an old or injured stag they claim needs culling, A KING @devoncountysabs

[North Dorset Hunt Saboteurs @NDHuntSabs]

The Quantock Staghounds were caught out illegally hunting with more than 2 hounds on Monday despite stag hunters claiming to have postponed the season to support farmers ravaged by the Bluetongue crisis. Footage from Wildlife Guardian here https://t.co/i9QAEsOZpp

[Devon County Hunt Sabs @devoncountysabs]

If it's not hosting vegan festivals on shooting estates, or putting music stages next to badger setts, it's legitimising a genocidal settler colony, and being ableist to top it all off.

Nice one Vegan Camp Out.

Don't go to this shit.

[Devon County Hunt Sabs @devoncountysabs]

If it's not hosting vegan festivals on shooting estates, or putting music stages next to badger setts, it's legitimising a genocidal settler colony, and being ableist to top it all off.

Nice one Vegan Camp Out.

Don't go to this shit.

[North Dorset Hunt Saboteurs @NDHuntSabs]

Bluetongue outbreak - Stag hunts we are watching you!

Earlier this week Action Against Staghunting called out the hunts for planning to start hunting during the current Bluetongue virus outbreak.

So by 6am we were on Exmoor with @mendiphuntsabs @devoncountysabs to see.

[Devon County Hunt Sabs @devoncountysabs]

@ChuckyRentonjim @peterandann @HuntSabs Hounds hunt whatever is in the water.

Mink, Otters, Beavers, the lot.

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

𝗛𝗢𝗪�� – 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗢𝗳𝗳 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲!

HOWL is the magazine of the Hunt Saboteurs Association and it has just landed on the doormats of thousands of our members!

It's packed with news from the front line of the fight against bloodsports, and you won't find HOWL content anywhere else.

Find out more about the magazine and how you can receive your copy here 👇

🔗 https://t.co/DWYYNy33G9

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗢𝗪𝗟 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀.

As a member of the HSA you will not only support the amazing work our affiliated groups do; saving lives and exposing hunting, but you'll also receive a free subscription to our magazine 'HOWL.'

Becoming a member of the HSA is one of the best ways you can help us to continue the fight against blood sports.

Join today 👉 https://t.co/s1vpFst2JT

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

The last few weeks have seen landmark court cases involving hare hunts, with the kennel huntsman of a private school beagle pack found guilty of illegal hunting after a hare was killed, and hunt sab’s footage securing the first ever conviction of a basset pack.

The convictions show a glimpse of what hunt saboteurs have witnessed across the country for the last two decades: that despite being made illegal by the Hunting Act 2004, hare hunting is still happening all over the place.

Unfortunately, loopholes within the law are exploited by hunts with them commonly claiming they are looking for rabbits, which is an exemption within the Hunting Act. There are many differences between hares and rabbits which debunk the smokescreen that hare hunts are currently attempting to use.

If the law is to work as intended, even by the standards of the legislation passed over 20 years ago, then all forms of hunting currently exempted in the Hunting Act must be removed or covered in any new law. Until then, Hunt Sabs will continue to be in the fields defending hunted wildlife.

Read the full article 👉 https://t.co/0Q4u7YtI5C

[Wiltshire Hunt Saboteurs @WiltsHuntSabs]

The Wiltshire shooting estate caught snaring foxes and trapping and killing birds. Guess what - this estate is registered in a tax-haven, receiving UK subsidies - funded by YOU - the British tax payer. Read more here 👉https://t.co/JouN7yLwHW

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

During a cubbing meet in 2024, Henry Mayo a Hunt Master for the notorious Blackmore & Sparkford Vale Hunt violently pushed a female sab off a bank.

Throughout the video you can hear Henry mocking the sab. Despite all of this being caught on camera Henry was never brought to justice, as unfortunately is the case for so many instances of violence against sabs.

Hunts will go to extreme lengths to continue hunting as we have seen with the recent leaked minutes from a British Hound Sports Association (BHSA) board meeting. The minutes obtained by The Times appears to confirm that they are already looking to switch smokescreens to drag hunting.

Hunts will use whatever means necessary to kill wildlife, whether that be violence towards those who are stopping them or exploiting loopholes and flouting the law.

The sooner they are stopped the better.

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

The summer bloodsport season is well underway, with mink and otter hunts taking to the nation’s waterways from April to October.

The HSA are appealing to you - our eyes and ears in the countryside - for information. Whether it’s a post on social media or gossip overhead in a pub, no piece of information is too small to be of interest, and we treat all sources with 100% confidentiality.

If you hear a hunt is going to take place, or you’re out in the countryside and suspect you see or hear one of these hunts meeting or in progress, (eg. a collection of suspicious vehicles or hear a hunting horn and hounds on a river), then let Hunt Sabs know ASAP!

Read the full article 👇
https://t.co/Z8PUmJT8YP

[Devon County Hunt Sabs @devoncountysabs]

How many times can the hunting lobby be caught out before we see meaningful change?

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

𝘽𝙃𝙎𝘼 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙄𝙍 𝙑𝙄𝙎𝘾𝙊𝙐𝙉𝙏 𝘼𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙍 𝙄𝙉 "𝙎𝙏𝙍𝙄𝘾𝙏𝙇𝙔 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙁𝙄𝘿𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙄𝘼𝙇" 𝙎𝙃𝙊𝘾𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙋𝙇𝙊𝙏 𝙏𝙊 "𝙃𝙊𝙊𝘿𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙆" 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙂𝙊𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙉𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏 𝙊𝙑𝙀𝙍 '𝙏𝙍𝘼𝙄𝙇' 𝙃𝙐𝙉𝙏 𝘽𝘼𝙉.

In 'strictly confidential' leaked British Hound Sports Association (BHSA) board meeting minutes seen by The Times, Viscount Astor told fellow board members, that if the government accepted an offer to change scent to "effectively drag hunting", ministers "could claim victory without the difficulty of legislation".

The HSA has warned throughout that hunt leaders are attempting to use drag hunting as the new smokescreen - they are hoping this would save the infrastructure whilst they wait for what they believe to be the next government - Nigel Farage's Reform, to repeal the ban and bring back fox hunting.

The government needs to ensure that its new legislation is watertight and permanent. Fox hunters will stop at nothing to be able to inflict cruelty upon wildlife for their own pleasure. Read The Times uncovering of the plot here 👉https://t.co/44Gm9cRgud

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

𝘽𝙃𝙎𝘼 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙄𝙍 𝙑𝙄𝙎𝘾𝙊𝙐𝙉𝙏 𝘼𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙍 𝙄𝙉 "𝙎𝙏𝙍𝙄𝘾𝙏𝙇𝙔 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙁𝙄𝘿𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙄𝘼𝙇" 𝙎𝙃𝙊𝘾𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙋𝙇𝙊𝙏 𝙏𝙊 "𝙃𝙊𝙊𝘿𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙆" 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙂𝙊𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙉𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏 𝙊𝙑𝙀𝙍 '𝙏𝙍𝘼𝙄𝙇' 𝙃𝙐𝙉𝙏 𝘽𝘼𝙉.

In 'strictly confidential' leaked British Hound Sports Association (BHSA) board meeting minutes seen by The Times, Viscount Astor told fellow board members, that if the government accepted an offer to change scent to "effectively drag hunting", ministers "could claim victory without the difficulty of legislation".

The HSA has warned throughout that hunt leaders are attempting to use drag hunting as the new smokescreen - they are hoping this would save the infrastructure whilst they wait for what they believe to be the next government - Nigel Farage's Reform, to repeal the ban and bring back fox hunting.

The government needs to ensure that its new legislation is watertight and permanent. Fox hunters will stop at nothing to be able to inflict cruelty upon wildlife for their own pleasure. Read The Times uncovering of the plot here 👉https://t.co/44Gm9cRgud

[North Dorset Hunt Saboteurs @NDHuntSabs]

GUILTY - Charlie Ford, huntsman of the hare-hunting Dorset and Somerset Bassets was found guilty of hunting a hare yesterday at Weymouth Magistrates Court as captured by sab footage and footage by Wildlife Crime Action @DorsetMonitor! @HuntSabs @ActionHare

[Devon County Hunt Sabs @devoncountysabs]

To simplify it for those that need it.

[Devon County Hunt Sabs @devoncountysabs]

I don't know how it comes as a shock to you that those who are opposed to the oppression and abuse of animals, are also opposed to the oppression and abuse of humans.

I guess that would require an ounce of critical thinking that fans of Yaxley-Lennon clearly aren't capable of.

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟏:𝟓𝟗𝐩𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 – 𝟏𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 ❗

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[Devon County Hunt Sabs @devoncountysabs]

Good riddance @9casey99 you will not be missed in the slightest.

[Devon County Hunt Sabs @devoncountysabs]

I don't know how it comes as a shock to you that those who are opposed to the oppression and abuse of animals, are also opposed to the oppression and abuse of humans.

I guess that would require an ounce of critical thinking that fans of Yaxley-Lennon clearly aren't capable of.