Hunting is in a spot of bother

Apologies if this has already been posted about and I missed it:

In the Times yesterday they reported that the Quantock Staghounds have been videoed pursuing a stag (a field of riders and a pack of hounds) for three hours, before cornering it when it was exhausted and finally shooting it (there is a picture of this with the article). Apparently in 2020 the QS ended up in court on a charge of holding an illegal stag hunt but the case was dismissed as the judge said the people involved could not be clearly identified from the footage. They don't appear to have learnt anything from that experience. The photograph in yesterday's Times looks fairly clear, so hopefully those responsible this time will be convicted if they are proven to have been hunting illegally.
 
moosea said:
With respect, if you choose to support a 'sport' where illegal activity which includes killing animals with packs of dogs, is common place ( as seen on this thread with video evidence and news reports) then you really can't expect people not to be angry with people who support the legal activities not coming out to shout very loudly when illegal activity occurs.
Perhaps the lack of voice from pro hunters (legal hunting ) is why nothing ever changes. Perhaps if you boycotted hunts caught engaging in illegal activities then the hunting hierachy may take a bit more notice??




Because most 'normal' people who were associated with a sport so intent on self destruction would be the ones posting the videos and telling people how disgusting that behaviour is?
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I do not now, nor have I ever, chosen to hunt with an illegal pack, something I have repeatedly stated throughout this thread. Nor would I ever take part in cubbing or any form of illegal hunting which I find appalling.
I completely agree legal hunting as a whole needs to shout the loudest when condemning illegal hunting. Do you not think we are outraged that their continued selfish actions are bringing an end to a legal sport that we love? I agree that the Warwickshire should be suspended with immediate effect.
I will also state again that it has been made very clear by myself and other posters on this particular thread what we also think about illegal hunting.
 
I’m confused. The damning footage upthread of a bagged (presumably) fox has been identified in the ITV link as the Seavington Hunt whose country is in Somerset and Dorset. The Avon and Somerset Police are investigating. What has the Warwickshire Hunt done?
 
Tiddlypom said:
If the anti reports are true, the Warwickshire are still hunting.

So the new disciplinary body has shown its true colours, then. Get caught out by covert filming blatantly cubbing? Oh, do carry on ?.

Not much of a surprise, that.
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Its such a shame. Hunting is going to be completley banned. They are just too short sighted to see it.
 
Apparently Police are appealing for witnesses to the illegal cubbing. As they have it clearly on film I cant see how they need more witnesses? The footage is a long piece unedited. The Warwickshire are still hunting.....
 
Horrid behaviour from another so called "animal lover". Not condoning if this hunt was illegally hunting or trespassing, but driving her car at horses and hounds and then kicking a hound..... awful behaviour and not at all acceptable.

https://www.facebook.com/1000128386...B1JLSHzGaY34gUUnKzpeo3s6GQrghznnbmarfBpmkEXl/

Totally unacceptable behaviour and I'm glad to see that shropshire hunt sabs at least have completely condemned this behaviour.

But still sad to see other sab groups are actually defending this horrid woman...
 

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The pack has been named as the Dwyryd Hunt in other reports. It is/was a registered pack under the auspices of the MFHA, though not one of the well known packs.

I posted this back on 19/11/21 on another thread.

Tiddlypom said:
I'd never heard of the Dwyryd Hunt before , and tbh when the news item came up I presumed that it was one of the unregistered/unregulated Welsh packs that seem to exist.

But no, as above, it comes under MFHA auspices ?. Which will we all now know to be at best, and being very charitable, useless at enforcing good and legal practice.

What on earth was the Dwyryd Hunt really doing with a captive fox in a cage? Any answers suggesting that this was somehow in the best interests of the captive fox will be treated with the contempt they deserve.
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Clodagh said:
They do, yes. As with all inspections though I dare say it all looked great on the day it needed to.
The hounds the RSPCA took, I wonder if they will be rehomed? I assume not until after the court case?
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I am very doubtful the hounds will be rehomed, I'd be surprised if most of them aren't PTS long before the case comes to court, and unsurprised if the RSPCA claims keep for them after their demise. Remember the Arab horses anyone?!.
 
Just seen some very shocking footage on social media of a Sab being hit by a car. It is apparently hunt support driving and it looks like it was very much intentional.

*DO NOT WATCH IF YOU DON'T HAVE A VERY STRONG STOMACH*

https://fb.watch/go_qsW3uJH/

I am no fan of sabs but I felt absolutely sick watching that! This madness must cease before someone on either side is killed.
 
Much more than a glancing blow, and whether or not the car driver intentionally mowed the sab down they cannot have been unaware of what they had done ?. But they drove off at speed.

Gallop_Away, I fervently hope that I am wrong on this, but I have been fearing a human fatality near here for some time now. Not involving my local pack, and not the hunt featured on that clip, but one not far away.
 
That was awful to see. Poor woman, was the car driver arrested? He can hardly have not noticed that he drove into someone at speed.
 
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