Cheltenham Against Fox Hunting

13/05/2026

The Government consultation to **ban trail hunting** has exactly **five weeks left** until the **June 18, 2026** deadline.
Your voice is needed now more than ever.
For too long, trail hunting has been used as a smokescreen to continue illegal chasing and killing of foxes, hares, and deer. This is our best opportunity in twenty years to close these loopholes for good and protect our wildlife from cruelty. Please take a few minutes to complete , your individual response helps prove the overwhelming public demand for a total ban.
**Action Details**
* Deadline *Thursday, 18 June 2026 https://consult.defra.gov.uk/defra/trail-hunting-consultation/
*Why it matters* It ensures the government delivers on its manifesto commitment to consign this bloodsport to history.

There are five weeks left to complete the government consultation into banning "trail hunting,"

On Saturday 9th May hundreds of people gathered outside the Houses of Parliament to send a very clear and very loud message; "trail hunting" is a lie and should be consigned to the history books.

There was an impressive line-up of speakers on the day as hunt sabs flags dominated the skyline. The message was very clear from everyone in attendance; this is the best chance we will get to make the Hunting Act fit for purpose and get rid of the "trail hunting" smokescreen.

Find out more at https://www.huntsabs.org.uk/five-weeks-to-go-chris-packham-urges-you-to-complete-the-trail-hunting-consultation/

11/05/2026

📸 Cotswold Hunt Sabs. The VWH spreading more than just "tradition" 💩

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EBxmAnVhs/
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The British Hound Sport Association are looking increasingly desperate in their reasons to keep fox hunting going, from now on I refuse to play the game of calling it "Trail" hunting. It's their bullsh!t not mine.
Anyway, back to the BHSA post. They claim it will now cost farmers £1,140,000 in costs to dispose of fallen livestock. The fact that fallen livestock is fed to the hounds is not something to be celebrated. We know what happened to the Kimblewick hounds that got infected by Btb from fallen livestock, shot, but not before p!ssing and sh!tting all over the countryside. But let's just blame the badgers.
Surely it doesn't take much joined up thinking to realise that feeding fallen livestock is a major disease risk, and a bit of a p!ss take after the millions it has cost the taxpayer, not to mention the cost to our wildlife over recent years. Just like the release of millions of non native game birds, disease risk doesn't come into it if a certain section of society want to have fun.
I'll copy and paste the response a farmer gave to their post on April the 18th in the comments. It highlights the issues perfectly.

The response from a farmer over the feeding of fallen livestock to hounds "Fallen stock service, for dairy farmers, it is a catastrophic biosecurity threat. I’ve lost 90% of my herd’s pregnancies to a Neospora abortion storm caused by this exact cycle.
When you feed raw, fallen stock to hounds, you turn them into Neospora 'disease factories.' While a dog only excretes eggs for a short period after infection, hunt hounds are constantly being re-infected because they are fed a steady diet of raw, infected carcasses. Those hounds then defecate on our land, where the oocysts (eggs) are either grazed directly or ensiled into silage clamps, where they can survive for 6 months or more, ready to infect the entire herd during winter feeding.
The damage is permanent: once a cow is infected, there is a 95% vertical transmission rate from mother to daughter. When those infected cattle die or abort and are collected by the hunt, they go right back into the kennel feed troughs to re-infect the hounds again. This creates a deadly, endless cycle of disease."
The APHA’s Herdsure®️ protocol specifically identifies foxhounds as a high-risk factor for this transmission. You cannot claim to support farmers while acting as a disease multiplier that bypasses the biosecurity we work so hard to maintain. A truly 'pro-farmer' organisation would stop feeding raw farm waste to hounds that are then taken onto livestock land."

11/05/2026

***SAVE THE DATE!***

Date: 25th July 2026
Time: 7pm to closing
Location: The Frog and Fiddle, Cheltenham

We've been working hard (thanks all who have helped!) behind the scenes to organise a great night out for you in Cheltenham. Local acts, Wage Slaves and The Mess They Left Behind bring the heavy beats and guitar riffs, while Emily Young and Lauren Harrop get the night started sharing their magical and catchy songs.

The event page is here: THREE COUNTIES HUNT SABS PRESENTS - 'STOP THE DIRTY OLD HUNTS' FUNDRAISER SHOW!

Tickets are available in advance for £6 here: https://www.wegottickets.com/f/20546/

It's £7 on the door, or £5 with an NUS card.

08/05/2026

Happy 100th Birthday to the legendary David Attenborough — thank you for a lifetime of wonder, wisdom, and unforgettable storytelling. Your voice has inspired generations to appreciate and protect the natural world. Wishing you health, happiness, and hope for many more adventures on this Earth!

30/04/2026

28/04/2026

Thanks to Cotswold Hunt Sabs and Gloucestershire Badger Group for rescuing this little cub who had got himself stuck.

24/04/2026

What kind of sadistic mind finds joy in exhausting and terrifying a beautiful animal for sport? It’s time to close the research loopholes and end this cruelty for good. 🦌🚫

A terrified stag that sought refuge on League Against Cruel Sports land.

Hunters who are exploiting pathetic legal gaps to continue their blood sport.

We must expose these fake excuses and protect our wildlife.

Stags are chased to exhaustion, shot, carved up and body parts handed out to the delight of hunters and their followers.


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24/04/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 '𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.'

Hunts cause chaos and havoc wherever they go, and we have received hundreds of reports from members of the public about their own personal experiences with hunts. From road chaos, to witnessing foxes running for their lives, and in some instances beloved pets being ripped apart by hounds.

One witness statement described hearing the "most terrible screaming," as a fox was killed by "manic" hounds.

It is vital that these personal experiences are captured by the government's consultation in banning 'trail hunting,' so please do share these when you respond.

Find out more at 👉 https://www.huntsabs.org.uk/eight-weeks-to-make-hunting-history/

03/03/2026

New Sab group helping expose Please head over to their page and give them a like and follow

02/03/2026

Heythrop Hunt hunting foxes in Chipping Norton area now. If you're in the area and see them chasing wildlife please call 999. If it's safe to do so film them. Keep pets indoors and mind out for road chaos which can be reported on 101.