The Wight Hunt Sabs

03/09/2026

Christopher James “CJ” Mills, 37 denied charges of possessing extreme animal po*******hy. Bournemouth Magistrates court heard this week that police allegedly found videos showing s*x with a live chicken and a trout.

Mills who is already subject to a CBO following an assault and theft on a 70-year old man during a meet of the BSV Hunt in October 2023 in the Sherbourne area. Mills is not to attend any location where there is a hunt taking place, whether that be pre-planned, informal or organised. He also cannot attend, loiter or knowingly be within 1km of any hunt activity. His trial is scheduled for Thursday 1st October in Bournemouth Crown Court.

Shane Cooper, 35 is charged with possessing extreme animal po*******hy, allegedly showing s*x with a dog, horse or donkey. He is further charged, along with Mark Cooper, 30 of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal during an incident in November 2023 where a fox was stabbed.

Shane Cooper did not attend his hearing as he was on holiday and his case has been adjourned.

Both men are also associated with the South Dorset Hunt, as well as the BSV Hunt.

03/09/2026

The long hot summer is drawing to a close and cub hunting is now well underway across the country, as sab groups are busy trying to stop them.

As well as this, stag hunting is also in full swing in the West Country and hare hunts will be out targeting leverets - training hounds on young hares. Grouse shoots are underway, and the partridge shooting season has also began - once again the autumn signals the start of our wildlife taking a battering from all manner of wildlife abusers.

Now more than ever sabs need your support to keep them on the road and in the fields. Become a member of the HSA for just £20 a year and receive our excellent animal rights magazine “HOWL”.

Don’t delay; join today! The wildlife needs YOU 🫵🏻

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02/09/2026

In 2004, just weeks before the Hunting Act came into force, Headmaster Dr Anthony Wallersteiner of the Stowe School was reported in The Times as saying:

“On no account, however, will we be breaking the law…We have to teach good citizenship and obedience to the law.”

Twenty-three years on, Wallersteiner remains Headmaster, while Stowe “games coach” Philip Kennedy has been convicted of illegal hunting during a “PE lesson”.

In November 2025, pupils were filmed hunting beagles onto a hare, with drone footage capturing the animal being chased through Crockwell Farm before crashing into a fence and being torn apart by the hounds.

The footage exposes a well-rehearsed practice that has been taking place beyond public scrutiny for years.

We will soon be asking our supporters to help us shut down the Stowe School Beagles.

Read the full story and watch the extended video here 👉🏻 https://www.huntsabs.org.uk/shut-down-the-stowe-school-beagles/

01/09/2026

Fox hunters Christopher “CJ” Mills, 37 and fellow defendant Shane Cooper, 35 pictured below whilst at a meet of the South Dorset Hunt.

Both men are charged with possession of extreme po*******hy involving animals, portraying an act of 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝘅 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹. Cooper is also further charged along with Mark Cooper, 30 for causing 𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹.

All three are due in court Southampton Magistrates Court on Wednesday 02 September, 2026.

Watch this space for any updates.

01/09/2026

In March 2023 sabs from Cirencester Hunt Watch and Three Counties Hunt Sabs made a horrifying discovery while sabbing the Cotswold Hunt. A lactating vixen had been tied up in a bag and buried alive in an artificial earth.

This took place on the Miserden Estate, owned by Nicholas Wills, who, once the discovery was exposed and reported on by Channel 4, prohibited the hunt from accessing his land. However, on Saturday 29th August, the Cotswold Hunt were back, with the intention of cub hunting on this very land.

They met at Gaskill Farm, the same place where 3 years ago sabs filmed terrier men saying, “Get the sack, it’s evidence and the fox was kept at your place”. Saturday also saw the return of Mr M R Little Esq, a hunt master who received a 2-year mastership ban from the British Hound Sports Association (BHSA).

It seems the Cotswold Hunt and Nicholas Wills think enough time has passed and the business of illegal fox hunting can resume on this land, but we will never forget.

See the footage and read the report of when the vixen was found 👇
https://www.huntsabs.org.uk/cotswold-hunt-keep-bagged-fox-inside-artificial-earth-ready-to-be-hunted/

29/08/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹'𝘀 '𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵' 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱.

Too late...

The drone had already captured footage of what happened at Crockwell Farm on 13 November 2025, when Philip Kennedy, kennel huntsman of the Stowe School Beagles and 'games coach' at Stowe School, was involved in the pursuit and killing of a hare. Kennedy subsequently pleaded guilty at Norhampton Magistrates' Court to illegally hunting a wild mammal with dogs.

The HSA has obtained the full drone footage, which includes the build-up to the kill. Kennedy congratulates the students as the hare is torn apart.

See for yourself...the evidence shows not simply the moment an offence occurs, but the actions of an organised hunt before, during and after the killing.

We will soon be asking our supporters to take action to help us shut down the Stowe School Beagles. The video leaves us in no doubt this is not a one-off, and school children are regulaly being encouraged by their school teachers to commit wildlife crime.

Watch our socials over the coming days to see how you can help. You can view the video and read more here 👉 https://www.huntsabs.org.uk/shut-down-the-stowe-school-beagles/

28/08/2026

Dorset Police confirmed charges which include 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀, 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝘅 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.

At least two of the males have links to both the South Dorset Hunt and the Blackmoor and Sparkford Vale Hunt ; 37 year old Christopher “CJ” Mills, and 35 year old Shane Cooper have both been charged with charged with possession of extreme pornographic images, portraying an act of in*******se or oral s*x with a dead or alive animal. Chapman, has also been charged with causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.

A third man, Mark Cooper, 30, has also been charged with causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.

They are all due to appear in Southampton magistrates court on Wednesday 2nd September.

25/08/2026

23/08/2026

The Wight Hunt Sabs in London ✊

Yesterday four of our team made the journey across the Solent and joined up with over 1000 like minded people to participate in the National Animal Rights March UK.
With flags held high we marched through the streets of London to raise awareness of the plight of all animals trapped in a system of abuse and suffering!
Just like us every living being deserves to live a life free from fear and persecution!
🦊🐮🐷🐣🐓🐑🐟🦀🐇🐶🐁🦆🦅🐝🐬🐀🦡

22/08/2026

𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙡𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙨𝙖𝙗𝙨

With reports from sabs of cub hunting now underway in some parts of the country and autumn stag hunting happening in the south-west, groups are preparing themselves for another full-on season of saving lives and exposing blood sports.

Good luck to all the sabs out there today and over the coming weeks!