Locals Against the Shropshire Hunt

09/10/2026

07/10/2026

Badenoch gave a speech at a fox hunting fundraiser earlier this year. She continued:

"This is not about animal welfare; it is a political gesture driven by pressure from a small group of hard-left MPs.”

Never trust a Tory to protect wildlife.

06/10/2026

Yes a lot of the Tories like a bit of blood sport, like Cllr Mark Gilbert Hodnet councillor - goes out hunting with the violent Albrighton Hunt wearing his nice new red coat !!

Despite the recent reports from Three Counties Hunt Saboteurs detailing the sickening kill which happened at The Heythrop Hunt on the 18th of September, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has yet again spoken out of her support for hunting.

Earlier this year she attended the Heythrop's point-to-point fundraising event, rubbing shoulders with the likes of huntsman Ollie Dale, a notorious hunt thug (who assaulted a female - receiving a conditional caution).

The recent kill by The Heythrop took place in Lower Swell, Gloucestershire and despite Dale running away with the dead fox, blood and internal body parts remained at the scene. Yet despite this Kemi continues to voice her support for these criminals, showing just how out of touch she is with the public, including those who live in rural communities who suffer greatly at the hands of hunts.

Read the full article 👉 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/hunting-fox-kemi-badenoch-animals-37730719?fbclid=IwdGRjcAUuMipjbGNrBS4x32V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHBkb2YFc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEeNBMIJAwUdhaRogodPAsib8J9r9p_Jbzp5k0dXAFaUToycS8I2iEsOAmZnEA_aem_U3zDSEGo6ARBSQ18pwK_LA

06/10/2026

Claire Bellamy was found guilty under the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023 after Glasgow Hunt Sabs filmed her deliberately hunting a fox with a pack of hounds last January. It's thought to be the first conviction of a registered fox hunter under the new act.

02/10/2026

If you know or see anything in Shropshire, please let Shropshire Wildlife Monitors know

Cub hunting has only been underway for a few weeks and already hunt saboteurs feeds are filled with footage of foxes fleeing and illegal hunting taking place all over the country.

It's not just fox cubs that are being hunted, as beagle packs are out trying to kill leverets. Leveret hunting follows the same concept as cub hunting, with the aim being to train new, young hounds how to kill and to give them the taste for their chosen quarry.

However, sabs scuppered the North Bucks Beagle meet on the 5th of September. Find out more about the season so far 👇
https://www.huntsabs.org.uk/autumn-hunting-is-about-as-real-as-trail-hunting/

27/09/2026

📣It has been a busy few days in the courts!

Very recently, several individuals associated with 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗥 hunts that have either been found guilty, charged, or had a plea hearing ahead of trial in relation to illegal hunting & associated offences.

𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗖𝗞 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗚𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗦

Firstly, we announced that the huntsman and hunt master of the Quantock Staghounds have both been charged with illegal hunting, in relation to an incident in which a stag was killed on March 16th, 2026.

𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙨 (top, left)
𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙂𝙞𝙗𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙨 (middle, right)

Watts also faces a further charge relating to a seperate incident on April 23rd, 2026. Both are due to appear at Taunton Magistrates Court on October 22nd, 2026.

You can read about the Quantock charges here 👉https://www.huntsabs.org.uk/quantock-hunt-members-charged/

𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗣 𝗙𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗧

Next we wrote about the plea hearing on the 15th September 2026 of three members of the Mendip Farmers Hunt who are charged with illegal hunting in relation to an incident in which a fox broke cover and was chased and killed on January 17th, 2026.

𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙨 (middle, left)
𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙀𝙢𝙢𝙖 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙧 (bottom, right)
𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝘽𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙋𝙖𝙮𝙣𝙚 (Top, centre)

All three pleaded not guilty and are due to face trial at Taunton Deane Magistrates Court on the 15th September 2027.

Read about the Mendip Farmers Hunt charges here 👉https://www.huntsabs.org.uk/mendip-farmers-hunt-to-face-trial-over-hunted-fox/

𝗘𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗦𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗧 / 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦 & 𝗪𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗠𝗢𝗢𝗥 𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗧

Then there is the Eggesford Huntsman who had pleaded guilty, when a drone captured the hunt digging a fox out of rubble before the hounds gave chase on Boxing Day 2025.

𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙅𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙨 (middle, left)

Marles was fined £500 and order to pay £285 in costs.

𝙏𝙤𝙢 𝘽𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙡, 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣 (top, right) terrier-man for both the Eggesford Hunt and the Spooners & West Dartmoor Hunt, was also convicted following two seperate incidents involving hunt saboteurs.

Bounsall was convicted of intentional disorderly behaviour and careless driving. The driving incident occurred at an Eggesford Hunt meets and the public order offence was at a Spooners Hunt meet, in November 2025 and January 2026 respectively. He was fined £1,500 and ordered to pay a further £685 in costs and victim surcharge.

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.

Of the above cases, the footage supplied for all the above charges have came from hunt sabs.

Footage that have lead to these actions was supplied by several HSA affilated groups including North Dorset Hunt Saboteurs, Mendip Hunt Sabs, Devon County Hunt Saboteurs, Plymouth & West Devon Hunt Sabs, and also footage from Wildlife Guardian.

You can join the HSA for just £20 a year, and help us support the sabs doing the legwork to end hunting - week in, week out, in the fields 👉https://www.huntsabs.org.uk/product-category/membership/

26/09/2026

Good riddance to the North Shropshire Hunt. I know some of the old tw*ts have joined the Shropshire Hunt, Paul ‘Steptoe’ Davis the ex huntsman is now convicted criminal, Huntsman Dani Cherrimans’ lackey.

26/09/2026

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐠 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝
Martin Watts and Chris Gibbons, huntsman and master of the Quantock Stag Hounds, have been charged with Hunting Act offences as a result of footage obtained by our sabs and North Dorset Hunt Sabs on 16th March.

On this day, the same stag was chased for over five hours until he became trapped behind a fence. Horrifying footage filmed by one of our sabs showed the stag's final moments as he was too exhausted to jump the fence and was then shot.

This is the first stag hunting case to be brought to court in many years and shows that stag hunters can no longer act with impunity in their incessant flouting of the law.

Please consider a donation to our fundraiser to help us fight fox and stag hunting in Somerset and beyond. www.paypal.me/mendiphuntsabs or buy us a coffee here: www.ko-fi.com/mendiphuntsabs. Thank you. 🙏

11/09/2026

Shropshire Hunt seen cub hunting in Winsley Wood Westbury this morning - if you see illegal hunting or road chaos caused by the hunt, call 999 🦊🦊🦊