Brutal and disturbing footage of a fox being dug out of a badger settand shot can now be made public as the police investigation has finished.
The incident occurred at a meet of the Fife Foxhounds on the 8th Nov near their kennels just South of Ceres.
The fox is then laid on the ground and from the movement in the video it looks to be barely alive. It is then thrown to the hounds. Sadly hunt saboteurs were just too late to save this soul from its horrific end.
With all the footage caught the police did not act on any complaints made as the SSPCA said the footage was ‘harsh’ but not illegal, letting this murder go unpunished as they are too scared to act.
Lee Moon, spokesperson for the Hunt saboteurs Association, stated:“If, as the SSPCA has stated, this brutal murder was legal then it shows just how toothless and ineffectual the Hunting Act is. Legal or not we challenge anyone to watch this footage and say that this is morally justifiable in a so called civilised society. It is unfortunate for the hunt saboteurs present that they had to witness this horrifying event but we thank them for managing to film the incident and therefore bring it to the public’s attention. Brutal acts such as these only reaffirm that hunting is wrong, they bring more support to our cause and put more active hunt saboteurs out in the fields to prevent further brutality in the future.”
Full footage of the incident can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNOFCNJwmHU
Nigel Farage attends Boxing day meet of violent huntsman – again
Members of the Hunt Saboteurs Association from the South East attended the boxing day meet of the Old Surrey, Burstow & West Kent fox hunt who met at Chiddingstone Castle, Kent. The huntsman, Mark Bycroft, has two convictions for assault on hunt saboteurs as well as stating pre-ban that he would still hunt foxes despite any law. He was pictured last year shaking hands with Nigel Farage which made national news alongside video of Bycroft’s most recent criminal assault.
It seems Nigel Farage has no concern about being seen with violent criminals, nor those who are happy to slaughter our wildlife, as he was once again in attendance this Boxing day.
During the day a female hunt saboteur was pulled out of her vehicle by a hunt supporter by her hair, two others were kicked by horses and there were numerous incidents of blocking of the highway by the hunt and its supporters. Kent police looked on impassively as this law breaking went on.
Lee Moon of the Hunt Saboteurs Association said; “Once again Nigel Farage believes his working man image by supporting an activity which 80% of the population agree should be stopped, and compounds this by attending a hunt known for its violence against saboteurs. We can only hope that the general public assign both hunting and Mr. Farage to the history books next May.”
The Grim Reality of Hunting
As Boxing Day looms the Countryside Alliance publicity machine will roll into action peddling a sanitised, harmless version of hunting to the media. The reality is somewhat different and involves illegality and a desperate desire to kill by the hunting community. A vivid example of this occurred on the 17th December at a meet of the Fife Foxhounds who met at Findas Farm, Cupar, Fife.
Towards the end of the day the hunt chased a fox into an active badger sett. It is illegal to interfere with a badger sett so the hunt should have immediately withdrawn but instead they sent their terrier men in to dig out and then shoot the fox.
Members of Perthshire and Grampian hunt saboteurs managed to sit in the sett entrances to prevent the terrier men digging and in their fury at being thwarted the terrier men assaulted and pointed loaded guns at the saboteurs. The sabs refused to back down and there was a three hour stand off at the sett with the police watching on. As darkness fell the Wildlife Crime officer finally arrived. He claimed it was too dark to ascertain if it was an active badger sett but instructed the terrier men to leave.
Lee Moon, Spokesperson for the Hunt Saboteurs Association, stated:“Well done to these brave saboteurs, who despite being outnumbered by men with guns, saved the life of this fox. Pointing a loaded gun at someone is illegal and we demand that Iain Dickson has his firearms license revoked.
The Countryside Alliance use Boxing day to promote the image of fox hunting as a harmless past time involving a jolly ride across the countryside with your chums. The incident shown in the attached video is the grisly reality of hunting that occurs away from the media spotlight.”
Note to editors:
Footage of the incident can be viewed here.
Photo attached shows the hunt terrier man pointing a loaded gun at a hunt saboteur.