Hit report 11/2/17
Sorry for the late report but this is due to legal reasons. On Saturday Feb 11th we joined Cheshire Hunt Saboteurs Lancaster Huntsabs Manchester Hunt Sabs and West Yorkshire Hunt Saboteurs to pay a visit to the Cheshire hunt aka Cheshire Hounds who had killed a fox in front of sabs the previous week and have since had a lot of media attention.
Sabs made their way to Cholmondeley estate where they could see a large gathering at the meet. Also it had been pointed out that two police riot vans had been seen parked up 5minutes away from the meet. Sabs entered the estates grounds but were soon accosted by hunt supporters who immediately resorted to attacking sabs. Sabs were pushed punched put in headlocks and driven at by a mule type buggy, at one point the buggy drove into a sab right in front of the police who true to form did nothing. One of the most disturbing parts about this was when the support were attempting to set a dog onto the sabs. Luckily some of the perpetrators are well known to the police for numerous reasons. Despite this sabs did an excellent job and were with the hunt for a while until the hunt had moved on and sabs returned to their vehicles.
At which point sabs had noted the black 4×4 we had heard was in the area as the hunt had hired in some extra thugs. More police seemed to be turning up, we presume to watch sabs get a kickin’.
Sabs had again located the hunt just off a dead end road so sabs went on foot along a public footpath to try catch up with the hunt who were now already a couple of fields ahead. Sabs were soon joined in the field by a 4×4… sabs stuck to the task and continued up the footpath. At which point a helicopter when over we presume more police. As sabs walked the footpath they came to a big gathering of masked up terrier men on quad who started with verbal abuse then pushing on of the sabs as he climbed over the stile all this despite clearly being on a footpath. Sabs moved on the the terrier men followed on quad and now there were more following on foot too. Quads were drove at sabs as sabs had to dodge out the way. sabs were now trying to head for the nearest road. This is the point it got really violent. Masked supporters were shouting at sabs then a sab was hit by one of the quads to the joy of the terrier men (see video) sabs jumped over the fence only to realise the masked terrier men and hired thugs still had two sabs down on the ground and were kicking them in in the body and in the face. The sabs finally got up and exited the most direct way back to the road in Ridley. at which point the police turned up followed by an ambulance. Two of the sabs suffered facial injuries and needed treatment. Still at this point the police took no action. The hunt had moved back towards Cholmondeley castle. And the huntmaster was seen talking to the police baxck near the meet.
On returning home it was good to hear that monitors who had also been out in the area had managed to stop a dig out after the hunt had chased a fox to ground.
Later we discovered the huntsman Shayne Francis had been sacked by the hunt following the footage of him killing a fox the previous week, and this had been his leaving doo. Obviously we expect the hunt to deny his sacking but who quits with only a couple of weeks of the season to go.
The footage below is just a small part that we can release at this time.
Hit report 11/2/17Sorry for the late report but this is due to legal reasons. On Saturday Feb 11th we joined Cheshire Hunt Saboteurs Lancaster Huntsabs Manchester Hunt Sabs and West Yorkshire Hunt Saboteurs to pay a visit to the Cheshire hunt aka Cheshire Hounds who had killed a fox in front of sabs the previous week and have since had a lot of media attention.Sabs made their way to Cholmondeley estate where they could see a large gathering at the meet. Also it had been pointed out that two police riot vans had been seen parked up 5minutes away from the meet. Sabs entered the estates grounds but were soon accosted by hunt supporters who immediately resorted to attacking sabs. Sabs were pushed punched put in headlocks and driven at by a mule type buggy, at one point the buggy drove into a sab right in front of the police who true to form did nothing. One of the most disturbing parts about this was when the support were attempting to set a dog onto the sabs. Luckily some of the perpetrators are well known to the police for numerous reasons. Despite this sabs did an excellent job and were with the hunt for a while until the hunt had moved on and sabs returned to their vehicles. At which point sabs had noted the black 4×4 we had heard was in the area as the hunt had hired in some extra thugs. More police seemed to be turning up, we presume to watch sabs get a kickin'.Sabs had again located the hunt just off a dead end road so sabs went on foot along a public footpath to try catch up with the hunt who were now already a couple of fields ahead. Sabs were soon joined in the field by a 4×4… sabs stuck to the task and continued up the footpath. At which point a helicopter when over we presume more police. As sabs walked the footpath they came to a big gathering of masked up terrier men on quad who started with verbal abuse then pushing on of the sabs as he climbed over the stile all this despite clearly being on a footpath. Sabs moved on the the terrier men followed on quad and now there were more following on foot too. Quads were drove at sabs as sabs had to dodge out the way. sabs were now trying to head for the nearest road. This is the point it got really violent. Masked supporters were shouting at sabs then a sab was hit by one of the quads to the joy of the terrier men (see video) sabs jumped over the fence only to realise the masked terrier men and hired thugs still had two sabs down on the ground and were kicking them in the body and in the face. The sabs finally got up and exited the most direct way back to the road in Ridley. at which point the police turned up followed by an ambulance. Two of the sabs suffered facial injuries and needed treatment. Still at this point the police took no action. The hunt had moved back towards Cholmondeley castle. And the huntmaster was seen talking to the police baxck near the meet. On returning home it was good to hear that monitors who had also been out in the area had managed to stop a dig out after the hunt had chased a fox to ground. Later we discovered the huntsman Shayne Francis had been sacked by the hunt following the footage of him killing a fox the previous week, and this had been his leaving doo. Obviously we expect the hunt to deny his sacking but who quits with only a couple of weeks of the season to go.The footage below is just a small part that we can release at this time.
Posted by North Wales Hunt Saboteurs on Monday, February 13, 2017
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