Hound killed by lorry on A40

It is not exactly unexpected that certain pro hunt pages would come out with such ridiculous lies about us regarding the events of today. We have to assume that they are very worried indeed and assuming that if they tell huge whopping fibs that they will somehow make any consequences go away. This is what actually happened as far as we know.

One sab was at the meet. Three more of us arrived later (there is a badger cull on and this is the cull zone) and the sab inland relayed where hounds were. Two sabs were dropped off on a footpath and went inland. The driver went down the A40 to pick up the lone sab. They missed the turning, turned around and saw a lorry on the road with hunt supporters picking up detritus, metal and plastic. Obviously there had been an accident. The sab parked up at Water Pumps and a hunt supporter said a hound had been killed. They walked down the road to where the lorry was and noted that whipper-in Martin Bingham was there. It was then that supporters and Martin started to flee the scene. The driver was very shaken and the sab took footage of the damage to the lorry and what was left of the hound on the road. A 999 call was made by the sab and police arrived very quickly. Other sabs, all three of whom were inland and nowhere near the road were also informed.

The police monitored the hunt all day and had to rebuke them later in the day when hounds were again all over the A40. Nothing to do with the sabs. A local woman had called the police fearing an accident.

At no time was the gizmo used. In the 20 minutes of so prior to the police arriving there was no tactical reason to use it. When the police were present the hunt were not quite as blatant as they are normally, we had to do nothing but walk around with cameras.

Interestingly Jack Hudd and James Smith made an appearance, these were 2 of the 3 terriermen convicted of illegal hunting in the summer.

We went from the Harriers straight out into the field to protect badgers until the small hours and want to make it very clear that one of us arrived AFTER the hound had been killed and called the police whilst hunt supporters scarpered without giving the hunt’s details to the driver for insurance purposes.

This was in the Gloucestershire cull zone – they hunted on land involved in the cull from Wharton Farm.