Day two of the Severn Vale hare hunting festival saw the sabbing of the De Burgh and North Essex Harehounds, a basset pack. Once sabs were spotted, the hunt legged it from the field and rushed into a barn where hares are known to frequent apparently, and there they stayed for 4 hours until finally giving up.
So it was onto the local Severn Vale Beagles, the host hunt of the festival, who decided to give it another go after yesterday’s poor show. Bolstered by a bunch of young thugs from the Royal Agricultural College (who recently attacked sabs) & the Duke of Beaufort’s Hunt (the meet was at their kennels in the Badminton Estate), the hunt was forced to run between a couple of fields not really achieving anything. The frustrated supporters blocked footpaths and got aggressive assaulting one female sab and knocking her to the ground (see photo). The police turned up and leaped into action to protect our hunted wildlife and prevent any violence by searching one sab and then arresting him for a spray and whip, both of which had not been used. He was released later, we are unsure if he was charged.
Kay Thompson the photographer of blood junkies failed to show her face, perhaps ashamed that she had given the meets away.
So day two has gone well and the hunts are not having a fun week. Tomorrow is the Park beagles, turn around and go home now is our advice.
