Convicted fox hunter leaves court saying “I’m going hunting now.”

On Monday 20 April, huntsman Wayne Greggory of Somerset’s Vale of Taunton & Banwell Harriers was convicted of an offence under the Hunting Act 2004 after Somerset Sabs filmed the Hunt chasing a fox last November. The conviction of Greggory comes just a month after Nathan Goulding and Toby Flemming were found guilty of assaults against […]

Labour and ‘trail hunting’: promises but still no ban.

Labour has been promising to tighten up the loopholes in the Hunting Act for years. In June 2024 the Labour Manifesto pledged to ban ‘trail hunting‘, but the killing still goes on. In January 2026 alone, Protect the Wild reported that at least four hunt packs were filmed ripping foxes and killing a hare on […]

Few convictions means no illegal hunting? Ten cases that illustrate why that’s not true.

Since the publication of Labour’s animal welfare strategy just before Christmas, there has been ever more desperate pushback from pro-hunt lobbyists like the British Hound Sports Association, the Countryside Alliance and pro-hunt MPs in the UK parliament (overwhelmingly from the ranks of the Conservatives and the far-right Reform UK). The 07 January parliamentary debate on […]