HSA news release 16th September 2006

Blatant illegal hunting ignored by Suffolk Police - Police target wrong side as hunt kill and protestors are harassed

The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) today condemned the activities of Suffolk Police after they ignored a hunt killing a fox, and then proceeded to allow further incidents of illegal hunting choosing instead to target and harass the hunt monitors present trying to collect evidence of it.

The incident happened at a 'cubbing' meet of the Essex and Suffolk Fox Hounds, who met at 7am at Coles Green, near Ipswich. Despite claiming to have laid a false trail to follow, they then abandoned this and switched to hunting under the loophole of using a bird of prey to kill any fox flushed by hounds. The hunt was clearly seen by monitors to be chasing the fox, which hounds ultimately caught and killed by ripping out its belly