AAF Newsbyte 6

AAF Newsbyte 6

Quick News Chris Mardles from the Pytchley Hunt was sent to prison for riding a horse into a sab. Sheep farmer begins a petition to make owners of foxhounds liable to prosecution for worrying livestock. AAF starts email campaign against Rother Council for allowing...
AAF NewsByte 5

AAF NewsByte 5

Police Court and Prosecutions On 27th October 23, Stuart Radbourne, former huntsman for the disgraced Avon Vale, pleaded guilty to being jointly concerned with others in causing unnecessary suffering to a fox.  The offence was contrary to the Animal Welfare Act,...
AAF NEWSBYTE 4

AAF NEWSBYTE 4

Police, Court and Prosecutions On 02/10/23, John Partridge from the Grove and Rufford Hunt was convicted at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court of criminal damage. With two colleagues, he slashed the tyres of a sab vehicle. He admitted to the criminal damage, but he denied...
The Kings Arms Scalford – Hunt Pub

The Kings Arms Scalford – Hunt Pub

The Kings Arms Scalford The Kings Arms in Scalford has been hosting the Belvoir Hunt for years, and now they are struggling to survive. Only a minority of people support bloodsports - would it not be sensible for them to appeal to the majority instead? We’re...
AAF Newsbyte – 3

AAF Newsbyte – 3

police, Court and prosecutions Michael Speed, terrierman with the Cheshire Hounds, has been charged with an offence, probably to do with driving his quad at a sab. Cheshire Monitors report that Chris Woodward, formerly with the Wynnstay Hunt and now with the Heythrop...