HSA news release 15th January 2005

Cotswold Vale Hunt win most violent hunt of the week award

Hunt saboteurs have told how, on Saturday (15 January), they were repeatedly attacked at the Cotswold Vale Farmers Hunt near Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire.

Towards the end of the day the saboteurs had used hunting horn and voice calls to call the pack of hounds away from a fox they were chasing. Members of the hunt repeatedly attempted to ride down the saboteurs.

One saboteur told how he was pinned against the wall by the huntsman and another mounted follower and threatened with a "serious kicking".