20th February 2016
Working Together To Keep Hounds Off
This landowner was helped by Hunt Monitors to keep the Cheshire Forest hounds off her property on 20 February 2016.
If you’re affected by hunt trespass and contact Hounds Off for support we can often put you in touch with people who will help you on the ground. For example, one landowner in Cheshire has established a great relationship with local Hunt Monitors. When the Hunt is around they get together to keep the hounds off her land. It’s a great example of how we all work as a team.
This is the message we received from the landowner after a hunt on Saturday 20 February 2016:
Hi it’s been a wet and soggy day following the Cheshire forest hunt round, the Cheshire monitors were absolutely great and I’m pretty sure it was a no kill day, they will confirm that though, they did stop them getting 2 foxes.
On their Facebook page, Cheshire Monitors reported the day like this:
We were out with the Cheshire Forest Hunt today, supporting some lovely locals who have had problems with this hunt in the past.
We caught them up to no good not long after they set off from the meet (which they weren’t happy about) and had to work hard to keep on top of them all day.
As usual there were more hunt thugs out with them than riders, it looks like this hunt are going down in popularity.
We had 7 quads with masked heavies careering about causing havoc.
At one point one of our team was filming the hounds in full cry, then marking where a fox had gone to ground. Their car was blocked in by supporters and their wing mirror kicked in by riders ( the police are dealing with this) who were clearly very upset that we were spoiling their fun.
This didn’t deter our monitor and suffice to say that eventually the huntsman called the hounds off. He did however leave the scene screaming his head off. There were no signs of a kill all day. Job done!
Remember, you are not alone! You can protect your property, livestock and pets from hunt trespass. Get hold of Hounds Off via Facebook, Twitter @HoundsOff or via the Contact Us page on this website.
© Joe Hashman
3 Comments | Leave a comment
John Rimington Hare Preservation Trust says:
Posted February 21, 2016 at 5:22 pm
Well done to these monitors who carry on in the face of extreme unpleasantness from the hunters and their supporters. It is a great pity that these emotionally immature animal abusers seemingly have nothing else in their empty and useless lives to concentrate on, other than the primitive adrenalin fix of seeing primitive dogs killing defenceless wildlife in a one-sided “contest” that degrades them as human beings.
MaryAlice Pollard (@CornwallsVoice) says:
Posted February 21, 2016 at 7:58 pm
It is good to hear positive support from the farmers as I know there are many out there that do not approve and do not allow hunts on their land ….. isn’t it wonderful to be working together with them !
Phil syers says:
Posted February 11, 2018 at 10:38 pm
Seen bbc news want to catch them in the act and get the evidence for the police of god forbid a kill iit’s simple use a drone with a camera then fly by Not attaching get footage of them. Then the police can’t say you haven’t got enough evidence. But I’m from a streetwise town where they would also feel uncomfortable trying this crap out