Imagine living in the countryside, amongst nature and the wildlife that you love and living your dream. Then, all of a sudden, that dream comes crashing down around you. Instead of bird calls and nature, you’re tortured with the sound of hunting hounds crying and hunters calling out instructions to kill foxes. Instead of rolling hills and beautiful scenery, you have hoards of bloodthirsty hunters marauding through your neighbourhood, knowing that they will possibly be killing the wildlife that you love so much.
Yesterday, we witnessed the harrowing effect that hunting has on neighbourhoods with decent, kind, nature-loving residents. We saw a masked-up thug intimidating elderly residents who voiced their concerns and were then berated and aggressively told that they couldn’t walk their dogs on the fields that they’ve been using for years, in case it impeded the hunt.
Sabs and anyone who’s anti-hunt are often called a ‘townie’ and that they don’t understand ‘country ways’… But many country folk are also anti-hunt; it doesn’t make them ‘townies’; it makes them animal lovers and decent human beings. This is why we are dedicating this hit report to the residents of Piddlehinton and Piddletrentide, who are subjected to the trauma of having their beloved countryside and villages overrun by bloodlust junkies on horseback week after week.
The South Dorset Hunt met at Hill Dairy, Piddlehinton. It was clear from the start that this was a children’s meet; the majority of riders were in their early teens. Why let your teenage daughters listen to music or go shopping with friends when you can put them on a horse for 5 hours in the freezing cold rain, just to indoctrinate them into the ‘joys’ of tearing a living wild animal apart? If this was any other organised criminal gang radicalising children into their fold, you can guarantee that Social Services would be there in a flash.
Sabs positioned themselves south of the dairy, while the hounds were cast into a small copse just southwest, and immediately a fox was flushed out and darted past the Sabs, who ran into action to cover the scent with citronella. Because of this, the dogs didn’t pick up on the scent at all, and the fox escaped.
Shortly after this, our Landy team witnessed the pathetic attempts to provide evidence of the myth known as trail laying. For the first trail, an oik on a quad attached a rag to the rear of the quad and rode it for a good 10 feet before stopping and undoing it. He was then joined by Oik number 2, and they crossed the road into a field that, incidentally, was never used by the hunt, and the dogs went nowhere near it. Oik number 1, then made a big show of getting a bottle of something out and putting it on a rag, which was then attached to the quad before they rode off for the same extreme length of time as the previous trail. We’re sure the fact that this was all done in front of the Landy and they could see our team filming was purely coincidental. Not!
From there, the hunt headed north into a scrubby open access area, where the Sabs walked in and could see the dogs had marked the ground around a badger sett. Upon seeing the Sabs, huntsman Josh immediately got on his phone. We presumed to inform hunt master Mark Pearson of our presence, which forced him to pull the dogs out.
Meet the secretary of the South Dorset Hunt, Kate Sutherland. It seems she and her husband, Gordie, have a lot in common with their landlord, MP for South Dorset Richard Drax. They all have long family histories in the slave trade. Maybe it’s not just Drax who should be paying for reparation… But more on this will follow soon!
After leaving that area, the hunt then headed east across the busy B3143 road towards Pat’s Castle. You know where we’re going with this one; this is the South Dorset Hunt after all. As always, there were unaccompanied dogs running up and down the road. You would have thought that when crossing a main road, huntsman Josh would have made a little more effort to maintain control of his dogs. But it seems if you’re useless at your job, your useless at it, regardless of where you’re trying to do it, because on two different occasions we saw groups of loose dogs running amok in the road. Hunt supporters seem to be of the opinion that it doesn’t matter about loose dogs because they’ll find their way back to the pack. This is a brilliant theory, but it doesn’t take into account the carnage that they can cause while they’re on the road—the accidents, injuries, and possibly even deaths of innocent residents and road users. Needless to say, a dead dog that’s been hit by a car being carried back to the pack probably wasn’t in their argument either!
Next, the dogs went into a cry around one of the small copses just west of Pat’s Castle, and Sabs used horn calls to distract the dogs. This also lets the hunt know loudly and clearly that we are there, watching and filming them. This spoilt their ‘fun’ in that particular area, forcing them to head off to new killing fields, hopefully without being under the watchful eyes of Sabs. Although we wonder if they realise just how good the zoom on our cameras is, our Landy team on the road was still able to film them as they moved on to the next area. This means that even if they’re able to temporarily evade the foot Sabs, we can invariably still maintain eyes on them. Maybe this is why they get the toddler thugs to target our cameras? And why it is so imperative that we have cameras with a long zoom and why it costs so much to keep replacing them.
At this point, the trainee killers were packed off home, leaving the hardcore killers to brave the horrendous weather conditions and continue their attempts to score a kill for the day. Due to the weather, the visibility was getting pretty bad, but we stayed on them, both on foot and in the Landy, ensuring they were always within our sights. They covered numerous old stomping grounds and sent the dogs into a variety of copses, desperate to satisfy their bloodlust. But we were always there, watching, filming and ready to intervene where we could. They finally packed up after 5 hours, and we’re confident that, thanks to our teamwork, the hunt may have been very cold and very wet, but they didn’t kill anything during the entire time they were out.
Many times, we’re able to find the hunts through tip-offs from local residents and fellow animal lovers. So please be rest assured that we will always do our utmost to save the beautiful animals we all cherish; therefore, if anyone has any information about a hunt being out, don’t hesitate to contact us on the HSA tip-off line (at the top of our page). All calls are handled with the strictest confidence. Working together means we can save lives!
Just a quickie of this hunt thug who stalked us all day.
As always, we thank you for your ongoing support. We really couldn’t do what we do without you. If you’d like to contribute towards our ever-growing fuel costs, you can donate using the links below
Ko-fi.com/weymouthanimalrights
Paypal at [email protected]
If you would like your interests… published, submit via https://dorseteye.com/submit-a-report/
Join us in helping to bring reality and decency back by SUBSCRIBING to our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ1Ll1ylCg8U19AhNl-NoTg SUPPORTING US where you can: Award Winning Independent Citizen Media Needs Your Help. PLEASE SUPPORT US FOR JUST £2 A MONTH https://dorseteye.com/donate/
