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Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more South Norfolk Hunt Sabs video the Essex and Suffolk Hunt Using cameras provided by Protect the Wild JAN 27 READ IN APP Two years ago we launched “The Protect the Wild Equipment Fund’, aiming to provide equipment to individuals or groups who are working as ‘eyes in the field’ to tackle wildlife crime and protect wildlife. Our first purchase was radios for the excellent Cheshire Borderland Monitors, who wrote in a blog for us that the radios would enable them to stay in touch with each other on the ground, monitoring hunts, and ultimately protecting the wild. Since then we have sent thousands of pounds worth of equipment to many groups. Everything from radios and camcorders to bodycams and drones. One of the groups we have supported is the South Norfolk Hunt Saboteurs who “help wildlife escape those trying to hurt and kill them in south Norfolk and beyond.” They regularly sab the Essex and Suffolk Hunt across ‘Buckleshire’ (mockingly named for the local Buckle family who run the Hunt). Towards the end of 2025 the South Norfolk Hunt Sabs asked if we would upgrade their bodycams to enable them to catch the Hunt breaking the law yet again. We were very happy to do so, and the sabs have sent us the following report: Essex and Suffolk Hunt. Image South Norfolk Hunt Saboteurs Following Protect the Wild’s generous sharing of our story about Zed Security attacking us during a meet of the Essex and Suffolk Hunt, it followed up with an offer through its Equipment Fund. We’re a pretty small group and mostly self-funded, so we don’t have too much in the way of equipment needs. However, we’d recently run into an issue where our group-owned body cameras were too poor quality for our purposes. As a result, we asked for a couple of new ones from Protect the Wild – specifically DJI Osmo Action 1s, which though old still provide great quality footage at a relatively low cost. We received them and used them the following Saturday. It was a good thing we did. On their first outing, one of the cameras captured very clear footage of hounds from the Essex and Suffolk Hunt chasing a fox through Semer Wood. The meet was held at Dairy Farm, owned by the hunt’s former master and ubiquitous Suffolk personality James Buckle, on 29th November 2025. Semer Wood is part of Buckle’s property and a frequent hunting ground for the Essex and Suffolk Hunt. Two of our sabs were in the right place at the right time to see and film outgoing huntsman John Henty allow the pack to chase a fox to ground in Semer Wood. We then stopped the hounds from marking to ground for too long, forcing Henty to eventually call the pack away. This footage would absolutely not have been captured had we not received those new bodycams. Our old ones would have been too blurry and low-res to effectively display what we were seeing with our eyes. The Osmo Action, on the other hand, provides insight into yet another example – as though any more were really needed – of a hunt chasing a fox as though the practice were never banned. Thank you to Protect the Wild and all its supporters for helping us capture this moment and continue helping the nationwide-exposé of this vile (not to mention criminal) activity. For the full report - Report #88: Essex and Suffolk Hunt @ Dairy Farm, Semer, 29/11/25 - please read South Norfolk Hunt Saboteurs Substack. Image South Norfolk Hunt Saboteurs We are proud that we’ve been able to help the South Norfolk Hunt Saboteurs through our Equipment Fund. We are proud - but also hugely grateful to our supporters. Because it is YOU that enable us to help these brave folk. Your contributions go directly into protecting wildlife by supporting activists in the field in multiple ways. It not only pays for the equipment that keep eyes on hunts and other wildlife abusers, it funds undercover operations that expose cruelty hidden from the public, AND it ensures frontline activists have access to free mental health support so they can keep going in what is often a relentless and emotionally draining fight (please see ‘Over a hundred mental health sessions given to animal rights activists!’). Every single pound is ring fenced and used for this work alone. It fuels the people and the tools that make a real difference for foxes, badgers, birds and all the other wildlife targeted by abusers. If you want to be part of this fight, please chip in a few pounds each month. Together we can give activists the strength, the resources and the support they need to protect wildlife and hold these cowards to account. Become a monthly supporter If you’re an individual or organisation working in the field and would like our support, please get in touch. We’d love to hear from you. SHARE LIKE COMMENT RESTACK © 2026 Protect the Wild Protect the Wild, 71-75 Shelton Street Covent Garden, London, W2CH 9JQ Unsubscribe Start writing