ANOTHER POST FROM THE HUNT SABOTEURS — PROVING THAT HUNTS ARE CONTINUING TO BREAK LAWS

𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗯𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁 Last Saturday, 28th February, the Ledbury Hunt met at Old Colwall. It was a brilliant, warm, sunny day, if still very wet underfoot. Shame it was ruined by this gang of wildlife crims. Sabs anticipated the route the hunt would take well throughout the day, and it’s fair to say the hunt moved on swiftly, on several occasions not drawing woods we expected them to. Thanks to Welsh Border Hunt Sabs who joined us once they were sure the Cotswold Vale Farmers Hunt were not going out. Hounds were hardly heard in cry, that lovely sunshine had fortunately burnt off any fox’s scent. The only exception to this was when hounds were cast into Slatch Wood between Coddington and Bosbury. Hounds went quickly into cry and crossed over, casting around in a field adjacent to the road and Old country Wood. Here all chaos broke out and we are pretty sure the hounds were rioting on deer. Deer were seen fleeing in all directions, and hounds were in and out of Old Country Wood, the surrounding paddocks, and roads, causing absolute havoc. We’re pretty sure the hunt is absolutely not welcome on Old Country Wood, but do they care? Not one bit. Outgoing huntsman, Mark Melladay, could be heard vainly attempting to gather hounds from a distance, while joint master Louise Daly sat on her horse unperturbed as stray hounds held up traffic and went off on jollies in all directions. Eventually, the hunt moved on up the drive to The Riddings while we went round by road nearly as far as Norbridge. Mellady could still be heard gathering hounds. He’d just about got them all on by the time we arrived cross country at The Riddings. The rest of the day was quiet, just the way we like it. Apart, that is, from masked (but we still know who he is) violent terrierman, Ross Loader, threatening to smash one of our sab’s camera. This tells you all you need to know about the Ledbury, happy to keep the likes of Loader around to do their dirty work - which is not limited to carrying terriers around for digging out, but has previously included assaulting sabs. Any info please contact us by text, WhatsApp or phone (evenings best for the latter) on 07347120065 Thank you to everyone who has donated recently. Our vehicle is due in for MOT shortly in readiness for next season, and some visits to the West Country to sab the stag hunts. Support us if you can via the Ko-fi link in our bio.