Hunt Saboteurs use non-violent direct action tactics to save the lives of thousands of hunted animals every season. We use tactics that range from hunting horns and voice calls to running for miles with the hounds and huntsman. Wherever and whenever animals are being hunted for fun, saboteurs will be there, protecting wildlife from the “sportsmen” who get their kicks from killing.

North London Hunt Saboteurs mainly target the three fox hunts based in Essex and Hertfordshire. Between September and April, these hunts will be out illegally hunting multiple times per week. We regularly witness these groups trespassing on private property, terrorising domestic pets, entering packs of fox hounds into areas likely to contain foxes such as woodland, hedgerows, scrubland, and chasing and killing foxes.

Fox hunting still happens regularly, barely 30 miles from Westminster, where the Hunting Act was codified, due to the weakness and infirmity of the act, to create what the former director of the Masters of Fox Hounds Association, Mark Hankinson described as “the element of doubt that we have illegally hunted a fox.”

Mr Hankinson’s words saw him convicted in October 2021 of intentionally encouraging or assisting others to commit an offence contrary to Section 44 of the Serious Crimes Act 2007.

We recently secured convictions for illegal fox hunting and animal cruelty offences against the East Essex Hunt, after we caught them trapping and torturing a fox with a garden fork.

We are a group of ordinary people - the general public - taking action against hunting. Our group is made up of over 20 committed individuals that give up their weekends to take direct action and save lives.

We are self-funded volunteers, and have running costs to keep us out in the field week after week. Some of our costs include vehicle fuel, repairs and gear.

All donations will keep us in the field with our boots on the ground, saving wildlife.