Post by octoberlost on Nov 29, 2004 16:50:05 GMT
I was thinking of going out on the weekend, this could quite easily have been me. I think I know the person assaulted 
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Hunt violence condemned as female hunt saboteur
attacked before hunt even starts hunting!
27th November 2004
The North West Hunt Saboteurs Association (NWHSA) today called on the High Peak Hunt, based at Bakewell, Derbyshire to condemn the use of violence against hunt saboteurs after a female protestor was assaulted whilst attending the hunt as they met at Flagg, near Buxton (Derbyshire).
The saboteur was one of two protestors present as the hunt left the meet and set off down the road at the start of the day. A hunt member then launched an unprovoked attack on the female saboteur, leaving her with a heavily bleeding head wound. An ambulance was called and the saboteur later attended hospital for further investigation into the head injuries. Five stitches were needed in the head wound prior to her release. Police have arrested a person present at the hunt in connection with the incident. Other saboteurs present in the area went on to sabotage the hunt and successfully prevented any hares being killed.
Dawn Preston, a spokesperson for the NWHSA stated ‘And so we see, pretty much before the ink is dry on the Hunting Act, the real face of the hunters and their supporters. The attack on the saboteur was conducted before the hunt had even left the road from the meeting point, and shows the level of desperation that the bloodsports fraternity has sunk to. This incident comes just two weeks after we took video footage of the huntsman threatening saboteurs and trying to ride them down on the road.’
She continued ‘It looks like the period to February 18th, when the hunt ban takes effect, will be one of the most dangerous for hunt saboteurs up and down the country. But the hunters should take note that we have not come through 40 years of hunt sabotage to give up now, and we will continue to save the lives of hunted animals despite such intimidation and physical injury. If the High Peak Hunt had a conscience they would publicly call on their staff and supporters to cease such violent attacks, but as they lack such basic moral standards we know not to hold our breath on that one. The key thing for the hunters to note in all of this is that despite such attacks saboteurs continue to sabotage hunts. And so it will continue.’’
Notes:-
· The High Peak Hunt Huntsman, Nigel Cox, was filmed two weeks ago threatening saboteurs and trying to ride them down on a public road. Footage can be viewed at www.nwhsa.org.uk Nigel Cox has a previous conviction for firearms offences and was given a 3 year suspended prison sentence in 1985 after he blew a hole in the radiator of an occupied sab minibus with a shotgun. He was also given a conditional discharge for assault (he had struck a sab with the gun) and criminal damage to a camera.
· A report entitled ‘Two decades of hunt violence’ can be found at hsa.enviroweb.org/news/huntviol.html and this details past incidences of violence against hunt saboteurs.
· North West Hunt Saboteurs Association
PO Box 239
Manchester
M14 7XB
07960 038230
www.nwhsa.org.uk
info@nwhsa.org.uk
Direct Action Against All Forms of Bloodsports
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Hunt violence condemned as female hunt saboteur
attacked before hunt even starts hunting!
27th November 2004
The North West Hunt Saboteurs Association (NWHSA) today called on the High Peak Hunt, based at Bakewell, Derbyshire to condemn the use of violence against hunt saboteurs after a female protestor was assaulted whilst attending the hunt as they met at Flagg, near Buxton (Derbyshire).
The saboteur was one of two protestors present as the hunt left the meet and set off down the road at the start of the day. A hunt member then launched an unprovoked attack on the female saboteur, leaving her with a heavily bleeding head wound. An ambulance was called and the saboteur later attended hospital for further investigation into the head injuries. Five stitches were needed in the head wound prior to her release. Police have arrested a person present at the hunt in connection with the incident. Other saboteurs present in the area went on to sabotage the hunt and successfully prevented any hares being killed.
Dawn Preston, a spokesperson for the NWHSA stated ‘And so we see, pretty much before the ink is dry on the Hunting Act, the real face of the hunters and their supporters. The attack on the saboteur was conducted before the hunt had even left the road from the meeting point, and shows the level of desperation that the bloodsports fraternity has sunk to. This incident comes just two weeks after we took video footage of the huntsman threatening saboteurs and trying to ride them down on the road.’
She continued ‘It looks like the period to February 18th, when the hunt ban takes effect, will be one of the most dangerous for hunt saboteurs up and down the country. But the hunters should take note that we have not come through 40 years of hunt sabotage to give up now, and we will continue to save the lives of hunted animals despite such intimidation and physical injury. If the High Peak Hunt had a conscience they would publicly call on their staff and supporters to cease such violent attacks, but as they lack such basic moral standards we know not to hold our breath on that one. The key thing for the hunters to note in all of this is that despite such attacks saboteurs continue to sabotage hunts. And so it will continue.’’
Notes:-
· The High Peak Hunt Huntsman, Nigel Cox, was filmed two weeks ago threatening saboteurs and trying to ride them down on a public road. Footage can be viewed at www.nwhsa.org.uk Nigel Cox has a previous conviction for firearms offences and was given a 3 year suspended prison sentence in 1985 after he blew a hole in the radiator of an occupied sab minibus with a shotgun. He was also given a conditional discharge for assault (he had struck a sab with the gun) and criminal damage to a camera.
· A report entitled ‘Two decades of hunt violence’ can be found at hsa.enviroweb.org/news/huntviol.html and this details past incidences of violence against hunt saboteurs.
· North West Hunt Saboteurs Association
PO Box 239
Manchester
M14 7XB
07960 038230
www.nwhsa.org.uk
info@nwhsa.org.uk
Direct Action Against All Forms of Bloodsports
