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- Join your local hunt saboteurs. We are always on the lookout for keen volunteers both in the fields and as fund-raisers and stall holders. Without enough people sabotage becomes an impossibility.
- Write to your local MP. There are many hunt related issues that you can write to your MP about. Urge them to vote against hunting whenever it is an issue in the House of Commons, show them that the support for banning hunting is strong in their constituency. Remember, these people are meant to represent the views of their constituents in Parliament, make sure they know what those views are.
- Be Observant. If you ever see a hunt whilst driving or walking in the countryside, take note of where they are and what they are doing. Then contact the local saboteurs. Hunts tend to stick to certain areas one year to the next and any information is useful, no matter how small, before, during and after the event.
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- Write to the local press. A well reasoned letter opposing hunting always stimulates plenty of discussion and invariably hunters end up making themselves and their pastime look ridiculous. Reply to their printed letters, use statistics and sources from leaflets and articles to back up your claims (remember to quote the source), the hunt rarely do this.
- If you see foxes or lived in earths let the hunt saboteurs know. The earths can be sprayed with scent to disguise foxes when hunts are present in the area. If this is done in advance the hounds will not find them. Also badger sets are useful information as fox hunts are breaking the law if they tamper with or dig these. if you find a dug out badger set, notify the local badger group immediately.
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- Protest at country shows, hunt balls and big hunt meets. The most prestigious events in the hunt calendar are the hunt balls and the Boxing Day and New Year’s Day meets. A few placards and jeers from the crowd will severely dent the hunt’s ego, and show them they are not welcome in your town/village. After a particularly large demonstration in Thame, Thame Council banned the Vale of Aylesbury Hunt from meeting in the Town Square. Hunt Saboteurs often arrange protests at these events too.
- Donate any spare cash to your local Hunt Saboteurs. It is not pleasant asking for money, but without it we cannot function effectively. Money donated provides maps, hunting horns, petrol, scent spray, placards and even this leaflet you are reading. Every penny will be much appreciated and will all go directly to saving animals lives.
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- Pre-advise of hunts. If you find out about an upcoming hunt meet let us know the place and date. Village noticeboards sometimes carry this information, another good source is riding stables (they often get given meet cards for the following 2/3 months). A meet card or copy of the information is worth its weight in gold to us and gives us a good advantage over the hunt, allowing us to prepare the ground, and protect the animals before the hunt even arrives.
- Boycott hunt sympathetic shops, farms and pubs. Many are owned by hunters or allow hunts to meet there. they will soon change their tune if it is losing them money, especially if you tell them why they have lost your business. There are plenty more places to buy produce or have a drink, write to us for local information on hunt sympathetic businesses.
- Complain to the Council or Police. If the hunt break any laws or by-laws, for example riding two abreast on roads, hounds fouling the pavement, damaging property, trespassing on your land, supporters blocking roads inform the relevant authorities. Enough complaints has led in some cases to hunts being banned from areas or villages.
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