The Ross Harriers hunt are in the media yet again this week with an article published claiming that the police are investigating an attack on their kennels, including the dumping of a dead dog on the huntsman’s driveway. Police were called to the address in Coughton, near Ross-On-Wye last Tuesday, 19th March, to reports of [...]

It seems that not a weekend goes by without a hunt getting negative press or showing their truly outrageous colours. A couple of weeks ago we reported on the case of Lee Peters, the huntsman of the Ross Harriers Hunt, who was found guilty of racially abusing a hunt saboteur. Last week the Hereford Times [...]

Lee Peters, huntsman for the Ross Harriers Hunt who operate in south Herefordshire, has been found guilty of racially aggravated harassment and threatening behaviour after a three-day trial at Hereford Magistrates Court. Peters, a 33-year-old father of two who lives in Coughton near Ross-on-Wye, was fined £720, ordered to pay £2,000 court costs and £200 [...]

The pilot badger culls planned for two areas in the West Country have been postponed until next summer. The Heckler previously reported on the trial badger culls, planned to begin in areas of west Somerset and west Gloucestershire this autumn. But last week the badgers and the animal activists opposing the cull won a reprieve with [...]

Hunt Saboteurs Association Press Release October 24th 2012 Paul Standen, a supporter of the Ross Harriers Hunt, pleaded guilty today to assaulting two hunt saboteurs. Standen, who was on trial at Hereford Magistrates Court, had to pay a fine, costs and compensation. The incident occurred in March this year when the Ross Harriers met at [...]

Yesterday over a hundred people gathered outside the annual Tory Party Conference in Birmingham to protest against the upcoming pilot badger cull planned for two areas in the West Country, the latest part of an increasingly intense debate over the morality and practicality of killing badgers to lower TB in cattle.  For a number of [...]

Last week news broke that Hereford Racecourse is set to close at the end of the year. Tony Kelly, managing director of Arena and Northern who operate the course, said: “Hereford is owned by Herefordshire County Council and run under a lease arrangement. “Attempts to extend the lease, which has 17 years remaining, have been [...]

In a new series of articles, the Heckler will be interviewing activists from a number of organisations and campaigns. In the first of the series, we are interviewing an anti-hunting activist from Bristol Hunt Saboteurs, who operate across the south west region, including Herefordshire. Heckler: Could you explain in a couple of sentences what a [...]

(Article edited 14/08/2012) Many people are finding this article via web searches. If you are one of those people we ask that you consider whether an animal circus is for you. Circus Mondao rely on beautiful wild animals in thier performances, how these animals are treated is not the argument we have. We, and many [...]

Protests are planned as Circus Mondao, a travelling circus that uses animals, arrives at Hereford Racecourse. There has been a call-out advertising the planned protest published on Indymedia UK. Animal Aid Hereford have also said that a peaceful protest will take place on Thursday, via their facebook page. The protest is planned to take place [...]