Yesterday was a hard but effective day with the Blenkney Hunt. They met in Coleby, Lincolnshire and were determined from the start. The hounds were out of control, chasing anything that they came across. This included a half mile chase with a deer, crossing a road in the process with all hunt staff far behind. It's only a matter of time until their poor hound control leads to a serious accident.
We spent the first couple of hours following and anticipating the hunt, as they zig zagged back and forth chasing scents that no sane-minded person could claim to be false trails, confirmed by the multiple foxes we saw to safety.
Unfortunately, the Blenkney's croneys at Linconshire Police came along and decided to detain sabs for long periods of time and serve some illegal Section 35 Dispersal Orders.
Sabs stayed in the area, but the polices tactics were enough for them to get away. All was not lost, as we stumbled across a large shoot in our search and were quickly in the fields to stop them shooting. They were reluctant, and some of them carried on shooting with us only meters away. It didn't last long, and after a bit of standing around they gathered up and went home, so we did the same.
We plan to put in official complaints to Lincolnshire Police. Their facebook page is below if you'd like to let them know how you feel about your taxes being used to protect illegal hunting.
https://www.facebook.com/lincspolice/
We spent the first couple of hours following and anticipating the hunt, as they zig zagged back and forth chasing scents that no sane-minded person could claim to be false trails, confirmed by the multiple foxes we saw to safety.
Unfortunately, the Blenkney's croneys at Linconshire Police came along and decided to detain sabs for long periods of time and serve some illegal Section 35 Dispersal Orders.
Sabs stayed in the area, but the polices tactics were enough for them to get away. All was not lost, as we stumbled across a large shoot in our search and were quickly in the fields to stop them shooting. They were reluctant, and some of them carried on shooting with us only meters away. It didn't last long, and after a bit of standing around they gathered up and went home, so we did the same.
We plan to put in official complaints to Lincolnshire Police. Their facebook page is below if you'd like to let them know how you feel about your taxes being used to protect illegal hunting.
https://www.facebook.com/lincspolice/