Hunt Saboteurs Association

Hunt Saboteurs Association
Formation1963 (60 years ago)
FounderJohn Prestige
Founded atBrixham, England
TypeAnimal rights group
Legal statusActive
PurposeNon-violent[citation needed] direct action against fox hunting
Region
United Kingdom (with international affiliates)
MethodsDirect action, hunt sabotage
Membership (2021)
58 affiliated groups
SecessionsBand of Mercy/Animal Liberation Front (1972)
Websitewww.huntsabs.org.uk

The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) is a United Kingdom organisation that uses hunt sabotage as a means of direct action to stop fox hunting.[1] It was founded in 1963, with its first sabotage event occurring at the South Devon Foxhounds on 26 December (Boxing Day) 1963.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Meet The People Who Throw Themselves In Front Of Hunters". The Dodo. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Ten years on from the fox hunting ban, has anything really changed?". www.telegraph.co.uk. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  3. ^ "History of the HSA-timeline". www.huntsabs.org.uk. 3 October 2022.