article_snippet: a term used to describe hunt saboteurs protesting at fox hunts – in the aftermath of the badger cull.
article_snippet: Saboteurs attended the planned hunt in a bid to raise awareness of animal cruelty and used two main tactics to throw the planned hunt off course.
article_snippet: Lee Moon, spokesperson for the Hunt Saboteurs Association, said: 'Well done to the sab who put his differences aside to act so compassionately, even in the face of hostility from the injured huntsmember. '
article_snippet: his actions prove once again that saboteurs are compassionate not only towards animals but humans as well. '
article_snippet: This is another nail in the coffin of the Countryside Alliance's campaign to portray us in a negative light and it would be interesting to see what would have happened if the roles had been reversed.'
article_snippet: Charlotte Cooper, spokesman for the Countryside Alliance said: 'Just as hunting attracts a wide variety of people it is only common sense that not every person who sabs hunts is the same.
article_snippet: The relationship between hunts and sabs varies from hunt to hunt and is not always acrimonious.
article_snippet: I have heard stories of unsuitable attired antis being helped across muddy fields by gallant hunt supporters and broken down sab vehicles being towed out by helpful farmers. '
article_snippet: However just because those opposed to hunting can boast that on this occasion one of those opposed to hunting number showed human compassion it does not diminish the appalling behaviour of others, for example the cowardly gang of masked thugs who beat Tedworth huntsmember Brian Lane with metal bars in January. '
article_snippet: The number of people involved in saboteur activities is far fewer than in the past, however we are concerned that those extremists who remain are increasingly resorting to violence.'