I totally agree with the sabs being just as bad and worse as those hunting in some cases, having been targeted by them while out riding on my own, minding my own business.
My horse has his reins and martingale grabbed and he was yanked around, and I was threatened and my way barred, and then chased on push bikes riding straight at us as getting away. Hurting and frightening an animal in the name of animal welfare invalidates your point somewhat. Especially when that animal and it's rider have absolutely no involvement in the thing you're trying to prevent. It was violence and intimidation for the sake of it. It was bloody obvious I wasn't involved in the hunt.
I was miles away , not dressed in hunting gear or actively taking part, in fact I was trying to head off away from them as a large group of horses moving quickly and all the noise and action upset my horse.
So although I don't agree with hunting, I certainly don't and will never support hunt sabs either. They're nothing more than thugs who've found what they think is a good enough reason to engage in violence, they've no interest in animal welfare.
They work on intimidation and violence to disrupt the hunt, or in fact anyone who's in the vicinity. I may well have had sympathy with the cause once upon a time, I have the exact opposite now.