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A furious farmer was filmed ­ramming a fox hunt saboteur with his quad bike as tensions boiled over in the countryside.

Police are investigating an allegation of assault after the man, wearing green overalls, tackled activists as they ­monitored a hunt in the field.

He was caught on camera speeding towards three men before telling them to “get off my land”.

At one point, the farmer shoved one of the saboteurs to the ground before turning towards the other two.

As they retreated, he followed before driving into one of the trio and knocking him into a ditch when he kept filming.

(Image: West Mids Hunt Saboteurs / SWNS) (Image: West Mids Hunt Saboteurs / SWNS) (Image: West Mids Hunt Saboteurs / SWNS)

He said: “That’s one more, does anybody else want some? You are on private property, I can do what I want.”

The video was filmed near Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, on Saturday, as Atherstone Hunt took to the field. A spokesman for West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs said: “We were standing on the track filming the hunt and then out of nowhere this quad bike sped up to us.

“One person could have been seriously injured, he went at him with speed – if the quad bike carried on it could have landed on him in the ditch.”

An Atherstone Hunt spokesman said: “We understand one of our landowners requested that hunt saboteurs leave his land on which they were trespassing and, after they refused, he took steps to remove them.

(Image: West Mids Hunt Saboteurs / SWNS) (Image: West Mids Hunt Saboteurs / SWNS) (Image: West Mids Hunt Saboteurs / SWNS)

"Such action is taken ­independently of the Atherstone Hunt and not ­regulated by us.”

Leicestershire Police confirmed it was probing an ­allegation of assault.

A spokeswoman said the victim sustained “minor injuries as a result of being involved in a collision with a quad bike”. The alleged attacker could not be reached for comment last night.