Television star Chris Packham has claimed that a Land Rover was blown up by hate campaigners outside his home's front gate on Friday night.
The presenter of BBC's Springwatch said that at around midnight of Friday, balaclava-clad thugs drove his car to his remote country home and set fire to it, before fleeing in a get-away vehicle.
Mr Packham, 60, who was alone in his house at the time, said that Land Rover turned into an inferno before it exploded shortly after.
Television star Chris Packham has claimed that a Land Rover was blown up by hate campaigners outside his home's front gate. Pictured: The charred gate after the fire
Speaking to the Daily Mirror, the anti-hunting campaigner said that he had gone to bed and was 'crashed out' when the incident happened.
'The gate isn't visible from the bedroom but of course when it exploded, it went off with a massive bang which woke me and the dogs up,' he told the newspaper.
'It was an inferno. The neighbours called the fire brigade and they turned up and put it out. The police turned up a bit later.'
The explosion, caught on CCTV, set fire to Mr Packham's gate and fence of his property in Hampshire's New Forest.
The attack came hours after Mr Packham marched to Buckingham Palace to call on the Royal Family to re-wild their estates.
He has been targeted before. In 2019, he received death threats after he launched a legal challenge in an attempt to stop people shooting so-called pest birds like pigeons and crows.
The presenter of BBC's Springwatch said that at around midnight of Friday, balaclava-clad thugs drove his car to his remote country home and set fire to it, before fleeing in a get-away vehicle
The presenter has also been sent packages of human excrement, had barbed wire left on his drive to puncture his tyres, and found dead crows hung from his gate.
Conservationist Charlotte Corney, 44, Mr Packham's long term partner, often stays at the house along with his step-daughter Megan McCubbin, 25.
Two years ago, a group that the Mr Packham is a part of - Wild Justice Group - helped to force through a change in the law to do with the shooting of 16 bird species.
Hunters and farmers were infuriated by the move, who said they were now unable to cull crows attacking newborn lambs or stop pigeons stealing their crops - unless the applied for individual licenses.
The Government later introduced three other licences that are almost identical to the one that was banned, but they don't apply in some protection zones.
The TV star told The Mirror that he has stopped telling his partner and step daughter about more of the recent hate incidents against him, calling it the 'same-old, same-old'.
He said recently someone threw a dead badger next to his gate, and that he feared that if the group with the 4X4 had a truck, they would have rammed down his gate and set fire to the vehicle next to his house.
Speaking to the Daily Mirror, the anti-hunting Mr Packham campaigner said that he had gone to bed and was 'crashed out' when the incident happening.
'It's all about intimidation,' he told the newspaper, adding that he is now worried
