A huntsman has been filmed repeatedly calling a female animal rights protester "fatty" and telling her to "go back to McDonald's".

West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs accused the unnamed the huntsman of "cruel body-shaming" the activist.

The video shows members of Warwickshire Hunt laughing after one shouts at the female activist: "No fatty, stop it, go back to McDonald's".

During the four-minute clip, which was filmed on October 22, the woman was called "fatty" 28 times.

Warwickshire Hunt has said the video only shows one side of the dialogue and claimed activists were aggressive to them.

During the hunt in Admington, the leading huntsman rounds on the woman again, and says: "Follow the golden arches, McDonald's is that way.

"Don't touch the horse, I bet you haven't touched something so thin for a long time."

He then turns to another huntsman and says: "Watch out, she bites, she's hungry.

"She can't run, if she does we'll probably have a coronary on our hands."

Another, younger member of the hunt can be heard telling the activist: "Last time I saw you, you were on that weight watchers diet, how's that going?"

He later goads the female activist, saying: "Come on fatty run. She's on a weightwatchers diet, she should be running."

While laughing, he then shouts to other members of the hunt: "She'll get beached like a whale."

Following the hunt, the sabs confront the huntsmen but are met with a volley of abuse.

Another hunt sab asks: "Do you think it's acceptable to body shame people and bully people? Do you?"

The younger man then appears to lose his cool and screams: "Get out of my face! You have been warned."

The sab tells the man: "Calm down. Over privileged cry babies. You give it the biggen and when someone stands up to you, you cry like a little baby."

Since the sabs posted the video online, it has attracted tens of thousands of views and shares.

A spokesperson for West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs said: "This is the video the Warwickshire Hunt don't want you to see.

"We have all seen the videos of them killing foxes.

"We have all seen the videos of them holding up and hunting in the middle of busy main roads. This video shows what they are like as people.

"The comments made by members of the Warwickshire Hunt towards one of our group are totally unacceptable and amount to body shaming and bullying.

"It is completely vile. It wasn't a one-off comment, this was a coordinated and sustained verbal attack.

"It is a snapshot of what we have to put up with every week and shows what the Warwickshire Hunt are like when faced with people with opposing views.

"We challenge the Warwickshire Hunt to take a stand against bullying and issue a public apology to us.

"If this was any other organisation in any other sphere of life the perpetrators would have been booted out of the organisation.

"By not taking such action we must assume that the Warwickshire Hunt agrees with and endorses this kind of behaviour."

Warwickshire Hunt have denied the huntsman bullied the protester.

A spokesperson said: "The footage shown only presents one side of the dialogue, what is cut out of the film are the threats and insults aimed at the hunt on this and many, many other occasions.

"By its very definition bullying is an action that seeks to intimidate someone perceived as vulnerable and the saboteurs that take this footage are certainly not that and may want to consider the vulnerability of the young people and children which they attack on a daily basis, often using foul language.

"We do not condone any of the insults aimed at these individuals but they cannot expect to be met by silence when they show such aggression to us and our animals in their language and actions."