HUNT supporters around Dorset have rubbished an anti-bloodsports website inciting activists to firebomb the homes of celebrities in the county.

The website's hit list included Dorset-based chef and TV presenter Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, actor Edward Fox who has a second home in the county, and Madonna and Guy Ritchie, whose home is on the Dorset-Wiltshire border.

Tessa Jackson, joint master of the Cattistock hunt, said: "It's unbelievable that people would resort to this kind of thing.

"I certainly wouldn't pay it any attention and I don't think anyone on the list should be particularly worried either. It's laughable."

Andrew Cook, master of the Blandford-based Portman hunt, added: "These kinds of people want locking up. We've heard of this kind of thing before and people in Dorset should be aware of it but hopefully it is just scare-mongering."

The site was originally posted under the heading Celebrity Bloodsports Scum but animal liberation website Arkangel said that due to its content, which included a list of names, addresses and phone numbers of around 100 famous people, it was removed by the web hosts and resited. It is now thought it no longer exists. Dorchester-based active hunt saboteur and spokesman for Dorset Anti-Bloodsports Neal Buckoke said: "People shouldn't give any attention to this kind of thing, it's not the way to go about protesting and I would never consider going to anyone's home.

"There are extremists on both sides. I've had my home visited by hunt supporters and know it isn't nice.

"The real way to stop hunting is by non-violent direct action."

Other names on the list include Billy Connolly, Harry Enfield and Jeremy Irons, who have been targeted because of their support for hunting, shooting or fishing.

The website is thought to have been posted by a group of activists calling themselves Badgers Unknown and describes the celebrities as 'twisted perverts'.

A Dorset Police spokesman said: "We are aware of the website and monitor the activities of such groups and where necessary appropriate action is taken."

Special Branch officers are understood to have been in contact with a number of people on the list warning them of the dangers, but the Dorset Police spokesman said they were unable to comment on Special Branch movements.

The Countryside Alliance has also been monitoring the site but no one was available to comment.