Here is an infographic on the ‘Labour government urged to crack down on foxhunting on MOD land.” It is self-explanatory. In the UK the MOD is being challenged by campaigners to meet the first test of a Labour manifesto pledge by banning fox hunting on …
This is extraordinary and sad to be honest. Thirty-eight dogs ran into Grenada Lake in Mississippi when chasing a deer. But they were not meant to do that as they were fox hunting. Deer hunting is illegal in Mississippi while fox hunting is legal (see …
This is another episode in the story of a foxhunter who supervised the throwing of a live fox to a pack of hounds on Christmas Eve. Thomas Ledbury, 38, was working for the Avon Vale hunt at the time. He was employed as a terrier …
The poor creature was chased for hours to exhaustion then shot after collapsing in gorse – Mendip Hunt Sabs They are an objectionable lot of AHs in their crappy ridding uniforms. Their yapping herds of dogs and plumy accents. They definitely think they have dominion …
NEWS AND OPINION-UK: This news item has just been released. It shows once again the brutality of foxhunting which has been banned in the UK but which is sometimes circumvented using illegal practices by some foxhunting groups. At this moment this is an allegation please …
NEWS AND OPINION: The Times reports that a 34-year-old man has been arrested following an incident in which, on my understanding, the foxhunter’s horse struck a hunt saboteur. I believe that the photograph below shows the incident as it happened. The arrested man is from …
NEWS AND OPINION: Illegal foxhunting is “prolific in UK” so says a police chief. And it is carried out under the guise of it being trail hunting which is legal. This article is about a recent instalment in that saga of illegality by the ‘countryside …
Mark Pearson, 64, of Child Okeford, near Blandford, has been found guilty in the Weymouth Magistrates’ Court of the illegal hunting of a fox with dogs. He is the director of a concrete business and joint master of the South Dorset Hunt. He wasn’t aware …
There is a danger that the new Conservative government might overturn the current Hunting Act which bans hunting with dogs. Or they might in some other way weaken the current laws which restrict the hunting of deer and foxes. The hunters find ways to circumvent …
