Foxhunting is continuing with impunity across the UK, with police and courts failing to hold those organising and taking part in them accountable, a former senior police officer has said, as the hunting season gears up towards its Boxing Day ceremonial climax. In November, anti-hunting campaigners collected 126 witness reports of foxhunting with hounds, including […]
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Hunt saboteurs film pack of hounds tearing body of fox apart ‘after trail hunt’ through the grounds of the Duke of Devonshire’s family seat, Chatsworth House
A group that sabotages animal hunts has revealed horrific footage of a pack of hounds tearing the body of a fox apart after a trail hunt which it claims went through the grounds of 35,000-acre Peak District estate Chatsworth House. The fox was chased through the grounds of the property in Derbyshire which has featured […]
Success! Cruel Fox Cub Murderers Prosecuted in UK
It’s a sickening spectacle: An undercover video filmed in 2016 revealed that members of the UK’s South Herefordshire Hunt repeatedly threw live fox cubs into dog kennels. The secret footage appears to show live fox cubs being delivered one by one to the Hunt’s kennels. In the video, the hungry dogs can be heard baying. […]
Pressure grows for UK to bring in blanket ban on ivory trade
Environmental campaigners believe that public pressure is finally about to force the environment secretary, Michael Gove, to introduce a blanket ban on the commercial trade in ivory in the UK. A consultation on what form a proposed ban should take has just closed, and the government says it will give its response soon. The Department […]
POLL: Should fox hunting legislation be repealed in the UK?
As horses, hounds and hunters gather on the busiest day of the year for fox hunting, activists have raised concerns that trail-hunting is being used as a cover for bloodsport more than a decade after it was banned in the UK. At least 300 hunts are expected to take place across the country on Boxing […]
POLL: Should the slaughter of badgers in the UK be finally stopped?
Hundreds of thousands of taxpayers’ pounds have been spent on equipping badger cull marksmen with radios that link them directly to police, the Guardian has learned. Police have advised the government to invest in the same communications system they use to make it easier for officers to get to conflicts with cull saboteurs in remote […]
POLL: Should the Tories be allowed to bring back fox hunting?
Pro-fox hunting campaigners are plotting to use a predicted Conservative landslide at the general election to repeal a 2004 ban of the blood sport, according to a report. Tory Lord Mancroft, chairman of the Council of Hunting Associations, described the 8 June vote as “the chance we have been waiting for” to overturn the ban, […]
POLL: Should fox-hunting laws be strictly enforced?
By using independent monitors to witness the hunts will ensure they stick to laws aimed at protecting wild animals from the clutches of packs of hounds. Landowners allowing hunts on to their property should also face prosecution if the law is broken, suggests the study. Changes to the way Scotland’s fox hunting laws are enforced […]