REAL COUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE

Illegal Hunting

"We've passed a law that everyone is openly flouting."
Hunt supporter and Tory leader David Cameron puts pay to the lie that hunting folk are law abiding.

Tony Wright, huntsman with the Exmoor Foxhounds, became the first huntsman found guilty of breaching the Hunting Act 2004. Nineteen people have so far been convicted and they won't be the last Just as badger baiting continues today, despite the 1991 Badger Sett (Protection) Act, it is only expecting that many bloodsport supporters will continue to kill wildlife by 'accident'.

Recently the Crawley and Horsham Fox Hounds claimed to have switched to legal trail hunting in which the hounds follow an artificial scent. Joint Master Jamie Hawkfield is on film saying his hunt does not pursue live foxes. The secret film obtained by the League Against Cruel Sports shows this to be a blatant and cynical lie. More...

PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION January 2008