Exclusive: Glastonbury Festival bans hunt from fundraising on site

14th January 2021 Glastonbury Festival says it is “absolutely not pro-hunting” and has moved swiftly to ban a hunt from fundraising activities on its site. The move by the festival follows release of minutes from a meeting of the Mendip Farmers Hunt in Somerset in which the hunt said one reason for their “poor financial …

Cumbria Police appeal for information after report of illegal fox hunting in Threlkeld

14th January 2021 Cumbria Police are appealing for information after a report of illegal fox hunting, alleged to have taken place in Threlkeld. A report has been made to Cumbria Police that illegal fox hunting took place on December 26, 2020 at Halls Fell Ridge in Threlkeld. Hunting mammals with dogs is a criminal offence …