Message from Devon County Hunt Sabs
27th January 2023
The Spooner’s & West Dartmoor Hunt terrierman has just been found guilty of blocking, damaging, and causing a terrier to enter a protected badger sett under the 1992 Protection of Badgers Act.
Mark Harris was caught breaking the law and endangering animals’ lives by DCHS sabs on 27 November 2021.
Sabs’ actions on the day not only saved the fox’s life, but also provided CPS with enough evidence to prosecute in a notoriously challenging area of law.
Mark submitted that on that day hounds under control of the huntsman Guy Morlock chased a fox to ground and that he was instructed to flush and kill that fox. Mark said that he knew there was a litter of foxes in the area on that day.
Mark was ordered to pay a fine of £1000, victim surcharge of £100, and Crown’s costs of £900.
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