Message from Wildlife Guardian Brilliant short video, but look at all the supporters and hunt after this poor stag 12th March 2024 On the 7th March our SW investigator had just cleared the rear entrance of the ' "Baronsdown" sanctuary of the Devon & Somerset Staghounds supporters. Then this happened! Later saw the stag …
Another great piece from Channel 4 news
25th January 2024 Exclusive footage shows how foxes are being illegally hunted by hounds. It’s been almost two decades since fox hunting was banned in the UK. But footage shared exclusively with this programme shows how it continues across our countryside. What we are about to show you has led to the sports’ governing body …
FOX HUNT ON THE RAMPAGE NEXT TO ANIMAL SANCTUARY
19th January 2024 A horrified helper at an animal sanctuary says she fears foxes she and other volunteers nursed back to health and released back into the wild could have been illegally killed by a hunt rampaging through neighbouring fields. Anstice Jones watched as the hounds from the Quorn Hunt terrified the animals she and …
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Dog mayhem as 30 hounds “chase fox” through Devon village
Baying pack of hounds ran through gardens moments after villager saw a fox. Calls by animal welfare group to tighten law on hunting with hounds. 25th October 2023 Villagers have described chaotic scenes as a frightened fox ran through gardens and a pack of 30 hounds rampaged through the street. The dogs were filmed baying …
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Man cleared of illegally hunting fox with dogs near Kelso
13th October 2023 A huntsman has been cleared of illegally hunting a fox with dogs in the Scottish Borders. The case is believed to have been the final one brought under old legislation in Scotland. Myles O'Connor, 30, of the Buccleuch Hunt, was found not guilty after a two-day trial at Selkirk Sheriff Court. MSPs …
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England and Wales law on foxhunting unworkable, says police chief
Trail hunts used as a loophole for unlawful chasing and killing of animals, Matt Longman tells campaigners. 29th June 2023 England’s most senior police officer on foxhunting has said the law on the crime is not working because it permits trail hunts that have become a “smokescreen” for the continued illegal persecution of animals. Ch …
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526 incidents of suspected illegal fox hunting took place in the 2022-2023
Another Channel 4 investigation 18th April 2023 Warning: distressing images in this report. Watch the video here - https://www.channel4.com/news/526-incidents-of-suspected-illegal-fox-hunting-took-place-in-the-2022-2023-hunting-season-exclusive-figures-suggest Hunting foxes was banned 18 years ago, but is it carrying on regardless? New figures from the League Against Cruel Sports, shared exclusively with this programme, suggest that in the last hunting season, there were over …
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Yet more damning footage of hunts out of control
Family left 'shocked and appalled' after pack of hounds kill fox in their private garden 22nd February 2023 Watch the footage here - http://www.itv.com/news/2023-02-22/family-left-appalled-after-pack-of-hounds-kill-fox-in-their-private-garden ITV News has seen graphic footage of a how an apparently out of control fox hunt spilled into a domestic garden, as our Correspondent Rupert Evelyn reports A family has told …
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Police investigate hunting allegations after sheep dies in south Northants fox hounds incident
17th January 2023 Police are investigating alleged ‘illegal hunting’ after a sheep drowned when foxhounds ran amok through a field at Moreton Pinkney. The incident happened on Saturday after the Grafton Hunt meet, reportedly at Crockwell Farm. Villagers expressed anger and incredulity on the community Facebook page after a farmer said the hounds had scattered …