Hunt ban 'weakened'

[sweet soul]

Hunt ban 'weakened' after High Court upholds appeal
The ban on hunting with dogs has been further weakened after the High Court endorsed a successful appeal from the first huntsman to be convicted of breaching the Act, the sport's supporters claimed.
Two High Court judges found that the use of dogs to "search for" a wild mammal in order to stalk it or flush it out was not in breach of the Act.

Mr Wright, 54, of the Exmoor Foxhounds, was therefore successful in his defence that he had not broken the law despite being filmed twice in 2005 apparently chasing a fox with dogs.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4513748/Hunt-ban-weakened-after-High-Court-upholds-appeal.html

stupid man!
how would he like being chased by a pack of dogs?

[sweet soul]

and this thread reminds me, wheres General Info gone ?
did he fall off a horse chasing a fox?
maybe he fell down a fox hole?


The Countryside Alliance said afterwards it expected the Crown Prosecution Service would now have to review other cases that are pending.

A spokesman said: "We have won on everything essentially.

"This should mean the prospect of Hunting Act offences being prosecuted will be far lower in many cases.

"We would expect there to have to be overwhelming evidence (of illegal hunting) for a prosecution even to be launched."

[sweet soul]

maybe we could just play hunt the hunters , with a camera of course!

[radge]

I couldnt care less what the toffs do on their own land.

[sweet soul]

its not the land thats sufferng

[radge]

Dont care about foxes either.

[reverend]

well, lets see, foxes hunt rabbits and other assorted mammals then tear them to pieces, pack hunts fox and does likewise!
dont see the problem myself!