Trail hunting a ‘smokescreen’ for illegal fox hunts, MP says in jail terms plea

'Hunt havoc' is often ignored - but not for much longer

Protect the Wild has launched a new initiative to expose the devastation that hunts’ activities cause to people, property, and public safety. The disruption that hunting brings to communities and individuals is less well known than the cruelty they unleash on wildlife. Protect the Wild’s new Hunt Havoc website aims to change that by logging the chaos caused by hunts across Great Britain and serving as a tool to hold them accountable. Protect the…

Trail hunting a ‘smokescreen’ for illegal fox hunts, MP says in jail terms plea

Labour MP Perran Moon called for a ban on trail hunting, which he warned was being used as a ‘smokescreen’ for illegal fox hunting.

Three hunting hounds killed by train during Worcestershire trail hunt

HUNTING hounds trespassing on a railway in Worcestershire were struck and killed by a train, say British Transport Police. Staff from Great Western Railway required specialist support after the three hounds, part of the Croome and West Warwickshire Hunt, were killed near Worcestershire Parkway station. It comes as Defra minister Daniel Zeichner yesterday [April 1] announced the government will be launching a consultation on trail hunting, having…

Trail hunting: government reaffirms support for ban

On April 1st Perran Moon, the Labour MP for Cornwall’s Camborne and Redruth constituency, called on the government to ban so-called trail hunting and made a plea for jail time for hunters who are caught breaking the law. Currently, trail hunting – which supposedly involves hunts laying scent trails for hounds to follow, a scenario […]

Trail hunting a ‘smokescreen’ for illegal fox hunts, MP says in jail terms plea - Business Fast

Earlier in the debate, Mr Moon said “trail hunting has been used as a defence” when hunts and their organisers land in the criminal justice system, accused of hunting a wild mammal with a dog, as he described a “disturbing reality – trail hunting is providing a smokescreen for illegal fox hunting”. READ SOURCE