The Smokescreen of ‘Trail Hunting’ Around the time of the Hunting Act coming into force in 2005, the fox and hare hunting community invented ‘trail hunting’ as a solution to what they saw at the time as a ‘temporary’ ban. While hunts claim to be following a ‘trail’ – a scent based on their traditional […]
i won’t vote for cruelty Take Action Labour pledged that if elected they would strengthen the Hunting Act, closing the loopholes and banning so-called ‘trail hunting.’ They are now the party of Government but this is far from a done deal, and it’s up to us all to hold them to their promise of ending […]
Hunts are just following trails now aren’t they? No. Hunts are still chasing and killing animals as they did before the ban, but now under the guise of ‘trail hunting.’ Following the hunting ban in 2005, the fox and hare hunting community invented ‘trail hunting’ as a solution to what they saw at the time […]
This is just a snapshot of some of the incidents involving hunts since the introduction of the Hunting Act 2004. 2003 August – 3000 hunt staff sign a pledge saying they will break the law and continue hunting animals if it is banned 2004 September – Hunting supporters storm Parliament where a debate on a […]
I won’t vote for cruelty campaign for a real ban on hunting Take Action Nearly 20 years after hunting was supposedly banned, up and down the country hunts continue to chase and kill foxes, hare, mink, otters and deer for fun. To make the law fit for purpose and to protect British wildlife, the Government […]
