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Politicians of all parties frequently state that the issue of fox hunting produces some of their biggest mailbags. In this week of manifesto launches, the HSA takes a quick look at the major party’s positions on hunting.
The Labour Party has committed to “ban trail hunting” thereby recognising that it is a not a legitimate activity, but simply a smokescreen designed to disguise illegal hunting.
The Green Party promises a “ban on all blood sports, including trail hunting” – their carefully chosen words correctly identifying that trail hunting is just another form of blood sport.
The Conservative Party “will make no changes to the Hunting Act.” This has been the party’s position since Theresa May’s disastrous 2017 campaign included a pledge bring back fox hunting by repealing the Hunting Act.
The incredible U-turn in Conservative policy has been particularly painful for the likes of Countryside Alliance CEO Tim Bonner, who now has to pretend to be happy with a law that he opposed for almost two decades.
While Reform UK are yet to launch their manifesto, their website states that they will “Protect Country sports.”
The Liberal Democrat and Plaid Cymru manifestos make no mention of the hunting issue, thereby giving tacit approval to the widespread abuse of our wildlife under the deeply flawed Hunting Act.
One thing you can be sure of is that the fox hunters, the stag hunters, the hare hunters and the mink hunters are registered to vote – are you?
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