Hunt Saboteurs Association News Release 15th November 2015
On Saturday 14th November the Atherstone Hunt were filmed chasing and then killing a fox at Grendon Fields Farm, Leicestershire by West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs. Sabs saw the fox being chased closely by hounds. It stopped and looked to its left and then to its right and saw there was no escape. There were hounds either side of it, they caught it, dragged it to the floor and killed it. The rest of the pack were trying to get at it. Whipper-in Phil Durno got off his horse, grabbed the dead body and handed it to the Huntsman of the Dove Valley Mink Hounds, Will Shaw, who slung it over his horse and rode off with it.
Lee Moon, Spokesperson for the Hunt Saboteurs Association, stated: “Leicestershire and Warwickshire police are aware that the hunt killed a fox yet not only do they allow the Atherstone to continue hunting but they give the people who film this footage harassment notices at every opportunity with no evidence whatsoever. It is this lack of action that has allowed the hunt to get away with continuing to hunt illegally and it is the polices lack of action that has allowed this fox to be killed. This is organised crime that is being filmed and exposed twice a week whilst the police stand idly by and do nothing.”
Footage of the kill can be viewed here:
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