At least 3 hounds were killed and more injured at the Middleton Hunt yesterday when the hunt took them across a busy main road.
The huntsman took the hounds across a main busy road, with no spotter to check oncoming traffic on an upcoming bend. After the incident, one distraught huntsman said “why did we take them over the road?”
Lee Moon, Spokesperson for the Hunt Saboteurs Association, stated: “The Middleton claim to be following an artificial trail. If that’s the case why on earth would they lay a trail anywhere near such a busy road. In fact if they’re trail hunting, as they claim, then surely they can plan their activities in such a way that they NEVER have to cross main roads. Their wanton disregard for animals lives extends to their own hounds as well as the wildlife they illegally chase and kill.
Only last week we reported that the Middleton had attacked hunt saboteurs. They have also been in the national media in recent months for sexually abusing a passerby and in 2015 they were implicated in keeping fox cubs in a barn near their kennels to be illegally hunted and killed. Every week, hunts across the country endanger human and animal lives with their reckless behaviour. The Middleton Hunt are clearly out of control and as usual it is hunt saboteurs who are bringing their illegal activities to the attention of police and public.”
Video of the incident can be viewed here.
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