Dorset: Jagdmeister und Arbeiter der illegalen Fuchsjagd schuldig

My only surprise is that the CPS actually decided to charge them with the offence. 

The sentence for a Hunt illegally engaging in fox hunting should include destroying the Hunt’s dogs and horses at their owner’s expense.

I grew up in Yorkshire, and hunting was and still is massive there. What surprises me though is how many locals hate the hunts and would love to see them banned. I think many hunters just think that the protesters against them are London based vegans who have no idea how the countryside works. However, there is a massive group who hate hunts, they are cruel and unnecessary. They create a massive headache for locals when they are in town and there is always a mad scramble to get pet cats shut inside.

If you have a fox problem, hunts are about the most expensive, difficult to organise and least effective ways to solve the issue.

>Giving evidence, Lyle said the Portman had been on a legal trail hunt, following a fox scent laid by a hunt member.

These trail hunts don’t require a fox scent, the dogs can be trained to followed any scent or the hunts could move to clean boot hunting. Trail hunting has always been a disguise for hunting or trying to hunt foxes illegally.