Trail hunt demonstrations dismissed as ‘smokescreen’ for illegal hunting
DEMONSTRATIONS of “trail hunting” by dozens of fox-hound packs and riders due to begin on Saturday have been dismissed as a “smokescreen” and a “lame PR exercise.”
Trail hunting by traditional fox-hunting groups was introduced after the countryside “sport” was made illegal in England, Scotland and Wales by the Labour government of 2005.
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