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Charity calls for stronger laws on Hunting Act’s 20th anniversary
Hunt saboteurs walk with the dog pack from a Boxing Day Hunt near Husthwaite, North Yorkshire, December 2020

AN animal welfare charity that helped get fox hunting banned is calling for tighter regulations on the law’s 20th anniversary. 

The League Against Cruel Sports says the Hunters Act, passed in 2004, is being flouted due to loopholes and the absence of effective deterrents.

It is calling for a ban on trail hunting, which mimics traditional fox hunting, warning it is being used as a “smokescreen” for illegal activities.

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