Violence breaks out at several meets across the country as hunts met by saboteurs and animal rights activists
An anti-hunt protester was taken to hospital and a fox reportedly torn apart by dogs during tense Boxing Day meets in several counties.
Hunt saboteurs and animal rights activists met in rural towns and villages across the UK to disrupt the traditional meets, which critics say continue to flout the ban on hunting with hounds. Violence was reported in Kent, Leicestershire, Sussex and Wales.
Chasing foxes with hounds has been banned since 2005 and hunt organisers say the tradition continues solely as “trail hunting” – where a scent is laid by hand for hunters to follow.
But animal welfare campaigners continue to document the killing of foxes, hares and other wild animals by hunters and their dogs who are defying the law. One group of saboteurs circulated a photo of a mutilated fox on social media that they said was a victim of a hunt.
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