Let’s cut to the chase about hunting and how it brazenly flouts the law | Barbara Ellen

Tradition be damned. The simple fact about this callous pastime is that it is illegal

Why are foxhunters still allowed to blatantly flout the law in a way that simply wouldn’t be countenanced if someone dressed up in another kind of costume (Batman? The clown from It?) to, say, rob an off-licence?

Labour has pledged to close loopholes in the 2004 Hunting Act that allow blood sports to masquerade as “trail hunting”. While illegal hunting (of foxes and hares) is reputed to be as widespread as ever, convictions have fallen to a record low. Government cuts undermine the efforts of the National Wildlife Crime Unit, while cases have been dropped by the police and Crown Prosecution Service, with vital evidence said to be “misunderstood or ignored”.

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