Dorset: Hunt master and worker guilty of illegal fox hunting
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99vyvn28gxo
Posted by topotaul
Dorset: Hunt master and worker guilty of illegal fox hunting
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99vyvn28gxo
Posted by topotaul
6 Comments
My only surprise is that the CPS actually decided to charge them with the offence.
They were fined. So it’s basically a cost of doing business for the hunt.
The sentence for a Hunt illegally engaging in fox hunting should include destroying the Hunt’s dogs and horses at their owner’s expense.
A lifetime ban on keeping animals for work or as pets would be an appropriate punishment and deterrent. Fines mean nothing to these people.
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.
And no one is in the slightest bit surprised this was going on.