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Ten years after the ban, why are there still hunt saboteurs?

It’s clearly not about animal welfare. But then it never was

14 March 2015

9:00 AM

14 March 2015

9:00 AM

If you don’t hunt or listen to The Archers, you might be forgiven for assuming that hunt saboteurs had become obsolete. Hunting with hounds was banned ten years ago, and the law is respected: convictions for illegal hunting against registered hunts are rare. But as this year’s season draws to a close, masked saboteurs are still a regular sight.

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