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'Facts are being ignored' - Countryside in uproar over plans to ban trail hunting

Before Christmas, the Government announced plans to ban trail hunting as part of its new Animal Welfare Strategy. However, the Countryside Alliance said it will not give up the fight to save the activity which is deep-rooted in tradition and vital to the rural economy

Chris Brayford
clock 鈥� 7 min read
'May the sounds of hounds never die'. The countryside has sent a warning that they will not let the activity disappear into thin air. (British Hound Sports Association)
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'May the sounds of hounds never die'. The countryside has sent a warning that they will not let the activity disappear into thin air. (British Hound Sports Association)

Plans to ban trail hunting have added further fuel to the fire that the Labour Government is detached from rural and farming communities. On Boxing Day, the Countryside Alliance published a survey undertaken...

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