Sussex Police investigate second allegation of illegal fox hunting (From The Argus)
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Sussex Police investigate second allegation of illegal fox hunting
4:00pm Wednesday 19th January 2011 in News By Rebecca Evans
Police are investigating a second allegation of illegal fox hunting in Sussex.
A fox was killed by hounds during an Old Surrey and Burstow hunt in West Chiltington on December 11.
It is believed it died during a legal artificial trail hunt following an invitation by the Crawley and Horsham Hunt (CHH) to ride in their “country”. The latest allegation comes a day after The Argus revealed police are investigating the death of a fox during the CHH at Angmering Park.
Hunt organisers said the fox was caught by hounds accidentally as their dogs followed an artificial fox trail on January 11.
Sussex Police said they are continuing to investigate both incidents.
West Sussex Wildlife Protection (WSWP), who oppose hunting, said they filmed a fox being chased by hounds during part of the Old Surrey hunt.
The footage has been passed to police.
No one from the Old Surrey hunt was available for comment when The Argus went to print last night.
Comments(10)
Number Six
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4:52pm Wed 19 Jan 11
Jonny Knows wrote:Hmm. So your friends can hardly be described as impartial and objective witnesses, can they? What do the Police say when your friends report this law-breaking to them?
Anyone with any knowledge of what hunts are getting up to will not be surprised by this.Not all the hunts,but alot of them are hunting foxes still on a regular basis.How do I know this?Because I've got friends who sab hunts and this is what they are seeing.
Jonny Knows
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5:09pm Wed 19 Jan 11
Number Six wrote:The hunting ban is poorly designed legisation that makes a successful prosecution difficult to achieve.The police aren't interested in following hunts to get evidence which is why the monitors/sabs are there.The law needs to be changed to make prosecution easier.At the moment hunts know they can break the law with little chance of prosecution.
Jonny Knows wrote:Hmm. So your friends can hardly be described as impartial and objective witnesses, can they? What do the Police say when your friends report this law-breaking to them?
Anyone with any knowledge of what hunts are getting up to will not be surprised by this.Not all the hunts,but alot of them are hunting foxes still on a regular basis.How do I know this?Because I've got friends who sab hunts and this is what they are seeing.
Morpheus
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5:11pm Wed 19 Jan 11
Jonny Knows
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5:29pm Wed 19 Jan 11
Morpheus wrote:Tony Blair never wanted a hunting ban in the first place.It was the labour back benchers that forced his hand.And for that I thank them.
Even Tony Blair regretted putting the hunting bill through parliament.
acoustic
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7:16pm Wed 19 Jan 11
puddingandpi
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8:13pm Wed 19 Jan 11
All people who aren't rabidly opposed to hunting with hounds are Nazis.
Everyone who is rabidly opposed to hunting with hounds are tree-hugging bunny lovers who know nothing about the countryside.
No-one who isn't a vegetarian has any right to oppose it & anyone who is a vegetarian has an invalid opinion.
Everyone who hunts is a toff & everyone else is a pleb.
Foxes need to be killed because they're foxes & foxes shouldn't be killed because they're lovely.
I think that's just about covered everything!
Another Explanation
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2:14am Thu 20 Jan 11
Jonny Knows wrote:The government made it poorly designed because they couldn't care less. They keep hunters happy by leaving loop holes for the hunters to jump through. The more loop holes the better I say. Less pests on our streets and it keeps a little traditional English culture alive. Won't be long before I have to jump through loop holes to go fishing.
Number Six wrote:The hunting ban is poorly designed legisation that makes a successful prosecution difficult to achieve.The police aren't interested in following hunts to get evidence which is why the monitors/sabs are there.The law needs to be changed to make prosecution easier.At the moment hunts know they can break the law with little chance of prosecution.
Jonny Knows wrote:Hmm. So your friends can hardly be described as impartial and objective witnesses, can they? What do the Police say when your friends report this law-breaking to them?
Anyone with any knowledge of what hunts are getting up to will not be surprised by this.Not all the hunts,but alot of them are hunting foxes still on a regular basis.How do I know this?Because I've got friends who sab hunts and this is what they are seeing.
Steve001
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12:37pm Thu 20 Jan 11
BUSHMANWATCHING
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4:33pm Fri 21 Jan 11
Jonny Knows says...
4:37pm Wed 19 Jan 11