Anti-blood sports campaigners have expressed concern so-called 'drag hunting' is being used as a smokescreen to continue the cruel practice.
Anti-blood sports campaigners have warned huntsmen will continue to exploit loopholes in Scotland’s fox hunting ban as Boxing Day marked a traditional day for mounted hunts. The League Against Cruel Sports said it’s concerned so-called “drag hunting” is being used as a smokescreen to continue the practice.
“It should be no surprise therefore that they will do everything they can to continue an activity that the vast majority of people in Scotland consider absolutely repugnant. We are now half-way through the second hunting season after the new legislation strengthened the previous fox hunting ban. It comes after the Record revealed in August how hunts are still taking place despite last year’s landmark ban. We uncovered evidence that at least one infamous mounted hunt had exploited a new system for licensed fox control - with more than 40 licences issued for hunting with packs of dogs over a period of about six months.
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