DAY EIGHTEEN

 See through the trail hunting ‘smokescreen’

Today's injustice is that of animals being hunted and killed across our beautiful British countryside in the smokescreen that is ‘trail’ hunting.

Hunts claim to be laying trails to follow rather than hunting animals.

This is a lie, used to deceive the public, secure political support, evade the law and get away with killing British mammals.

 

Fox hunting never went away. Foxes are being chased and torn apart under the guise of ‘trail’ hunting.

Senior figures within the fox hunting lobby have been caught on camera admitting that ‘trail’ hunting is a “smokescreen” for the chasing and killing of foxes. This is huge! It is finally an admission from the hunting lobby that they have been ignoring the law for the past 15 years.

 

“It’s a lot easier to create a smokescreen if you’ve got more than one trail layer operating, and that is what it’s all about, trying to portray to the people watching that you’re going about your legitimate business.” - Mark Hankinson, Masters of Foxhounds Association director.

 

It’s what we’ve been saying since ‘trail’ hunting was invented after the Hunting Act 2004 came into force – that it’s a smokescreen for real hunting. 

 

Please take action today and demand organisations that allow 'trail' hunting on their land such as National Trust, United Utilities, Forestry England and the Church of England to not only temporarily suspend licences but to permanently revoke their licences and stop being complicit in animal cruelty.