WALES BANS TRAIL HUNTING

 

Trail hunting banned in Wales

Dear John,

Thanks to your campaign effort Natural Resources Wales/ Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru has ended ‘trail’ hunting on its land.

The organisation is one of the largest landowners in Wales.

In a statement issued today, Dominic Driver, Head of Land Stewardship and NRW said:

"The outcome of the court case against a senior leader of the MFHA has resulted in a loss of confidence in the organisation’s ability to ensure its activities are carried out within the law and terms of its agreement."

For such a major landowner like NRW Wales to permanently end trail hunting on its land is hugely significant. The NRW board’s robust condemnation of the hunts in the wake of the recent conviction is wholly appropriate, and other major landowners that had also suspended so-called trail hunting ahead of the trial must surely be in the process of ending this activity on their land.

In the last year supporters have sent nearly 400,000 emails to landowners such as Forestry England, United Utilities, the Church of England, Crown Estates, Duchy of Cornwall, national parks authorities, and the Ministry of Defence to ask them to also permanently end hunting on their property.

I have no doubt this is just the first domino to fall, and thanks to your support it is the beginning of the end for trail hunting in the UK.

Thanks,