Footage taken by activists from the League Against Cruel Sports show hunts out with packs of foxhounds during the latest hunting season, which ended in March.
Furious animal campaigners claim new laws to prevent illegal fox hunting with packs of dogs are being flouted.
The hunts – including the Berwickshire Hunt – were filmed covertly by The League Against Cruel Sports for six months during the first hunting season after legislation came into force which tightens the law on fox hunting. The Hunting with Dogs Act came into force last October and means hunters cannot use packs of hounds to flush out wild mammals unless they have a licence. The original legislation allowed dogs to flush foxes out from cover as long as they were then shot, rather than killed by hounds – and providing the hunt was to protect livestock or ground-nesting birds, or to prevent the spread of disease.
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Top news stories today A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Since the introduction of the Hunting with Dogs Act in October 2023, we have investigated six reports of illegal fox-hunting. A 29-year-old man has been charged with three hunting offences and is the subject of a report to the Procurator Fiscal. A second man, aged 55 years, was arrested following a report of three further hunting offences. He has been released pending further enquiry.
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