November 18th 2014 marks the ten year anniversary of the passing of The Hunting Act, which prohibits chasing wild mammals with dogs for sport. This victory against animal cruelty followed an extensive and often exhausting campaign spanning eight decades, with the League Against Cruel Sports and our supporters at the forefront since 1924.
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On Tuesday 27th of January the Blackmore and Sparkford Vale Hunt illegally killed a fox. The incident was caught on film by Dorset Hunt saboteurs. Sabs briefly heard the hounds in cry before seeing them ripping a fox apart at Densham Farm, Bishops Down near Sherborne, Dorset. The dead fox is then taken away by a masked hunt supporter, believed to be Ben Doggrell, the huntsman’s son. He was filmed covered in blood and later changed his jacket and replaced the mask he was wearing with a flat cap, but didn’t change his trousers.
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