Revealed: ‘canned’ fox hunting in the heart of England
Further to the recent League Against Cruel Sports investigation into
the barbaric activities of a Welsh gun pack (the Plas Machynlleth), we
can now reveal the findings of an investigation which exposes fox
hunting yet again for the cruel, barbaric and totally unnecessary
practice it is.
One of the Midland's most recognised fox hunts has been secretly
filmed holding a fox captive in a specially designed chamber before
subjecting it to a prolonged 'dig out' involving a huntsman, hounds
and terrier men armed with spades, pitchforks and drain rods.
The unprecedented film, showing scenes akin to the controversial
'canned' hunting of big game in Africa, was obtained during a major
undercover investigation into the activities of the Croome and West
Warwickshire Fox Hounds. It reveals a catalogue of fresh video
evidence incontrovertibly proving that fox hunting is an elaborate
game that has nothing to do with pest control - and everything to do
with killing for sport.
During a four-month operation, League Against Cruel Sports
investigators infiltrated the Croome Fox Hounds and gathered extensive
evidence of hunt staff attempting to ensure a ready supply of foxes to
chase and an exhilarating experience for paying participants. Covert
film shows hunt officials systematically making use of a network of
specially constructed artificial earths in a secretive process
designed to source, locate, chase and kill foxes for sport.
Please click here for further information on the investigation and
to read the accompanying report Unearthed.
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M63...5&iEvent=20474
If you are appalled by what you have seen, please email your MP
directly from the League website and urge him or her to call for the
immediate reintroduction of the Hunting Bill so that this barbaric
activity can finally be outlawed. Click here to email your MP now.
Thank you for your support
CPHA
Campaigning to Protect Hunted Animals
www.banhunting.com
CPHA consists of
International Fund for Animal Welfare –
www.ifaw.org
League Against Cruel Sports –
www.league.uk.com
RSPCA –
www.rspca.org.uk
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