FOX PURSUIT DID NOT BREAK LAW, SAYS HUNTSMAN

Steven Morris
The Guardian

The first huntsman to be prosecuted following the ban on hunting with dogs has denied breaking the law. Tony Wright told a court in Barnstaple, north Devon, yesterday that his two hounds remained under close control during an outing in April last year.

He said a marksman was ready to shoot fleeing foxes as soon as possible - conditions required for a legal hunt. It is alleged that Mr Wright, 52, of the Exmoor Foxhounds, was leading a "traditional hunt", pursuing foxes rather than flushing them out. He said the hunt flushed five foxes that day, one of which was shot. The case continues.

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