Councils crack down on trail-hunting as police investigation into hunt masters’ meetings continues
The return of an old friend for Christmas as we move closer to Boxing Day. This story tells us:
Two councils have launched crackdowns on trail-hunting on their land, two weeks after landowners banned the activity in response to a criminal investigation into how it is organised.
The news comes as a third local authority is due to consider a motion suspending hunts from its land.
Councillors at Cheshire West and Chester Council on Thursday evening backed a motion that paves the way for a ban, voting to devise a new policy reflecting the “damage” caused by trail-hunting.