The Field

It’s time to put up a proper fight

A LABOUR government could ban all forms of hunting; however, the hunting world remains strangely passive. If the worst happens, our countryside will be a much bleaker place. A total ban would almost certainly condemn more than 10,000 hounds to a bullet in the head. Silence would descend on kennels and stables; hunt staff would lose their jobs, and many their homes.

Yet where is the outcry? If the lack of media coverage is anything to go by, you could be forgiven for thinking that nobody cares. But I know that

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