Foxhunting since act 'is like watching paint dry'

From: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK) | Date: November 8, 2007 | Copyright information

The first huntsman to be convicted of breaching the Hunting Act told an appeal court yesterday the pastime was now like "watching paint dry".

Tony Wright, 53, huntsman with the Exmoor Foxhounds, appealed against his conviction at Barnstaple Magistrates Court last year of hunting a wild animal with dogs, a charge he denied.

He was fined pounds500 with pounds250 costs under a private prosecution brought by the League Against Cruel Sports.

Richard Furlong, for the Crown Prosecution Service, which has taken over the case, said that on April 29, 2005, Wright hunted two foxes with two hounds on ...

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