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Trail hunt demonstrations dismissed as ‘smokescreen’ for illegal hunting
Hunters gather at the annual Boxing Day meet of the Duke of Beaufort's Hunt at Worcester Lodge, Didmarton, Gloucestershire, where hunters, horses, hounds and members of the public gather on Monday as Boxing Day falls on a Sunday - a day when trail hunting does not take place, December 27, 2021

DEMONSTRATIONS of “trail hunting” by dozens of fox-hound packs and riders due to begin on Saturday have been dismissed as a “smokescreen” and a “lame PR exercise.” 

Trail hunting by traditional fox-hunting groups was introduced after the countryside “sport” was made illegal in England, Scotland and Wales by the Labour government of 2005.

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