Trail hunting must be ended on public land over concerns the practice is being used as a cover for illegal fox hunting, ministers have been told.
National Trust members have voted to halt the sport on the charity’s land over concerns it was being used as a cover, a move echoed by Natural Resources Wales.
Labour’s shadow environment secretary Jim McMahon said: “Allowing hunts to go ahead on public and Government-owned land is completely irresponsible, regardless of whether those taking part are the Prime Minister’s mates. In October, director of the Masters of Foxhounds Association Mark Hankinson was found guilty of intentionally encouraging huntsmen to use legal trail hunting as “a sham and a fiction” for the unlawful chasing and killing of animals during webinars.
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