Twenty years of the Hunting Act - Hunt Saboteurs Association

Twenty years of the Hunting Act - Hunt Saboteurs Association

On this day in 2005 the Hunting Act came into force. It should have stopped the cruelty of hunting with hounds, but 20 years later hunts across the country are still chasing and killing foxes, hares and deer for fun. And often, hunt sabs are still the only people stopping them.An opportunity missedThe law was the result of years of campaigning by anti-hunting activists, a Government inquiry and many hours of debate in Parliament, and should have…