Campaigners have long warned foxes are still torn to shreds by dogs during the hunts, while the national police lead on ...

The British Hound Sports Association has warned that a ban would have a “devastating impact” on the countryside. The BHSA said trail hunting was a “legal, legitimate and well-regulated” activity ...

Trail hunting was a replacement, but critics argued it enabled hunts to continue killing foxes and hares. With trail hunting, an animal-based scent trail is laid for dogs to follow rather than a real ...

Reports of suspected illegal fox hunting have increased across the board ahead of a government consultation on controversial ...

Trail hunting is set to be banned under new animal welfare reforms, with ministers aiming to close what they say is a ...

Four years after John Blair’s bill was rejected by the assembly he plans to make a renewed effort to ban hunting ...

The bill to ban fox hunting in Ireland, proposed by People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger, has been defeated in ...

Réada Cronin says she will continue trying to persuade Sinn Féin ardfheis to ban ‘abhorrent, cruel, barbaric’ activity ...