Leicestershire Police watch fox being chased
November 2016 – Leicestershire Police watch fox being chased
Two officers from Leicestershire Police where present in a field and witnessed a fox being chased by the Atherstone Hunt. The hunt had been blatantly hunting all morning and the police just happened to be in the field as the fox was chased by the full pack of hounds who ended up all running out onto the road. What action did Leicestershire Police take? None. They didn’t even speak to members of the hunt afterwards. Instead it was a lot easier and less headaches involved for them to claim that they hadn’t seen the fox. Luckily we had sabs present on the road and were able to stop the hounds from continuing the chase the other side of the road.
The fact that the Atherstone Hunt felt they were able to hunt this fox right in front of Leicestershire Police shows how untouchable they obviously felt knowing that the police wouldn’t act.