Investigation into horrific fox kill dropped
Fox killed by The Atherstone Hunt
VIDEO: FOX KILLED BY THE ATHERSTONE HUNTPLEASE SHAREAs long as the Atherstone Hunt are around hunting foxes we will also be around to stop them.On Saturday 14th January the Atherstone Hunt met at Amington Hall Farm. They hunted three foxes near Shuttington, Warwickshire. two of the foxes crossed the road in front of sabs. A third was chased up the road by the huntsman and hounds. At no point during this chase did huntsman Stuart Barton attempt to call off the hounds. The fox was cornered and trapped on a driveway by the hounds who started tearing into it. Sabs managed to rescue the body which they discovered was still alive. However despite trying to revive the fox it died in the arms of a sab a short time later. Huntsman Barton continued hunting so sabs stayed with him until he packed up. Warwickshire Police are now investigating the incident. Taking a pack of hounds that have been bred to hunt and kill foxes over hundreds of years and then putting those hounds into places where foxes live is a very deliberate act. It is a deliberate act with one inevitable conclusion. Stuart Barton knew exactly what he was doing. The Atherstone Hunt are completely out of control, weather it be chasing and killing foxes or using violence against anyone who stands in their way. This fox kill comes only two weeks after the Atherstone made the national press for violently attacking peaceful protestors in Atherstone Market Square. https://www.facebook.com/WestMidsHuntSabs/videos/vl.129195264208675/1009549382523469/?type=1Thank you to Liverpool Hunt Sabs who travelled down to help us.Thank to everyone who has sent us messages of support and thank you for all the information we continue to receive.If you would like to donate to us use our Paypal link here: https://www.paypal.me/westmidlandhuntsabs
Posted by West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs on Sunday, January 15, 2017
Atherstone Hunt probe dropped by police after fox ripped apart by dogs – Birmingham Mail
A police investigation into illegal fox hunting by the Atherstone Hunt has been dropped by Warwickshire Police. The investigation began after members of West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs filmed the Atherstone Hunt hounds tearing into and killing a fox on a driveway in Shuttington on Saturday 14th January. The video which went viral shows a member of the saboteurs rescuing the body from the pack of hounds. The fox died shortly afterwards in the arms of one of the saboteurs.
A spokesperson for West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs said
“this is not the first investigation into the Atherstone Hunt for illegal hunting that has been dropped, in fact over the past 3 years we know of 5 foxes that this hunt have killed. The Atherstone Hunt claim these kills were all “accidents” but there are only so many “accidents” one hunt can have whilst still expecting people to believe them. The Atherstone Hunt seem to be a very accident prone hunt and at no point did huntsman Stuart Barton try to stop the hounds or prevent this “accident” from happening.
The fact that the case has been dropped does not mean that the Atherstone Hunt are telling the truth and not illegally hunting, it just means that the current legislation isn’t strong enough.
What needs to happen now is that the Hunting Act should be strengthened to eliminate the loopholes. It needs to be a total ban with no exemptions, no room for excuses and no room for accidents. These people clearly can not be trusted to let their hounds loose in the countryside without them killing something.
Hunting remains deeply unpopular with the general public as we saw after repeal of the Hunting Act was included in the Conservative Manifesto. Most people are shocked that hunting is still going on and that foxes are being hunted and killed just as much as they were before the ban.
We are urging everyone to contact their MP and talk to them about how the Hunting Act should be strengthened.