Ban Fox Hunting on North Northants Council Land
Ban Fox Hunting on North Northants Council Land
Why this petition matters
We the undersigned support the proposed Motion to ban Fox Hunting of all kinds on North Northants Council land, it is a barbaric past time which is still being practiced illegally resulting in deaths to foxes, injuries to horse and hounds and damage to property.
This must stop now!
The motion being proposed at the North Northants Council session on Wednesday 1st Dec is as follows:
Motion 3
To be proposed by Cllr Alison Dalziel and seconded by Cllr Matt
Keane:-
“North Northamptonshire Council notes that fox hunting with
hounds is illegal under the terms of the Hunting Act 2004, except
where an exemption applies. Most hunts claim to now be trail
hunting including those who operate in North Northamptonshire,
where hounds follow an artificial scent, as opposed to clean boot or
drag hunting, where hounds will pursue the scent of a human
runner for fun. There are no clean boot or drag hunts operating in
North Northamptonshire.
Trail hunting was created after the introduction of the Hunting Ban,
with any chase or kill of a wild mammal often being attributed to
accidental rather than intentional hunting”
RESOLVES that:-
“Until the Hunting Act 2004 is strengthened to include a
recklessness clause, this Council resolves that it will not permit trail
hunting, exempt hunting, or any form of hunt meets, on its land”
The full agenda is here: