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Telegraph reports: plans afoot to devolve hunting issue?

Written by Countryside Alliance | 17 March 2015

On Saturday 7th February the Daily Telegraph published a story headlined "Hunting ban could only apply in England under Welsh devolution plan". The piece reported that "The change could see hunting with packs of dogs introduced in Wales in a similar model to Scotland, where packs can be used to flush out foxes before they are humanely put down. Hunting with dogs is legal in Northern Ireland, which would leave England as the sole redoubt for the hunting ban. Read the article, which quotes our campaigns director Tim Bonner, here.