It’s more than 20 years since hunting with hounds was banned in England.
In December, Labour said it planned to follow through on its manifesto commitment to outlaw its legal replacement, known as trail hunting.
Since then, Channel 4 News has been sent footage from across the country of hunters apparently chasing foxes – which has campaigners, politicians and even the police saying that trail hunting is just a “smokescreen” for people to keep chasing and killing foxes.
And a warning, it contains graphic and distressing images of foxes being torn apart by hounds.
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