Is fox-hunting set to return to Leicestershire?
Pro-hunt campaigners in Leicestershire are at the heart of a campaign to scrap the ban on hunting foxes with hounds. Supporters from the Belvoir, Fernie, Cottesmore, Quorn and Atherstone hunts believe they are nearing their “best chance” to overturn the 2004 ban. They now believe there is a genuine prospect that the Conservatives will win the next general election and party leader David Cameron has already promised MPs a free vote on whether to end the ban. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has to call an election between now and June next year and hunt supporters in Leicestershire are stepping up their campaign. They have helped draw up proposals for a Hunting Regulatory Authority, an independent watchdog which would be set up should the ban be repealed.
