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Will Durrant

Trail hunting a ‘smokescreen’ for illegal fox hunts, MP says in jail terms plea

Perran Moon called for ‘custodial sentences’ if hunt organisers flout fox hunting rules (Ben Birchall/PA) - (PA Archive)

Trail hunting is being used as a “smokescreen” for illegal fox hunting, a Labour MP has warned as he called for jail terms if organisers flout the rules.

Perran Moon called for a ban on the practice, which MPs heard is when hunt organisers lay a trail using animal-based scents, sometimes derived from urine or a carcass, for hounds and their followers to track.

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