10/11/2021
Northern Ireland: 'The Countryside Alliance are among those who fear that under John Blair's proposal ordinary dog owners could be criminalised through no fault of their own. Anyone whose dog runs off to chase a fox, rabbit or hare while they are out walking, shooting, checking their livestock or engaged in any other activity could be committing a criminal offence with a possible prison sentence.' 👇
In his memoirs, Tony Blair did not have much good to say about his government's seven-year long struggle to ban fox hunting. The former PM, writing in 2010, admitted he deliberately sabotaged the 2004 Hunting Act to ensure there were enough loopholes to allow hunting to continue. Confessing that he....