An annual Boxing Day hunt has prompted the Scottish Greens to renew their call for an outright ban on fox hunting in Scotland.
The Lanark and Renfrewshire Foxhounds hunt set off from Meadow Park Equestrian Centre in Houston, Renfrewshire, on Monday. It was a day later than planned due to Boxing Day falling on a Sunday - traditionally a hunt-free day.One of the hunt “masters” Sheila Gillespie, who has been leading the hunt for more than two decades, said about 20 riders followed on horseback with about 50 people joining the event from the local village.She said “a few” saboteurs were out in protest, but “not enough to disrupt the hunt going ahead”.They were pictured following the riders and hounds carrying backpacks and spray bottles.In
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