Bungay Town District Council: Stop Supporting Hunting on boxing Day
Tuesday, December 15th, 2015Bungay Town District Council: Stop Supporting Hunting on boxing Day
The Change.org petition linked above has been created asking Bungay Town District Council to stop the Waveney Harriers from undertaking their annual Boxing Day Hunt parade from happening in the town this year, next year, and onwards. The petition is looking for a total of 2500 signatures.
The Boxing Day Hunt is a tradition for hunting packs across the UK in which the hunt will have a public display of their horses, hounds and hunters before engaging in the hunt itself. The Waveney Harriers, though nominally a hare hunt, have in recent years shifted toward pursuing and murdering foxes. The Hunting Act, introduced 2005, was meant to outlaw hunting wild animals with hound packs but the reality is hunting never stopped.