Campaigners welcome vote by MSPs to close loopholes they say were smokescreen for illegal foxhunting
The decision by the Holyrood parliament to toughen anti-hunting laws has been hailed by animal welfare campaigners as a wake-up call to Westminster.
Màiri McAllan, the Scottish government’s environment minister, said chasing and killing a wild mammal with a dog “has no place in modern Scotland”, as MSPs voted 90 to 30 for the hunting with dogs bill, which aims to close loopholes 20 years after a ban on foxhunting was first put in place in 2002.
Continue reading…Campaigners welcome vote by MSPs to close loopholes they say were smokescreen for illegal foxhunting The decision by the Holyrood parliament to toughen anti-hunting laws has been hailed by animal welfare campaigners as a wake-up call to Westminster.Màiri McAllan, the Scottish government’s environment minister, said chasing and killing a wild mammal with a dog “has no place in modern Scotland”, as MSPs voted 90 to 30 for the hunting with dogs bill, which aims to close loopholes 20 years after a ban on foxhunting was first put in place in 2002. Continue reading…