Response to LACS report

The League has today (28 October) launched a report into "The Utility of Killing Foxes in Scotland".

Tim Bonner, chief executive of the Countryside Alliance has responded, saying: "This report has been commissioned by the League Against Cruel Sports from an academic who has created many such documents for them over the years, and contains no new research.

"The fact remains that Governments from both sides of the border accept that farmers should be able to control fox populations and a number of methods, including shooting and snaring, remain legal. Professor Harris is flying in the face of all common sense when he suggests that foxes do not predate livestock.

"We believe that farmers and landowners should have the best options for wildlife management and this includes amending the Hunting Act to allow the use of more than two hounds where the terrain demands it.

"It seems curious that the League Against Cruel Sports appears to be now calling into question the necessity of the exemptions they themselves promoted and supported as part of the Hunting Act."