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Trail hunting on Cornwall Council land avoids proposed ban
Date of alert:
Friday, 23 September 2022
Crime Ref:
Force:
Devon & Cornwall Police
Trail hunting is set to continue on land owned by Cornwall Council after a proposed ban was voted down.
Countryside Alliance and local hunts campaigned against a ban proposed by a group called Action Against Foxhunting.
In January 2022, a petition was submitted to Cornwall councillors calling for a total ban of trail hunting on council-owned land, which makes up some 23,070 acres, including the council farms estate (10,700 acres) and the countryside estate (6,472 acres).
A debate found cross-party support for trail hunting to continue, with councillors from the Conservative, Independent and Mebyon Kernow groups speaking passionately in support of the activity during the meeting.
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