"Covert film shows hunt officials systematically making use of a network of specially constructed artificial earths in a secretive process designed to source, locate, chase and kill foxes for sport.
The damning findings - unveiled today in a Video News Release (VNR) and report, Unearthed - 'canned' fox hunting in the heart of England - reveal the hunting community's blatant disregard for guidelines laid down by its own regulatory body, the Masters of Fox Hounds Association, which state that foxes must only be hunted in their "wild and natural state". The results of this four month long investigation are expected to prove terminally damaging to the hunt in question and particularly embarrassing for its high profile supporters.........


"This damning evidence provides a rare glimpse into the ugly mechanics of a typical days hunting with a typical lowland fox hunt. This hunt has been shown to rely on artificial means, including their own variation of 'canned' hunting, to help ensure a good day's sport. This has nothing to do with pest control or conservation.
"If a fox is a pest, why build homes for them, encouraging them by laying on food and water? If you want to conserve the fox, why hunt it?

"The League Against Cruel Sports has documented evidence of artificial earths within the territories of many fox hunts throughout England and Wales, and has established that animal carcasses have frequently been dumped near to such sites in order to attract foxes to the area."

posted April 2004 by the League Against Cruel Sports