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The Atherstone Hunt is a United Kingdom foxhound pack,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Atherstone Hunt )〕 with hunting country of around within Warwickshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Us )〕 ==History== The Atherstone was established in 1815 in Witherley, and known as the Atherstone hounds.〔 Between 1930 and 1950 the hunt was divided in to North and South countries, but these were then reunited.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Written evidence: Atherstone Hunt )〕 Although "hunting wild mammals with a dog" was made unlawful in England and Wales by the Hunting Act 2004, which came into effect in 2005,〔(Hunting Act 2004 ), text online at opsi.gov.uk〕 a number of exemptions stated in Schedule 1 of the 2004 Act permit some previously unusual forms of hunting wild mammals with dogs to continue, such as "hunting... for the purpose of enabling a bird of prey to hunt the wild mammal".〔Stephen Moss, ''(The banned rode on: Eighteen months ago hunting was banned. Or was it? ) from ''The Guardian'' dated 7 November 2006, at guardian.co.uk, accessed 29 April 2013〕 The Atherstone seeks to hunt within the law. However, the police are currently investigating the Atherstone Hunt following video evidence of hounds chasing and killing a fox near Grendon, Warwickshire on 14th November 2015, which was taken by local animal rights activists West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs. Atherstone Hunt states it had been ‘hunting within the law’ when the injured fox came across their path and the hounds 'instinctively' chased down the prey and killed it. The video footage shows the dogs chase a fox across a field. As the hounds tear into the fox with their teeth, a member of the hunt reaches down and pulls the lifeless body of the animal from underneath the pack and slings it over the back of a colleague’s horse. http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/16/police-investigate-fox-hunt-regarding-the-killing-of-a-fox-by-pack-of-hounds-5506147/ On 28th November, hunt sabs were with the Atherstone Hunt at Sheepy Magna where they filmed the hunt draw and 'put' up a fox and huntsman puts the hounds on the fox's scent line. During the activity, the sabs claimed that hunt supporters assaulted sabs who were trying to help foxes get away safely from the hunts illegal activities. According to an Ipsos MORI poll, a majority of the British public are in favour of keeping a number of activities banned in the The Hunting Act 2004 illegal: fox hunting (80%); deer hunting (86%); hare hunting and coursing (88%); dog fighting (98%); and badger baiting (95%). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Atherstone Hunt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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