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A pack of hounds was caught ripping a fox to shreds during a hunt in Kent.

Footage shows the fox running in vain across the field in the village of Collier Street, near Maidstone, on November 11.

It isn’t long before the hounds catch and kill the animal, despite a 12-year ban on hunting foxes with dogs.

The video then cuts to a man carrying the mutilated fox away as the hounds try and get another piece of it.


It was allegedly organised by Ashford Valley Tickham Hunt.

A man takes the mutilated fox away from the pack of hounds (Picture: Facebook/East Kent Sabs)

The fox is caught in the open field by a hound (Picture: Facebook/East Kent Sabs)

After the incident, Harry Blackhurst from the East Kent Hunt Saboteurs is heard telling a group of passing riders: ‘Just so you know, you just killed a fox, you’re not trail hunting.



‘So if you’re under any illusion that you’re trail hunting, you’re not.

‘None of you did anything to stop that fox being killed.’

Sharing the footage online, the group of saboteurs posted: ‘The fox was running straight at our cameraman, who had to remain quiet, so as not to scare the fox back to the hounds.

‘The poor fox tried to cross the road that was lined with hunt followers, but it did not make it, then the pack brought it down, and began to disembowel it.

‘The huntsman did absolutely nothing to stop the hounds, and the well-rehearsed retrieval of the carcass by known hunt “terrier men” proved that the hunt had no intention to trail hunt, but were obviously arrogantly hunting live quarry.’

The rest of the pack then closes in on the fox (Picture: Facebook/East Kent Sabs)

The moment before the hounds rip the fox to shreds (Picture: Facebook/East Kent Sabs)

Kent Police told Metro.co.uk that the hunt was looked into by officers, who said there was insufficient evidence to say the fox was intentionally killed.

A police spokesperson said: ‘On 1.45pm on Saturday 11 November 2017, officers received an allegation that a fox had been killed by dogs during a hunt near Collier Street, Yalding.

‘Kent Police conducted a thorough investigation, including speaking to witnesses and the examination of video footage.

‘Investigators concluded that the hunt had not intended to kill the fox as it had unexpectedly run across the path of the hounds.

‘Consequently, a decision was made that there was insufficient evidence to support a prosecution.’

Ashford Valley Tickham Hunt was approached for comment.