This is the horrifying moment a fox is ripped apart by dogs during a hunt as shocked onlookers film the scene unfolding.

During the clip hounds can be seen racing after the fox as it tries in vain to escape in Marden, Kent.

The camera then cuts to the dead fox being lifted away with its guts hanging from its body after the hunt, which was apparently organised by the Ashford Valley Tickham Hunt.

During the shocking clip, the dead fox can be seen being carried away as hounds circle the carcass

The cameraman can be heard telling riders at the end of the clip: '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.'

Fox hunting with packs of dogs was banned in England in 2005, and is considered hunting of this nature if the person engages or participates in the pursuit of a wild mammal and one or more dogs are employed in that chase.

The video was recorded by Harry Blackhurst in November of last year.

The software consultancy recruiter is part of the anti-hunt group East Kent Saboteurs who go out every Saturday from August to March in a bid to stop the practice.

Mr Blackhurst said that after the fox was killed, police arrived and the huntsmen admitted the animal had been caught by the dogs.

The fox tried desperately to avoid the hounds but was eventually seen dead in the field in Kent

Mr Blackhurst, who recorded the clip, said: 'It was horrific. It's the worst thing I've ever seen in my life'

Fox hunting with packs of dogs was banned in England in 2005, and is considered hunting of this nature if the person engages or participates in the pursuit of a wild mammal and one or more dogs are employed in that chase

The 30-year-old says that he heard nothing from the authorities: 'I was chasing them to come back to me.'

Eventually, wildlife officers were sent to his house in relation to the incident.

But he claims that those wildlife officers were powerless to do anything: 'The Kent Police Wildlife Officers that came to my house claimed that they couldn't get involved in fox hunting crimes, because when the 2004 Hunting Act came in to force all of the hunts became limited companies so that they were dealt with under commercial law.'

Police attended the scene in Marden, Kent, after the fox was killed in a field

Eventually, his statement was taken by police in February, but he was told last Tuesday that the case had been closed.

Mr Blackhurst was disgusted by what he saw in November: 'It was horrific. It's the worst thing I've ever seen in my life.

'Now it's changed my life because I'm determined to avenge that fox. I can't let it rest.'

A Kent Police spokesman told MailOnline: '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.

'The person who made the original allegation has been informed.'

Ashford Valley Tickham Hunt declined to comment.