Sarah Champion says the law is still failing to stop fox hunting
MORE than 20 years after fox hunting was outlawed, Rotherham MP Sarah Champion says the law is still failing to stop it.
Ms Champion has emerged as a supporter of a new Hunting Act amendment bill designed to crack down on so-called “trail hunting”, which critics claim is used as cover for illegal fox hunts.
She is an official co-sponsor of the proposed legislation and has backed calls to remove loopholes which campaigners say have weakened enforcement for two decades.
The MP said on her official website recently: “I find it utterly disgusting that groups are still hunting, chasing and killing foxes - even though it's illegal and has been for decades. It's barbaric and needs to end. I'm supporting the Bill as I believe it can do just that, fox hunting needs to stop!”
She added that she believed the bill could finally “stop” fox hunting by strengthening police powers and tightening the law around hunts claiming killings were accidental.