Devon and Somerset Staghounds April 3rd 1999 c

This film of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds killing a spring stag on April 3rd 1999 was taken by a member of the New Forest Animal Protection Group. The hunters did their best to block or stop the filming to keep the savage cruelty from being seen by the outside world. Hunting like this was banned by the Hunting Act 2004 but the hunts now use a variety of exemptions to carry on their brutal pastime -- and they still hunt and kill red deer. The hunting season lasts from August to April. David Cameron is determined to repeal the Hunting Act as soon as he can -- doing so will make this gruesome cruelty fully legal again.