Renewed call for total ban on fox hunting

PROTESTERS called for a total ban on fox hunting yesterday and reiterated their determination to sabotage such events in the coming months.

Up to 30 members of the Association of Hunt Saboteurs and BadgerWatch Ireland held a protest as the Waterford Foxhounds staged their annual St Stephen’s Day hunt in Tramore.

John Tierney, campaign director for the hunt saboteurs, said it is his organisation’s intention to step up their presence at such meets and to try and disrupt as many as possible.