When the hounds turn on sheep, we have a woolly Grand National

I AM surprised that those demanding an organised cull of deer on road safety grounds appear oblivious to the equal menace to life and limb posed by carted stag hunting.

When the hounds turn on sheep, we have a woolly Grand National

The rampaging horses, hounds, and deer involved in this oddball so-called sport have already caused numerous road accidents in the midlands.

The stags, panting and wheezing from hours of running from hunts, have been known to leap without warning onto busy roads directly in front of traffic and quite often onto vehicle roofs or bonnets.

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