About Telegraph: Ministers to force through total ban on foxhunting
Telegraph: Ministers to force through total ban on foxhunting- George Jones, political editor. The Government paved the way last night for foxhunting to be banned outright in England and Wales as soon as next year after abandoning attempts to reach a compromise based on a licensing system. Lord Whitty also confirmed that an estimated 20,000 hounds faced being destroyed as they would not make suitable family pets.
