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| Pair guilty of hunting with dogs | |
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| Two men have been found guilty of illegally hunting deer with hounds. | |
| Huntsman Richard Down, 44, and whipper-in Adrian Pillivant, 36 of the Quantock Staghounds were convicted at Bristol Magistrates' Court. | |
| Anti-hunt campaigners filmed two hounds chasing deer on Exmoor. The League Against Cruel Sports (LAC) said the deer were chased for more than an hour. | Anti-hunt campaigners filmed two hounds chasing deer on Exmoor. The League Against Cruel Sports (LAC) said the deer were chased for more than an hour. |
| Both men had denied contravening the Hunting Act, which came into force in February 2005. | Both men had denied contravening the Hunting Act, which came into force in February 2005. |
| The LAC said it launched the prosecution because no attempt was made to shoot the deer humanely or call off the hounds during the hunt. | The LAC said it launched the prosecution because no attempt was made to shoot the deer humanely or call off the hounds during the hunt. |
| Spokesman Douglas Batchelor, said: "The league is delighted that once again, justice has shown that those extremists who continue to break the law will not be tolerated". |