LAMERTON HUNT KILL FOX
On Wednesday we paid a visit to the Lamerton Hunt who met at Boasley Cross near Bratton Clovelly, right outside a primary school.
You might remember the Lamerton as the hunt that is hosted by disgraced ex Attorney General, Geoffrey Cox, and who have been in court on a number of occasions for illegal hunting.
After the usual food and speeches, this gormless band of criminals headed east to draw the valley near Luddon. Sabs kept up with the huntsman and hounds as they started drawing the valley, and almost immediately a fox broke in front of huntsman David Lewis, who encouraged the hounds on using horn calls. Sabs ran in to cover the line of the fox with citronella and rate the hounds out of the valley. David pulled his hounds out, only to put them back in ahead of where the fox had been seen running, despite being told repeatedly that he was on film. You would think he’d have learned something from his numerous court appearances.
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While hounds were scenting in the valley, David was drawn into a long and pointless conversation with sabs about how he didn’t want the hounds to hunt the fox, he wanted them to hunt the trail. How the hounds would be able to tell the difference between a live fox and a fox based “trail” (if there was one) is beyond us. David then continued to encourage his hounds in the valley, drawing blank after blank, so we are confident that this one got away.
The hunt then moved off towards Boasley Wood and then Fursdon Wood, barely going into cry, despite “trails having been laid”.
Moving off from Fursdon Wood and towards the valley near Mendea, hounds started speaking and moments later sabs spotted a fox running for his life, only a few seconds ahead of the hounds. Sabs rushed towards a patch of gorse where they could hear hounds in full cry. Meanwhile another team was with the huntsman and told him that the hounds were on a fox. He refused to call them off, once again claiming that they were on a “trail”.
Sabs desperately tried to rate the hounds out of the gorse, but it was so impenetrable that they couldn’t get close enough. Despite their very best efforts, the fox was killed before they could get there. See our video posted yesterday.
Sabs were able to retrieve the body of the fox, and returned him to our vehicle, where they were set upon by hunt thugs who tried to claim that the fox had been hit by a car. The video speaks for itself. Presumably afraid that sabs might gather yet more evidence of illegal activity, the hunt packed up early at 1:30. After seeing the hunt off, we were able to give this poor fox the respectful burial he should never have needed. Rest in peace little one 🌈
If the Lamerton thought our attention was elsewhere, they are sadly mistaken.
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