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Police video the Avon Vale Hunt as they [the Hunt] prepare to ride out on their traditional Boxing Day meeting in Lacock, England

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It is unlucky to kill a wren on any day apart from Boxing Day.
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Hunting is the natural and most humane method of managing and controlling foxes, hares, deer and mink in the countryside and as independent research shows it is often the method most favoured by farmers. The beneficial part it plays in the conservation of the countryside and in the rural economy is beyond doubt, which is also substantiated by independent research.

Everyone must be prepared to be held accountable for everything that they do throughout each hunting day. We need to be both aware of, and sensitive to, the fact that our activities are liable to be observed and judged by the public.

Code of Good Hunting
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"This year, the strength of the supporters of hunting will be undiminished by the regular anti-hunting protests, which are commonplace on Boxing Day but have been cancelled this year as animal rights organisations realise the true force of opposition to a ban on hunting.

While they cite 'mounting threats and intimidation from the hunting community' as reasons for crying off, the Countryside Alliance insists that this is pure fabrication. An Alliance spokesperson explains: "Any anti-hunting protest on Boxing Day this year would be totally insignificant.

'Even in years gone by, hunting supporters have outnumbered protesters by 1000-1. This year, the day will be an unanswered show of strength of opposition to the temporary hunting ban, and of the intention to defy and repeal this unjust legislation,' she adds.

Hunting on Boxing Day, it seems, is a part of the British way of life which is not going to go away."