Hunting on Woodland Trust land

The Woodland Trust continue to deny that they allow hunting on their land but this hardly looks like the typical "accidental straying of hounds". This is land used for families and dog walkers - I wonder what they would say? The heavily laden quad bike is really taking the mick - perhaps the police should crush it like the problem ones on the inner city estates?

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Pets & Animals

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• hunting
• woodland
• trust
• meynell
• and
• south
• staffs
• hunt
• trespass
• fox

[sab8r]

@Ali090489 I haven't withheld any or deleted any comments from this particular video - you're the first one to comment! Yes it is easy thanks but the Woodland Trust have a decent legal team so I would imagine I would hear from them if I said something untrue. Actually while I'm on here I'll go as far as to say they're probably the most efficient conservation organisation I've ever dealt with. Check out the Woodland Trust website and their policy on hunting for yourself if you don't believe me.

[Ali090489]

Oh so your withholding comments from this video from anyone who is pro hunting, but if someone wants to give you praise and tell you what a wonderful human being you are then that's fine!!

It's easy to post videos on YouTube and say "Two foxes were seen leaving this cover" and "We have letters from the woodland trust saying they don't want the hunt on their land"

But so far all i've seen from your videos is youths in hoodies walking up and down fields shouting the odds. No evidence of illegally

[sab8r]

@jammy343 Thanks! This is a bit of a boring vid TBH but I posted it to show that just cos they say they're legal doesn't make it so, no matter how many lords, barristers and magistrates ride with them. They'll be some more interesting ones posted in the coming months but I'm withholding them at the moment due to possible court proceedings.

[jammy343]

Keep up the good work mate.

[sab8r]

Woodland Trust response: Our senior team have spoken to the farmer and it turns out he didn't allow access, he's actually also having a lot of trouble himself with the hunt accessing his land illegally. As you know, in addition to the issue of hunting, their horses cause so much damage to the ground and it costs people like us a lot of money to make repairs after them (so it's fairly surprising when people think we might actually be quietly allowing hunts on our land!).