A foxing tale

Some time back, while I was in a queue at a petrol station I overheard one of the stations staff, a young girl, talking to some young guy. She was explaining that she would not be around on the coming weekend because she was out on a fox hunt as a saboteur. Her friend was intrigued, as was I, and asked what kind of thing she got up to. "Well", she said, "last time we bashed the hunt hounds with sticks".

Since then I have stopped being surprised by reports such as this one.

Claims a fox hunt master was dragged from his horse and assaulted by protesters are being investigated by police. The Countryside Alliance said 38-year-old Graeme Worsley, from East Grinstead, received hospital treatment after being assaulted by saboteurs.