Defiant British hunters ride to hounds despite legal ban

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Associated Press

DIDMARTON, England (AP) - Police arrested four people and dozens of foxes were killed as hunters took to the muddy fields of England and Wales Saturday to test the limits of the government's ban on hunting with dogs. <snip>

"The law says a person is guilty of an offense if he hunts a wild mammal with a dog. That is a fairly straightforward piece of legislation," Suffolk county Chief Constable Alastair McWhirter said Saturday. <snip>

The Countryside Alliance had tried to overturn the ban by questioning the validity of the 1949 Parliament Act, which lawmakers used to override the opposition of the House of Lords.

On Wednesday, the Court of Appeal rejected that argument. Hunt supporters have said they are prepared to take the case to the European Court of Human Rights. <snip>

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