A stag flanked by two female red deer, or "hinds," trotted down a steep moorland pasture toward a wood. Two mounted hunters were behind them, and staghounds were in between. The deer's trot was faster ...

The Government has been accused of destroying a 150-year-old tradition after effectively banning the country's only stag hunt. Cracking the green whip, Environment Minister John Gormley banned the ...

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THE WARD Union Hunt has issued a list of hunt fixtures for the coming season despite the recently introduced ban on hunting stags. Animal rights activists have forwarded details of the events to ...

Research loophole has allowed apparently 'illegal' stag hunting to continue in Devon & Somerset. x Graphic new footage of a stag killed by a hunt in the West Country has led to renewed questioning of ...

The Government plans to ban stag hunting, but this week the pro-hunt movement continued to lobby for a turnaround Wild deer are a protected species in Ireland, and the national herd is managed by ...

The South West is the most common- if not the only - area of the UK where stag hunting with hounds takes place. Inside Out reveals startling new evidence about the extent to which hunted deer suffer.

Ireland's Green party is attempting to ban the country's only stag hunt, triggering an animal rights row with rural communities, the traditional supporters of its coalition partners in the Dublin ...

An inquiry by hunting and countryside organisations has cleared a County Down hunt of accusations of animal cruelty. The inquiry into the County Down Staghounds followed the screening of a stag hunt ...

A stag hunt has been handed a £10,000 grant and a £50,000 loan from taxpayer-backed schemes that help struggling businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic. The Devon and Somerset Staghounds is ...