Three men have been charged following an investigation into a suspected Somerset hunt, police say.
Ross Cordery, 45, from Highbridge, Wayne Greggory, 48, of Taunton, and James Parish, 31, from Uffculme in Devon, have been charged with hunting a wild mammal with dogs under the Hunting Act 2004.
They will appear at Taunton Magistrates’ Court on 20th April.
The charges follow an investigation by Avon and Somerset Police into a planned event by The Vale of Taunton and Banwell Harriers Hunt in Chilton Trinity on 26th November.
Trail hunting – a practice where a scent is laid out for the hunt to follow rather than a real animal – was introduced as a replacement for fox hunting, which was banned by Labour in 2004.
The government recently launched a national consultation on its manifesto pledge to ban trail hunting.
