Scotland bans trail-hunting but campaigners fear hunters ‘may exploit loopholes’

Campaigners want England to follow Holyrood’s lead and ban ‘trail-hunting’

Hunters will be allowed to use only two dogs to flush out an animal from underground in Scotland (League Against Cruel Sports )

Scottish politicians are celebrating a ban on trail-hunting north of the border – but there are fears hunters will exploit a loophole.

The Scottish parliament in Holyrood has voted to tighten the law on chasing and killing wild animals for sport, hailing it as the tightest legislation in UK.

The new Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act outlaws trail-hunting, which hunts invented after the 2005 foxhunting ban took effect in England and Wales.