Mark Hankinson was filmed by hunt saboteurs encouraging others to use ‘trail hunting’ as smokescreen for the real thing
The reputation of Britain’s hunting community has been dealt a serious blow after a prominent huntsman was convicted of encouraging others to hide the illegal hunting of live foxes behind a “smokescreen” of trail hunting.
Mark Hankinson, the director of the Masters of the Foxhounds Association, was found guilty of encouraging or assisting others to commit an offence over his comments in two webinars in front of an audience of more than 100 MFHA members.
