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International Fund for Animal Welfare Celebrates Start of UK Hunt Ban
LONDON -- February 18 -- Today heralds the end of cruel sports in the British countryside. The ban on hunting wild animals with dogs comes into force in England and Wales at midnight, after 15 years of campaigning by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). The new law makes it a criminal offense to use dogs to chase fox, deer, mink and hares.
LONDON -- February 18 -- Today heralds the end of cruel sports in the British countryside. The ban on hunting wild animals with dogs comes into force in England and Wales at midnight, after 15 years of campaigning by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). The new law makes it a criminal offense to use dogs to chase fox, deer, mink and hares.
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