![Boxing Day hunts: Thousands gather at controversial meets as protesters call for ban - Mirror Online Boxing Day hunts: Thousands gather at controversial meets as protesters call for ban - Mirror Online](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article31750414.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200c/0_Boxing-Day-meets.jpg)
Boxing Day hunts: Thousands gather at controversial meets as protesters call for ban - Mirror Online
![Fox hunting was banned in England and Wales in 2005 but hounds are allowed to follow a scented cloth instead - called trail hunting Fox hunting was banned in England and Wales in 2005 but hounds are allowed to follow a scented cloth instead - called trail hunting](https://e3.365dm.com/22/12/1600x900/skynews-hunting-fox-hunt-kent_6006585.jpg?20221226195950)
Fox hunting was banned in England and Wales in 2005 but hounds are allowed to follow a scented cloth instead - called trail hunting
![Crowcombe, Somerset, UK. 26th December 2022. Quantock Staghounds Boxing Day Hunt Meet. Staghound hunters gather in Crowcombe town to prepare for a traditional Boxing Day hunt chasing red deer on horseback with Crowcombe, Somerset, UK. 26th December 2022. Quantock Staghounds Boxing Day Hunt Meet. Staghound hunters gather in Crowcombe town to prepare for a traditional Boxing Day hunt chasing red deer on horseback with](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2M55G7X/crowcombe-somerset-uk-26th-december-2022-quantock-staghounds-boxing-day-hunt-meet-staghound-hunters-gather-in-crowcombe-town-to-prepare-for-a-traditional-boxing-day-hunt-chasing-red-deer-on-horseback-with-a-pack-of-up-to-10-hounds-stag-hunting-on-the-quantock-hills-has-a-500-year-history-although-the-quantock-staghounds-was-first-formed-in-1902-by-mr-e-v-stanley-of-quantock-lodge-credit-guy-corbishleyalamy-live-news-2M55G7X.jpg)
Crowcombe, Somerset, UK. 26th December 2022. Quantock Staghounds Boxing Day Hunt Meet. Staghound hunters gather in Crowcombe town to prepare for a traditional Boxing Day hunt chasing red deer on horseback with
![Lincolnshire, UK. 26th December 2022. The Boxing Day meet of the Cranwell Bloodhounds attracted a large following and some high hedges to be jumped on the traditional meet at the hunt's kennels. Lincolnshire, UK. 26th December 2022. The Boxing Day meet of the Cranwell Bloodhounds attracted a large following and some high hedges to be jumped on the traditional meet at the hunt's kennels.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2M56626/lincolnshire-uk-26th-december-2022-the-boxing-day-meet-of-the-cranwell-bloodhounds-attracted-a-large-following-and-some-high-hedges-to-be-jumped-on-the-traditional-meet-at-the-hunts-kennels-credit-matt-limb-obealamy-live-news-2M56626.jpg)
Lincolnshire, UK. 26th December 2022. The Boxing Day meet of the Cranwell Bloodhounds attracted a large following and some high hedges to be jumped on the traditional meet at the hunt's kennels.
![Boxing Day Hunts 2019: The hunts taking place across the South West and what to expect - Somerset Live Boxing Day Hunts 2019: The hunts taking place across the South West and what to expect - Somerset Live](https://i2-prod.somersetlive.co.uk/incoming/article3666436.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/0_beaufort.png)
Boxing Day Hunts 2019: The hunts taking place across the South West and what to expect - Somerset Live
![Boxing day hunts: Huge crowds gathered in Lancashire for the traditional Holcombe Hunt in its new location in Pleasington near River Darwen Boxing day hunts: Huge crowds gathered in Lancashire for the traditional Holcombe Hunt in its new location in Pleasington near River Darwen](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjM5MmRkZGUxLTNhMTctNGFmNC1hYjZjLTliMjBlNTMzZTM0NDoxM2UyMWIwZC1jOTRkLTQwYWQtYThmOC0wYjU5ODhmNjg3M2Y=.jpg?width=1200&enable=upscale)
Boxing day hunts: Huge crowds gathered in Lancashire for the traditional Holcombe Hunt in its new location in Pleasington near River Darwen
![Traditional Boxing Day Hunt takes place in Shropshire after event elsewhere is cancelled | Shropshire Star Traditional Boxing Day Hunt takes place in Shropshire after event elsewhere is cancelled | Shropshire Star](https://www.shropshirestar.com/resizer/R3fUY9sJiLwkA2VRH3aYXKNlXfk=/1200x895/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/mna/3LMJJLXFTJC43J4V6GCV3KBH5M.jpg)