A stag flanked by two female red deer, or "hinds," trotted down a steep moorland pasture toward a wood. Two mounted hunters were behind them, and staghounds were in between. The deer's trot was faster ...

The Government has been accused of destroying a 150-year-old tradition after effectively banning the country's only stag hunt. Cracking the green whip, Environment Minister John Gormley banned the ...

Research loophole has allowed apparently 'illegal' stag hunting to continue in Devon & Somerset. x Graphic new footage of a stag killed by a hunt in the West Country has led to renewed questioning of ...

The South West is the most common- if not the only - area of the UK where stag hunting with hounds takes place. Inside Out reveals startling new evidence about the extent to which hunted deer suffer.

RURAL ACTIVITIES:FINE GAEL'S pledge to reverse the ban on stag hunting has been sharply criticised by the Campaign for the Abolition of Cruel Sports. The pledge is contained in the section “rural ...

This month, the Department of the Environment will decide whether to yet again grant a licence to the country's only carted stag hunt. The "sport" involves the pursuit with hounds of a farmed or ...

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The best part about belly-crawling toward a herd of rut-distracted Argentine stags, besides the tang of anticipation in the back of my throat, is the lack of both cactus and rattlesnakes. That, and ...

In the House of Commons last week, a bill was introduced to prohibit stag hunting in England. John Alexander Lovat-Fraser, 62-year-old Laborite, representing the Lichfield Division of Staffordshire, a ...

Madam, – Your excellent front-page photograph (December 30th) captures what some will see as a grand old Irish tradition, the… Madam, – Your excellent front-page photograph (December 30th) captures ...