The dog dealer...
 
There is a huge demand for puppies from Wales over the border in England.
 
Y Byd ar Bedwar has been investigating complaints about one dog dealer from Carmarthenshire who has been selling sick puppies to the public.

We have been secretly filming Mr Huw Thomas' activities for seven months. On Monday night we will reveal evidence of how he misleads customers and we catch up with the dog dealer as he tries to make yet another sale.

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The quartet, who are all members of the Crawley and Horsham Hunt, are accused of hunting a fox with a dog contrary to the Hunting Act 2004.

Sussex Police launched an investigation after videos allegedly showing a fox being killed during a hunt were passed to the force by members of the public.

The four are joint master of the Crawley and Horsham Hunt - Henry James Hawksfield, 58, of Bines Road, Partridge Green, near Horsham, Rachel Holdsworth, of Rock Road, Washington, near Storrington, Neil Millard, 44, of Dragons Lane, Shipley, near Horsham, and Andrew Phillis, 50, of Halwell, Totnes, Devon.

They have been summonsed to appear at Crawley Magistrates' Court to face four charges under section 1 of the Hunting Act 2004.

The hearing was adjourned to November 10 at Haywards Heath Magistrates' Court.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9280053.Fox_hunting_court_hearing_adjourned/

Henry Hawksfield, joint master of the Crawley and Horsham Hunt, West Sussex, was filmed by hunt saboteurs at three meets in January and February this year.
 
The videos allegedly showed him using hounds to kill foxes and prompted a police investigation. The 58-year-old from Partridge Green, near Horsham, Neil Millard, 44, from nearby Shipley, Rachel Holdsworth, from Washington, near Storrington and Andrew Phillis, 50, from Totnes in Devon, will all make their first appearance at Crawley magistrates on Thursday.

They have been charged under the Hunting Act 2004, which banned hunting all mammals with dogs.Since the Act came into force seven years ago, only about 10 members of organised hunts have been prosecuted. Anyone found guilty of a fox hunting offence can be fined up to £5,000 and have their hounds and vehicles confiscated. The Crawley and Horsham Hunt, which has 70 members, refused to comment until after the case.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/wirecopy/8717786/Hunt-master-and-riders-charged-with-illegally-killing-foxes.html

Hunt Monitors from a West Sussex-based fox and badger protection group had to witness a fox being chased and killed.
Yesterday at a meet nr Arundel, West Sussex Hunt Monitors witnessed the Crawley & Horsham Hunt chase and kill a fox. The Hunt was heard encouraging the hounds and blowing for the kill yet still had the cheek to tell Hunt Monitors it was only an accident. 

The Hunt threw the fox to the Hounds. Hunt Monitors made their persence known and the fox was given to a quadbike rider. He panicked and drove off leaving a monitor to grab the fox.

Seconds later the Hunt returned with supporters to obtain possession of the fox. They placed it into a bags and dumped it somewhere.

Sussex Police were called through 999 however they seem reluctant to enforce the Hunting Act. When called through 999, Sussex Police failed to attend. A spokesman for the West Sussex Animal Cruelty Investigations Team said:
"The law is simply a joke. Sussex Police have failed in their duty yet again.

I cannot comment further on the police enquiry." The press and media have also been informed about this incident. We except it to be displayed on television in due course. A spokesman for the Animal Cruelty Investigations Team continued on to say:
"Without police support, a publicity campaign is the only way we can expose Crawley and Horsham. Hunt Monitors will be out at every Hunt Meets and are always looking for support. We thank our supporters for their continued support."

Hunt saboteurs were attacked on the Crawley and Horsham hunt on Saturday when they intervened to stop illegal hunting.
On Saturday 5th Feb Hunt Saboteurs attended a meet of the Crawley and Horsham Fox Hunt At Wiston, near Ashington, West Sussex. This hunt is under police investigation after being caught on film after killing a fox.

The saboteurs were the subject of the usual threats and attacks by the hunt followers during the day, which included driving vehicles and horse at speed at people, and one attempt to break a vehicles window to attack the driver, which was caught on video and is now the subject of a police investigation.

At around 2.30 the hunt was found with the huntsman on foot encouraging the hounds onto a fox, in clear breach of the Hunting Act. Saboteurs intervened in the field leaving a small number filming the events from the road. Those left on the road were the subject of attacks by officials of the hunt and foot followers, culminating in a vicious attack on one Hunt Saboteur by a mounted rider and four hunt supporters, who was hit repeatedly around the head and a horse was ridden into him. The police in attendance responded by pepper spraying all involved in the fray regardless of guilt or innocence.

Video footage was seized by police from both parties and an investigation is underway.

Lee Moon, spokesperson for the Hunt Saboteurs Association said: Hunts feel they can break the law with impunity and when we try to intervene we are violently attacked. The Crawley and Horsham hunt are already being investigated for killing a fox and it is time the police stepped in and stopped this blatant law breaking rather than us having to do their job for them.