A local golfer who was enjoying an afternoon round of his favourite pastime was alarmed to have his game interrupted by a fox being chased by hounds. Peter Scrivens, of East Williamston, was playing on the Treyfloyne Golf Course last week when at around 1.30 pm on a quiet Wednesday afternoon he was amazed to see a fox being pursued across the green by the dogs. "They must have been on land to the rear of the golf club and, although the horses never came onto the course, I couldn't believe what I was seeing, a fox being chased across the fifth green while I was enjoying a quiet round of golf with a friend," explained Mr. Scrivens. "I thought a law had been passed to put a stop to this kind of thing happening to certain animals, but obviously some are choosing to ignore it and are carrying on doing what they feel like," he continued. Mr. Scrivens contacted the Police authorities, but their response left the golfer even more infuriated. "The police said that there was nothing they could do about it unless they had seen it for themselves which was extremely infuriating and makes a mockery of the ban on this kind of activity," he said. "Surely if you report a criminal act it's up to the police to act on it, but these people will continue to do what they feel like if they can get away with it." After 80 years of campaigning by organisations such as the League Against Cruel Sports, the Hunting Act was passed in February, 2005, to make illegal the hunting of fox, deer, hare and mink in England and Wales.
