A Criminal Christmas - Law-Breaking and Boxing Day Meets

Smartly dressed people, gleaming horses, thirty friendly dogs, displaying themselves in front of Town Halls and parading through public streets to rapturous applause from hunt support - this is a Boxing Day Meet.  Boxing Day meets are charades. Hunts want everyone to think they are valued community organisations, engaged in legitimate and worthy activities. But, are they? If they were, would they just turn up in town centres without permissions? Would they fail to consider the risks to the public by staging a high-risk equine event without any safety checks? Would they wilfully and illegally block the roads with no road closures? Would they collect money without a licence? Would they illegally and dangerously direct traffic? Unlike the rest of us, hunts will not behave properly, even when it comes to their Boxing Day events and until recently, no one has challenged them.Phil Gadd and Pip Donovan - veteran Boxing Day campaigners - talk to Holly Piper about Boxing Day meets, what they are and how to stop them.If you want to take action yourself against a Christmas meet in your area, click here:https://www.actionagainstfoxhunting.org/boxing-day-and-new-years-day-campaigns/Host - Holly PiperGuest - Phil GaddProducer - Pip Donovan www.actionagainstfoxhunting.orginfo@actionagainstfoxhunting.orgwww.facebook.com/ACTIONAGAINSTFOXHUNTINGIf you'd like to join AAF, please fill in our Volunteer Enquiry form on our website.Action Against Foxhunting - ENDING FOXHUNTING FOREVER