Cotswold hunters say guilty verdict won't stop record Boxing Day turnout

The prosecution of the Heythrop Hunt is unlikely to stop 250,000 turning out on what is traditionally the busiest day of the hunting calendar Patrick Martin gestures towards 45 yapping fox hounds and breaks into a grin. "Look at them, they are my life. They are also probably one reason why hunting is more popular than ever. People have really stuck together over the issue. What happened at Heythrop won't change that." With Boxing Day, the traditional highlight of the hunting year, approaching it...