I just found this BBC article from January regards a hunt straying on to railway tracks in Nottinghamshire.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-51010018
I have certainly read past accounts where the railway tracks were seen as some kind of an extension of local landowners' property and fox hunts thought nothing of crossing main lines in pursuit of one poor creature. There's plenty of recent news articles pertaining to hounds being killed by trains but in this case the huntsmen could be seen on the line. So I wonder, are they too posh to prosecute?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-51010018
They seemed to justify it on the grounds that the line wasn't actually in use.Police are investigating after a Nottinghamshire hunt was filmed with its hounds on a live rail line.
A member of the Grove and Rufford hunt was filmed with the dogs riding down the track at Westbrecks Crossing near Retford.
Network Rail said trespassing on a live section of line is illegal.
A spokesman for the hunt said they believed the line to be inactive but would assist police with any enquiries.
Sheffield Hunt Saboteurs posted the footage from Saturday on social media.
I have certainly read past accounts where the railway tracks were seen as some kind of an extension of local landowners' property and fox hunts thought nothing of crossing main lines in pursuit of one poor creature. There's plenty of recent news articles pertaining to hounds being killed by trains but in this case the huntsmen could be seen on the line. So I wonder, are they too posh to prosecute?
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