Article: Hunting act left 'fatally weakened' after case ruling ; Campaigners claimed the Hunting Act had been left "fatally weakened" after the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to appeal against a test case ruling on the conviction of a Westcountry huntsman.

Campaigners claimed the Hunting Act had been left "fatally weakened" after the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to appeal against a test case ruling on the conviction of a Westcountry huntsman.

The High Court ruling last month clarified the term "hunts" in the 2004 Hunting Act, following the case of Tony Wright, of the Exmoor Hunt, who was convicted under the act in 2006.

The ruling led to the pro-hunt Countryside Alliance predicting it would now be harder to successfully prosecute huntsmen.

And after the CPS yesterday said it would not take the case to the House of Lords, it again called for the controversial law to be repealed.

The alliance's chief executive, Simon Hart, said: "The ...

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