Portsmouth MP urges people to back the ban on hunting
A Labour MP is urging people to support the fox hunting ban five years after it came into force.
Sarah McCarthy-Fry, MP for Portsmouth North, is concerned that the Conservative party want to get rid of the act which ended the sport of hunting with dogs five years ago.
She is asking people to sign a petition to help protect the ban.
She said: 'I have always supported the ban and I am proud that the Labour Party helped to ban hunting with dogs.
'Not only is the ban making a difference, but it also supported by the overwhelming majority of the British public.'
She added: 'David Cameron spoke up for fox hunting in his maiden speech, and I find it unbelievable that the Conservatives have pledged to make getting rid of the fox hunting ban a priority if they were to win the next election.
'With all the challenges the world is currently facing, this just doesn't make sense.
'I am therefore urging the people of Portsmouth North to sign the petition to help protect the ban.'
But Conservative councillor Luke Stubbs disagrees.
He said: 'There is an out of control fox population in the country and without fox hunting this will get worse.'
And he added: 'Foxes need to be killed by some means and if people choose to go into hunting it should be up to them.'
People can sign the petition at backtheban.com
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