Charity launches £1m campaign against hunt crime

A leading animal welfare charity is stepping up its efforts to catch people illegally hunting.EMBARGOED UNTIL 0001HRS, SATURDAY 29TH OCTOBER 2011 The League Against Cruel Sports plans to invest more than a million pounds over the next four years on hiring investigations staff and equipment to gather evidence and get hunts into court. Despite polling showing that three quarters of the public support the ban, the League believes that the majority of hunts are flouting the law. "This is the seventh hunting season under the ban, but all the evidence suggests that hunts are getting more