Strike one for the Borders. The Sheriff of Jedburgh is in the international spotlight for his judgement on the local hunt which was charged with illegally fox hunting in 2002 a few months after a ban was imposed in Scotland. Not Guilty. They were not fox hunting but vermin destroying. OK the hounds flushed out the odd fox from cover but did not then hunt it. Instead it was despatched by a bloke with a gun as vermin. Sounds like modified fun for the hounds who at least had a day out in the stifling Borders winter and the Fox had a better kind of death-nicely shot and not pulled to pieces. His widow is not available for comment. It will be interesting as to what the anti fox hunting lobby say. There is no fox hunting around Hutton but it gives me an idea for dealing with the harvest mice-I need a volunteer hound and a very good shot. Stirrup cups on the house.
