The Independent reported that the hunt, customarily regarded as "a pillar of Gloucestershire society", could be soon receiving a punishment "often reserved for young tearaways in hoodies". What has the hunt been doing?
Annoying villagers, that's what. People in Elcombe say the hunt has strayed into gardens, left bloodstains and killed animals illegally in private woodland. One landowner has instructed her solicitor to apply for an ASBO.
"If they were lads with pit bulls then the police would apply for an ASBO," she told the reporter.
The senior hunt master admitted one or two hounds may have strayed. But says perhaps residents have "misunderstood what was happening". This is, of course, just what happens to young people. They get misunderstood.
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