To mark the fifth anniversary of the fox hunting ban coming into effect, Labour in the East of England has been encouraging supporters, candidates, councillors and MPs to go online to www.easternlabour.org to sign the petition backing the ban.

Whilst the barbaric practice of allowing people to set hounds on foxes to rip them apart has been outlawed, if the Tories came to power, the next Parliament may see legislation which specifically allows this type of blood sport to return to our countryside.

Labour’s Angela Smith, MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock and a long-time opponent of fox hunting said:

“Please go online and back this ban to help keep cruelty history. One of David Cameron’s first public commitments was to a vote to bring back hunting.

“Show him there’s no place for this barbaric activity in the 21st century”