When you 'Hunt the Clean Boot' you will never accidentally catch a fox because the hounds aren’t trained on fox scent. "These lovely bloodhounds chase the runner with their distinctive "speak".

After meeting the Three Counties Clean Boot Hunt in Carmarthenshire, ... One female long term supporter of fox hunting told us she was sickened when she watched a fox thrown to the hounds.

Queen star Brian May will support a humane bloodhound hunt on Boxing Day in a bid to highlight the cruelty-free side of recreational hunting.

Queen guitarist Brian May says humane hunts, where sniffer dogs track people rather than animals, is the best way to keep hunting traditions alive. The rock legend kick-started a "clean boot ...

Queen legend Brian May spent his Boxing Day morning in Swansea as he travelled down from London in the early hours of the morning to show his support to a "humane hunt". The lead guitarist was in ...

Bloodhounds hunt the “clean boot” – the fresh scent of a runner following a predetermined line. An average day’s hunting consists of three or four lines of up to 30 fences, covering up to ...

Clean boot hunting involves riders on horseback following a pack of bloodhounds chasing a human runner. It is seen as a way of protecting wildlife while keeping hunting traditions alive.

Will Day, joint hunt master with the New Forest Bloodhounds, said as it only hunts "the clean boot" it would be exempt from the ban. "The bloodhounds are specifically bred for hunting human quarry ...

Queen’s Brian May to support ‘clean boot’ Boxing Day bloodhound hunt. ... The event will see riders on horseback and their team of hounds chasing a human runner instead of a fox.