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  Thousands take part in fox hunts
Updated 06 November 2004, 15.29
Hunting may be banned soon
Thousands of people across the UK are gathering to attend more than 300 fox hunts as the hunting season starts.

MPs voted for a total ban on the sport, which some people think is cruel, in England and Wales, but that won't be law for at least another 18 months.

The Countryside Alliance, who want to keep hunting, say they've been fighting the threat of a ban since 1997.

Spokesman Darren Hughes said: "We are determined to be here next November and the November after that."

He said the hunting ban was being used by Prime Minister Tony Blair to get support from members of his party who had gone against him.

On Friday, hunters burnt a giant copy of the Hunting Bill on a bonfire in Leicestershire in protest against the proposed laws

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