Hint of a vote on resuming fox-hunting revives sharp UK debate
By Bella Barber LONDON (Reuters) - The deeply divisive debate over fox-hunting in Britain was briefly revived on Thursday when leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt said he would allow parliament a vote on scrapping the existing ban. The ancient British field sport was outlawed in 2004 after a long and sometimes violent campaign that took up a large amount of parliamentary time and often led to clashes in the countryside between hunters and saboteurs. Thousands joined marches for and against then Prime Minister Tony Blair's plan to introduce a ban.
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