''Boxing Day fox hunting expected''

Good luck to them, is all I can say.

Seeing as this country hasn't been overrun by foxes since the ban, we can only assume that either hunts weren't killing that many foxes anyway, or else that farmers have been killing many more foxes to make up the slack.

So, from the foxes' point of view, either hunting wasn't a big risk, or instead of being torn apart by dogs, they are now being shot, trapped, gassed or poisoned instead. Big deal.