National animal welfare charity the League Against Cruel Sports made a special delivery of more than 10,000 campaign postcards to Dartmoor National Park Authority today.

The League’s foxie postie delivered mail sacks stuffed with postcards signed by the public, which state that trail hunting is a myth invented by the hunts so they can carry on hunting foxes.

They will also hand in the same to Exmoor National Park Authority tomorrow (May 1).

John Petrie, senior campaigns manager at the League Against Cruel Sports senior campaigns manager, said: “Most national park authorities in England no longer allow fox hunts onto their land, because what they claim to be doing – hunting a pre-laid trail instead of an animal – has become increasingly discredited and shown to be a sham.

“It’s time for change and for Dartmoor and Exmoor national park authorities to protect wildlife and preserve nature by banning fox and trail hunting on their land.”