More than 200 hunts are due to meet in the UK - nearly two years after hunting with hounds was outlawed in England and Wales, Countryside groups say.
Under the ban, dogs can still be used to follow a scent - and foxes can be killed by a bird of prey or shot.
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"I am just about to go out with dozens of other families to watch and cheer on the local hunt as they meet this morning"
Anthony Jeffrey, UK
More about this cruel tradition on all-creatures.org