Effort to ban fox-hunting fails

London - Delaying tactics yesterday effectively killed off a parliamentary Bill to ban fox-hunting in Britain, but supporters…

London - Delaying tactics yesterday effectively killed off a parliamentary Bill to ban fox-hunting in Britain, but supporters put on a brave face and vowed to fight on.

Opponents of the legislation to outlaw hunting with dogs successfully sabotaged the Bill by tabling hundreds of amendments and making lengthy speeches on the details of the measure.

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