Atherstone Hunt over twenty criminal convictions. According to an Ipsos MORI poll, the majority of the British public remain in favour of keeping a number of activities banned by the Hunting Act 2004 illegal: fox hunting (80%); deer hunting (86%); hare hunting and coursing (88%); dog fighting (98%); and badger baiting (95%). The hunt country lies within Warwickshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire, with major centres including Atherstone, Nuneaton, Coventry and Rugby. It adjoins the country of the Quorn. The hunt hosts its annual point-to-point event at Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, with proceeds going back to the hunt. The hunt was under investigation, when video footage was
The Fox Hunt (painting) The Fox Hunt (painting) The Fox Hunt is an 1893 oil on canvas painting by Winslow Homer. It depicts a fox running in deep snow, menaced by hungry crows. His largest single work, it has been described as "Homer's greatest Darwinian painting, arguably his greatest painting of any kind." "The Fox Hunt" was painted in Homer's studio at Prouts Neck, Maine during the winter of 1893. The painting depicts a fox foraging for food, who is in turn being hunted by crows driven to predation by hunger. At left several sprigs of red berries breach the snow, and in the