Rejected petition I want fox hunting to be completely banned in the uk as it is barbaric and wrong

I want fox hunting to be banned completely in the uk as the other week in my home town of Macclesfield there was a fox hunt and fox's got ripped apart in the street and people's gardens how much worse can this get before people get hurt

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/174713

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Date submitted 1 March 2017
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