POLICE are examining video footage filmed by hunt saboteurs on Boxing Day apparently showing a fox being killed by a pack of hounds.

Devon County Hunt Saboteurs said one of their members took the film during the Boxing Day meet of the Eggesford Hunt on farmland near Okehampton.

Hunting foxes with hounds is illegal under UK law.

A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said: ‘We have been notified of an allegation of a crime against the Hunting Act taking place in the Okehampton area on Boxing Day.

The matter is being investigated and police would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the incident.

‘We would encourage witnesses to any offences to share unedited footage and images with us, and to be prepared to give statements to allow us to investigate any allegation of criminality.

‘Please contact police via [email protected] or by phone on 101, quoting log number 0393 of 27/12/18.’