Editing Hunting Act 2004 (section)

===Other cases===
Subsequently, three pending prosecutions against hunts, including one brought privately by the League Against Cruel Sports, were dropped<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/392/280580.html |last=Butcher |first=A. |title=Case dropped against hunting men arrested in dawn raids in 2007 |publisher=Horse and Hound |date=14 April 2009 |access-date=2 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810074926/http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/392/280580.html |archive-date=10 August 2009}}</ref> and a further two cases which did reach court were thrown out at the conclusion of the prosecution cases when the District Judges ruled that there was no case to answer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwherald.com/news/stories/cleared-huntsman-criticises-waste-of-money-20090921333539.htm |title=Cleared huntsman criticises waste of money |work=Cumberland and Westmoreland Herald|date=21 September 2009 |access-date=2 October 2009 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

From March to November 2013, staff of six separate hunts were either acquitted of Hunting Act offences or had the prosecutions against them dropped, including three foxhound packs (The York & Ainsty South, the Avon Vale and the Ledbury), a harrier pack (Weston & Banwell Harriers), a staghound pack (The Quantock Staghounds) and a beagle pack (The [[Royal Agricultural College|RAC Beagles]]).

In September 2013 David Parker, the huntsman of the Seavington Hunt, was fined after he admitted illegally hunting a fox with dogs in Dorset. The prosecution was brought by the RSPCA with evidence from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24077013|title=Somerset man pleads guilty to hunting fox with dogs| location=London | publisher=BBC News|date=13 September 2013}}</ref>