MAY PREPARED TO ALLOW A VOTE ON FOX HUNTING

LONDON British Prime Minister Theresa May says she’s prepared to allow a vote in Parliament on whether to overturn the country’s ban on fox hunting.

While campaigning for the June 8 election, May said Tuesday that she is in favour of hunting and a vote “would allow Parliament the opportunity to take the decision on this.”

The comments came after a leaked email by Benjamin Mancroft, Master of the Foxhounds Association, appeared in the Daily Mirror newspaper. He noted a Conservative landslide in the upcoming election could result in changes — and offer enough votes for the repeal of the ban.

Once a British tradition, fox hunting was banned in 2004 amid complaints by animal welfare campaigners who argued it causes suffering to wild animals chased and killed by hounds.