Video: Footage captures a pack of hounds ripping a fox to shreds Paul Tillsley, Head of Investigations at the League Against Cruel Sports, and one of the team that filmed the incident, said: "While we are pleased with this result, and the admission of guilt from the hunt staff concerned, we doubt it will change their behaviour going forward, or that the hunt themselves will admit illegal hunting and change their ways." Huntsman Tim Holt, of Leavening, North Yorks., whipper-in Shaun Marles, of Titley, Herts., terrierman Lee Martin, of Birdsall, North Yorks., and amateur terrierman Brian Cuthbertson of Norton, North Yorks., all pleaded guilty to the charge at York Magistrates Court. Holt was fined £200, Marles was fined £100 and Martin was fined £100. All three had to pay a £20 surcharge and £85 in costs. Cuthbertson was granted a conditional discharge for 12 months and ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Tim Bonnar, director of campaigns for the Countryside Alliance, said: "The Middleton Hunt has accepted that the fox should have been shot in accordance with the exemption rather than killed by hounds. Whilst the Hunting Act remains a ridiculous and illogical law, pleading guilty to minimise the time and money wasted on this case, was the sensible thing to do. The Hunting Act 2004 bans the hunting of wild mammals, notably foxes, deer and hares, with dogs in England and Wales.