ANTI-bloodsports campaigners have thanked Bury's two MPs for voting to ban hunting recently.

Cindy Milburn of the Campaign for Protection of Hunted Animals, said: "This was an historic victory for animal welfare."

Both David Chaytor (Bury North ) and Ivan Lewis (Bury South) supported Michael Foster's Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill.

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