Three people have been charged over an alleged attack on a fox in a Wiltshire field.
A leaked video, which was published across social media earlier this year, showed a fox being dug out of the ground and thrown to a pack of hounds.
Wiltshire Police investigated the incident and three people have been charged with wildlife offences.
Aaron Fookes, 29, of Spye Park, Lacock, has been charged with hunting a wild mammal with dogs contrary to the Hunting Act 2004 and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal contrary to the Animal Welfare Act.
Alex Warden, 25, of Wood Road, North Bradley, has been charged with hunting a wild mammal with dogs contrary to the Hunting Act 2004 and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal contrary to the Animal Welfare Act.
Stuart Radbourne, 39, of The Common, Bromham, has been charged with hunting a wild mammal with dogs contrary to the Hunting Act 2004.
Fookes and Radbourne are both due to appear at Swindon Magistrates Court on July 5. Warden is due to appear at Swindon Magistrates Court on July 7.
No further action will be taken against the two other people arrested in connection with this incident.
