A HUNT-MONITOR had the tyres of his car slashed during the Beaufort Hunt meet at Worcester Lodge, Badminton, on Saturday.

Four people on a quad bikes approached the monitor and words were exchanged.

The anti-hunt campaigner later discovered a tyre on his car had been slashed.

Police from Chipping Sodbury are now investigating the incident.

Sgt Andy McIllrath of Chipping Sodbury Police told the Gazette the force would deal with any crimes committed by both hunt supporters and hunt-monitors on an equal level although crimes committed against the Hunt Act would not receive top priority.

He said: "Crimes committed against this act are on the same scale as parking crimes so while we will investigate incidents involving hunts going out an observing them will not be our priority."