In pictures: Fox hunting returns

Fox hunting has resumed for the first time in more than 10 months, after the government lifted a ban imposed during the foot-and-mouth crisis. Here BBC News Online looks at the return of the hunts in pictures:

The Beaufort Hunt was among the first to meet

Back in the saddle: Ministers suspended hunting in February

Children were among the 250 people attending the hunt

The Duke of Beaufort walks on his Swangrove Estate near Badminton, South Gloucestershire

Joint Hunt master Ian Farquhar said he was "delighted"

Up to 30 of Britain's estimated 300 hunts have been given special licences to hunt with hounds again