ANTI-hunt campaigners are calling for the resignation of Cheshire's Chief Constable Peter Fahy, claiming he has failed to enforce the Hunting Act.
A year after the new laws came into force, the North West Animal Welfare group claim that foxes and hares in Cheshire are still being chased and killed by hunts with 'totally impunity'.
They claim police are not monitoring illegal hunting or investigating reports.
Group spokesman Peter Stratton said: 'Mr Fahy should resign immediately to allow someone willing to enforce the law to take over.
'The police didn't even investigate a very serious incident in which motorists were nearly killed as a result of a hunt chasing a fox across a busy road.'
Chief Superintendent Chris Richards said police had closely monitored the implementation of the ban and that he would be happy to discuss any evidence the group had of law-breaking.
He added: 'We will always strive to ensure that the peace is maintained and make it clear that breaches of the law will be investigated as we would any allegation made by the public.
He added that two reports of the legislation being breached in Cheshire had been investigated without any offences being disclosed.
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