He said: "They see the herd of deer and shine the lamp straight at them to mesmerise it. Then they chase it round the field in a 4x4 to tire it out before setting the dogs on it.
"The dogs are cross bred with American pit bulls to get the speed, strength and aggressiveness. They will go after whatever the handler shines the lamp at- deer, foxes, badgers. There was an incident in the county where they shined the lamp on a gamekeeper as he was walking away and the dog nearly ripped the back of his leg off.
"When they start catching deer and tying them to a post, that's just cruelty. They