Still sabbing the bastards
31 December 2010 Douglas Batchelor to step down in summer After eleven successful years as chief executive of the League Against Cruel Sports, Douglas Batchelor is set to retire in July 2011, the charity has announced today. Mr Batchelor said: "It has been a real privilege to lead the League, working with the League's longest …
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Anti-hunt lobby scents first blood as officials admit there will be no repeal next year By Matt Chorley and Jonathan Owen Sunday, 26 December 2010 The Government is to shelve a promised vote on repealing the ban on foxhunting until 2012 at the earliest, in a move likely to dismay countryside campaigners as they attempt …
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Hunt ban pair case delayed Two employees of a fox hunt will have to wait until the new year to find out if they have broken the law. Derek Hopkins and Kevin Allen are accused of breaching the ban on hunting with dogs. Both Hopkins, 45, of Welham Road, Great Bowden, and Allen, 51, of …
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Two hunt employees broke the law by digging a fox out of a badger sett where it was trying to escape hounds, a court has heard. Derek Hopkins and Kevin Allen are accused of breaching the ban on hunting with dogs. Both deny the charge. The trial of the two men, from the Harborough-based Fernie …
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THREE hunt members have been cleared of unlawfully pursuing a fox after a three-day court hearing. The case, at Scarborough Magistrates' Court, centred around allegations that members of Sinnington Foxhounds hunt had pursued the fox near Wombleton Airfield, near Pickering, in December last year. The case was heard last week, with the judgement given today. …
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Are you troubled by your local hunt? Are you concerned about the activities or threatened activities of certain hunts or individuals associated or connected with hunts? Are those activities, whether or not involving the pursuit of our native wildlife, likely to pose a threat to you, your family, livestock, pets or property? If the answer …
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A Conservative pledge to give MPs a vote to repeal the hunting ban has been shelved indefinitely, amid fears that it would be lost. In the run-up to the election David Cameron pledged that MPs would be given a free vote on whether or not to repeal Labour’s controversial ban, which he described as a …
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