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Polls reveal that over 75% of the public do not support a repeal of the hunting act. We believe this is an accurate reflection of a society that does not want to see a return to their cruel and barbaric past.
 
Now we need to show MPs that real people are behind these numbers.   We need to prove that this issue is NOT: the will of one political party, a class war, town vs. country, or an erosion of human rights. It is simply about whether we as human beings agree or disagree with inflicting prolonged and unnecessary pain and suffering on animals for fun.
 
We will ask everyone in the UK who supports the hunting act to add their names to our register and will make every effort to ensure the list has been validated before presenting to existing MPs and those candidates seeking office in the next general election. 
 
We will also call on all MPs with any sense of decency to get on the register and help us stop this senseless gang behaviour that permeates every level of society.

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Hunting Act 2004

The Hunting Act 2004 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which applies to England and Wales. The effect of the Act is to outlaw hunting with dogs (particularly fox hunting, but also the hunting of deer, hares and mink and organised hare coursing) in England and Wales from 18 February 2005. The pursuit of foxes with hounds was banned in Scotland two years earlier under legislation of the devolved Scottish Parliament, while it currently remains legal in Northern Ireland.

The full text of the Hunting Act 2004 can be read Here (opens in new window).

DEFRA (The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) has published a guide to the Act and pages discussing the background and history of the Act.This can be found Here (opens in new window).

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News and Comments
David Cameron is quoted as saying:

"My own view is the hunting ban is a bad piece of legislation, it hasn't worked, it has made a mockery of the law, a lot of time was wasted on it, and I think we would be better off without it. That gives you a clue to how I will vote."
 
We say: 
The only mockery of the law would involve David Cameron repealing a law against cruelty because some of the most powerful people in this country simply refuse to obey it.
 
If the law is not working, it needs to be strengthened and enforced! We need leadership not ringleaders.

Media training for hunters!

 The Countryside Alliance have arranged ‘media training’ for the hunting elite in the run up to the next election.  They want you to see a more human side to these people and not the frightening behaviour so evident in earlier interviews.
 
Hunting as a form of Pest Control?
They now describe the hunt as a form of pest control.  These are the very people who claimed to be nurturing the environment in which foxes breed and flourish. 
 
Pest Control or Breeding Foxes?  Which is it?

'Cubbing' re-branded to 'Autumn Hunting'

The hunts have renamed ‘cubbing season’ to ‘Autumn Hunting’; they want you to picture a brisk ride through the leafy countryside rather than the image of little fox cubs being tortured and slaughtered in the process of training the younger hounds. 
 
They continue to claim that they hunt only old and sick foxes - as though that might make their behaviour more any less cruel.  How then do they explain 'cubbing?
 
Killing old foxes or fox cubs?  Which is it?

Gang Behaviour

Bullying
 
Outnumbering
 
Chasing
 
Frightening
 
Killing
 
Removing a body part for a 'trophy'
 
In any decent society, this is considered vicious gang behaviour.   The hunters call it 'FUN'. 
The link between cruelty to animals and cruelty to humans has been proven throughout history.  
 
Make your vote count for something better than this!
  
 

Caught out again!

Straight from the horses mouth: 
 
'The Chief Executive of the Countryside Alliance replied in a somewhat stroppy e-mail to the effect that this was rather undermining the case for fox-hunting, which publicly at least was claimed to about pest control. Breeding pests in order to control them by hunting might look 'suspicious', he said.'
 
Click on the link below to read the full story:
 
http://borthlas.blogspot.com/2009/10/kiss-and-make-up.html

From the textbook:

Here is an extract from Foxhunting by the late Duke of Beaufort, Master of Fox Hounds, published by David & Charles, 1980.
 
He wrote: "Never lose sight of the fact that one really well-beaten cub killed fair and square is worth half a dozen fresh ones killed the moment they are found without hounds having to set themselves to the task. It is essential that hounds should have their blood up and learn to be savage with their fox before he is killed."
 
The hounds have to be taught to kill fox cubs as they are not natural enemies! 

Drag Hunting - Why Not ?

 
There is no case for repeal. Hunt numbers are up all over the country. Drag hunting is legal. The sense of community, pageantry, heritage, and jobs are all still intact and yet these disgraceful people can’t manage to enjoy themselves unless they are terrifying and killing animals.
 
Muzzle the hounds, train the new ones to hunt only an artificial scent and move on to a more civilised sport that everyone can be proud of!

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