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Telegraph Parliamentary sketch
Frank Johnson. Humourous look at 'toffhunting' in the House of Lords debates.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/20/nhunt220.xml
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Guardian We would support the lawbreakers
John Jackson, chairman of the Countryside Alliance. Why civil disobedience would be justified if the government were to ban hunting by imposing the Parliament Act.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,817273,00.html
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Guardian - Should we ban hunting
Ann Widdecombe yes and Henry Porter no .
http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/hunt/Story/0,2763,201372,00.html
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Newshound
Weblog of hunting-related news and commentary, especially as they relate to the various Bills in government. In date sequence.
http://www.newshound.org.uk/
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Guardian How to survive in politics without being trying
Jackie Ashley interviews Margaret Beckett, including her views and decisions as to how the government will handle foxhunting. I am absolutely clear in my own mind that there will be a vote on the motion and that is not the end of the process - I am saying quite clearly and categorically that is not the end, that is the beginning of the process.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/interviews/story/0,11660,661341,00.html
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Guardian 400,000 bring rural protest to London
Tania Branigan. In response to speculation that he might propose a licensing system, Alun Michael said yesterday A lot of people have recognised that the two sides have become too polarised. Activities with dogs may be no more cruel, or actually less cruel, than other ways of dealing with it. On the other hand, people are saying we cannot just go on as we always have done. But that doesn't necessarily mean accepting the 'middle way' option.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,796982,00.html
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Telegraph Peer warns of a war with countryside
Michael Kallenbach, parliamentary correspondent. Comments from eighteen members of the House of Lords.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/20/nhunt120.xml
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Guardian Call to push through hunting ban wins backing
The Labour party conference today backed a call from Labour's national policy commission on rural issues for the government to force through a ban on foxhunting even if the House of Lords rejects it.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labour2002/story/0,12294,803782,00.html
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/08/14/nhunt14.xml
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The Telegraph Calcutta India
Front page. A child sleeps prior to the Liberty and Livelihood march one of Britains biggest rallies organised by the Countryside Alliance in London on Sunday. India.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1020923/asp/foreign/index.asp
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Guardian Special Report Hunting
Ongoing coverage includes news, commentary and analysis plus backgrounders, graphics and related web resources.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/hunt/
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Guardian Closing in for the kill
Gerald Kaufman, Labour MP for Manchester Gorton. Describes his 32-year career in Commons fervently dedicated to banning hunting.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/hunt/Story/0,2763,671953,00.html
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BBC Forum
Video of Darren Hughes from the Countryside Alliance and Phyllis Campbell-McRae, UK Director of the International Fund For Animal Welfare.
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/talking_point/forum/newsid_1879000/1879323.stm
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BBC News - Hunting with Dogs
An ongoing Special Report including news, commentary, video, audio, interviews, forum and web resources.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/uk/2002/hunting/
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Horse and Hound Hunting
Ongoing coverage of the government's Hunting Bill and the reactions to it.
http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/competitionnews/hunting/
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Telegraph Protests as RSPCA names new chief
Thomas Penny. After Jackie Ballard was chosen, one member of the charity's ruling council has resigned in protest at both the appointment and the chaotic process that preceded it, and others may follow suit during the week. Reformers within the society are furious that someone with little financial expertise or experience of running such a large organisation will be charged with pulling the charity out of its current financial crisis.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/10/21/nrspca21.xml
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Telegraph Labour defies country march
George Jones, political editor. The Government was accused yesterday of adopting a complacent and arrogant approach to the countryside after a minister described the Liberty and Livelihood marchers as muddled . Links to seven additional stories on the same day.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/24/nhunt24.xml
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BBC - Ban Foxhunting - Oxford Union says no
A recording of the full debate from the world's most famous debating society, by representatives from the League against Cruel Sports, the Hunt Saboteurs Association, and the Countryside Alliance - the first time the opposing groups sat face to face with each other. Hatty Cadman, Nick Mason, Paul Davis, Robin Page, Mike Woodin, Alison Hawes, John Cooper and Professor Roger Scruton.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_198000/198249.stm
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Telegraph What will make them listen
Leader. Denounces the breathtakingly patronising response to the march by Alun Michael, the minister for rural affairs.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/09/24/dl2401.xml
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Telegraph Britain evenly split on foxhunting
David Derbyshire. While 50 per cent of the people questioned in a Telegraph YouGov poll believed that hunting should be criminalised, 48 per cent favoured tighter regulations or keeping the status quo. Links to three additional stories on the same day.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/28/nhunt28.xml
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Telegraph - Jackie Ballard reveals her animal instincts
Alice Thomson. Interview with the new head of the RSPCA who while admittedly not strong on spreadsheets makes her claim to be an effective communicator.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/10/26/nrspca26.xml
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Panelists Michael Foster MP, Bill Swann RSPCA , Baroness Mallalieu MP CA , Robin Hanbury-Tenison BFSS . Transcript.
http://www.jonathandimbleby.co.uk/tx971102_fox hunting/transcript.html
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Guardian - Welcome to my hunt ball
Leanda de Lisle.
http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3938846,00.html
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Scotland on Sunday Ruddy duck faces UK wipe-out in 5m cull
DEFRA wildlife minister Elliot Morley announced the ruddy duck is set to be wiped out in Britain after the government agreed in principle to eradicate it to protect other endangered species.
http://www.scotlandonsunday.com/uk.cfm?id=258052003
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Observer Mink face cull to save Ratty from wipe-out
Tens of thousands of American mink are facing slaughter in a bid to save one of Britain's best-loved mammals, the water vole.
http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,905710,00.html
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Charles Clover and Charlie Methven.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlcontent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/06/25/nrspca25.html
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Guardian - Hunters of the tribe
Mary Siani-Davies.
http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3930696,00.html
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Telegraph Countryside threatens a rebellion
Richard Savill. Reaction of the hunters, farmers and their supporters.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/22/nhunt222.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/03/22/ixnewstop.html
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Scoop UK Country Mobilization
Malcolm Aitken. Interviews with a cross-section of the protesters of the March to highlight rural decline in Britain and defend hunting with hounds. New Zealand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/50/ef/200209261122.9c4ab313.html
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Telegraph Right to march
Leader. Denying the rights of a minority to engage in activities harmless to other people, in realms outside hunting, fishing or shooting, could well become of great importance.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/08/30/dl3003.xml
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Guardian - The intolerant in pursuit of political correct...
Hugo Young.
http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3882797,00.html
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Telegraph The RSPCA should be saving animals, not houndin...
Alic Thomson. The RSPCA has lost its way. Only half its money is now spent on the 300-strong inspectorate and on prosecutions. The rest went to political campaigns, a 16 million new headquarters and bureaucracy.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/10/22/do2201.xml
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BBC London braced for huge protest
Organisers of the countryside march in London on Sunday say they expect a turn-out of at least 250,000 people.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2272292.stm
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Guardian Countryside sounds call to arms
Paul Harris and Stephen Khan. They are coming from all corners of Britain and all walks of life. From landowners to tenant farmers, shopkeepers to vicars, and huntsmen to retired army officers the countryside is coming to London.
http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,796796,00.html
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Bill Index Wild Mammals Protection Amendment No 2 Bill HL...
Description of Bill's progress with links to associated documents.
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Sun Capital swamped as 400,000 stage biggest protest in h...
More than 400,000 lovers of the rural way of life demanded to be seen and heard. Helicopter photo. Links to two additional stories on the same day.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2002440354.html
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BBC Breakfast Countryside march
As tens of thousands converge on London for the Liberty and Livelihood marches, Breakfast reported live on the issues involved in the rural protests. Photos and video clips.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/2273939.stm
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San Francisco Chronicle Murmurs of class war as Britain h...
Michael Pilgrim, Chronicle Foreign Service. The issue reveals schisms between economic classes and town and countryside that date back centuries arguments in Scotland about banning English influence, and arguments in England about the relative cruelty of different fox-control methods. California, USA.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/09/21/MN183550.DTL
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Telegraph Country pubs ban hunt after intimidation by pro...
Daniel Foggo. Police have set up a special unit from two forces to tackle third-party harassment in Surrey, Sussex and Kent.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/01/13/npub13.xml
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Observer The only thing sillier than this would be bannin...
Euan Ferguson. Discussion of what hunting is and isn't, and the effect of a hunting ban being the most memorable legislation of two terms.
http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,668841,00.html
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icWales Farmers hit back over fox population explosion
Sheila Coleman, farming editor. Angry farmers last night hit back at WAACS claims that poor flock management is to blame for lamb deaths rather than the explosion of fox numbers due to the banning of foxhunting because of the foot and mouth crisis.
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/page.cfm?objectid=11510731&method=full
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MORI Poll for The Mail Royal Family
Q7 59 support a ban Q9 53 think The Royal Princes should not be allowed 'to take part in any bloodsports' Q10 47 think the Royal Family should not shoot Q11 55 think they should not hunt Q12 17 think they should not fish. Throughout Britain. For The Mail on Sunday.
http://www.mori.com/polls/2000/ms001229.shtml
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Cape Times Rural folk and fox hunters hound London
More than 350 000 aggrieved country folk have taken part here in one of Britain's biggest marches, defending the right to hunt foxes and protesting at the erosion of rural life. South Africa.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=3&art_id=ct20020922235940611B635971
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Telegraph Olympic champion in court fight over RSPCA hunt...
Richard Meade, the winner of three Olympic gold medals, will challenge the RSPCA in the High Court this week over its exclusion of pro-hunting campaigners.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/11/12/nmead12.xml
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BBC MPs vote today on fox hunting
Speaking first to the Essex and Suffolk Foxhounds and League Against Cruel Sports, and then to Tony Banks, MP and Baroness Mallalieu, House of Lords and President of the Countryside Alliance.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin//radio4/today/listen/audiosearch.pl?ProgID=1016446682
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MORI Poll for the Mail Foot And Mouth Poll
Q18 55 support a ban on hunting now, compared to 63 in July 1999. Throughout Great Britain. For The Mail on Sunday.
http://www.mori.com/polls/2001/ms010317.shtml