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Telegraph: Pro-hunting protest targets RSPCA - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1403854/Pro-hunting-protest-targets-RSPCA.html
Robert Uhlig, farming correspondent. Pro-hunting people and dogs, led by Richard Meade, demonstrated at the new RSPCA headquarters on behalf of the 20,000 hunting dogs that will be affected by a ban. |
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BBC: White horses defaced by activists - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2220725.stm
Story plus photos of the two giant white horses in North Yorkshire and Oxfordshire which had huntsmen and hounds added to them overnight. |
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CNN.com: Blair protester is rock star's son - http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/08/03/uk.foxhunt/
A teenager arrested earlier this week as he approached British Prime Minister Tony Blair's constituency home with pro-hunting posters is the son of rock star Bryan Ferry. |
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Telegraph: Right to march - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/08/30/dl3003.xml
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." |
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BBC: Tories threaten to topple hunt ban - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2223618.stm
Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith signals he would overturn a ban on foxhunting if he became prime minister. |
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Telegraph: Duncan Smith in hunt ban pledge - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1405771/Duncan-Smith-in-hunt-ban-pledge.html
David Millward. Iain Duncan Smith promises that if elected Prime Minister he will allow Government time for a ban to be reversed. He accuses Labour of mounting a class war instead of governing for one nation. |
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Telegraph: Huntsmen to track human prey - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1404368/Huntsmen-to-track-human-prey.html
Auslan Cramb. The Berwickshire Hunt is diversifying into hunting the clean boot with bloodhounds as well as continuing to hunt foxes by driving them into the open to be shot, as the Scottish Parliament has now instructed, even though their joint master and huntsman considers it is a disgusting and unreliable way to kill foxes. |
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Telegraph: US rap artist joins the call for rural liberty - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1405166/US-rap-artist-joins-the-call-for-rural-liberty.html
Peter Foster. Meet Mr President, the American rap artist who has written 'Balance', the March anthem, after being inspired by talking to protesters during their round-the-clock vigil in Parliament Square. |
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Telegraph: Country prepares to descend on London - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1405463/Country-prepares-to-descend-on-London.html
Peter Foster. The March is bringing together British Muslim hare coursers from Pakistan, gamekeepers, blacksmiths and rat-catchers along with supporters from twelve other countries including France, Australia and the United States. |
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Telegraph: 1,200 riders bring hunt protest into city centre - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1405248/1%2C200-riders-bring-hunt-protest-into-city-centre.html
Nick Britten. Riders formed a two and a half mile procession in Leicester to protest the proposed ban on foxhunting. They were accompanied by Mr President, the black American rap artist, and Miles Cooper, a former senior member of the League Against Cruel Sports who has switched sides because of his concerns about cruelty to wildlife under a ban. |