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Guardian: Hunting debate gets teeth into Plato, Aristotle, Harry and Pepper - http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/sep/11/hunting.immigrationpolicy
Steven Morris. The Rev Andrew Linzey, vegan professor of ethics, theology and animal welfare (funded by the IFAW) attempted to explain to the Government's Consultation why hunting was morally wrong while it was acceptable for him to have cats which hunted, and to cook fish for them. |
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BBC: Hunt ban left foxes 'unaffected' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2235775.stm
Helen Briggs. Stephen Harris claims the hunting ban during the UK's foot-and-mouth outbreak had little impact on fox numbersm which is totally at odds with what the Countryside Alliance, National Farmers' Union and farmers have actually been seeing on the ground. |
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Observer: Fox-hunting celebrities named in militants' hit list - http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/sep/01/hunting.ruralaffairs
Paul Harris. The Urban Alliance with the support of Class War is circulating a property hit list in an attempt to disrupt the Countryside Alliance March. ALF is also thought to be involved. |
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New York Times: Blood Sport as Politics - http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/24/opinion/blood-sport-as-politics.html
John Mortimer, attorney and author of the Horace Rumpole stories. There is no worse tyranny, wrote John Stuart Mill, than that of a majority. The test of democracy is not that the majority should always get its way but how far minorities are respected. Will fox hunting be saved? Our best hope is to get President Bush to put on a pink coat and chase a fox; no doubt Tony Blair would fall right in behind him. |
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Guardian: Country alliance lays down gauntlet - http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/sep/07/hunting.politics
Patrick Wintour, chief political correspondent. Views on the upcoming public hearings by participants. |
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Guardian: Another country - http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/sep/24/ruralaffairs.immigrationpolicy
Leader. There is absolutely no doubt that they are widespread and passionately held feelings, and no government should allow grievances to continue to fester in this way. Mr Blair needs to reflect and respond. He should not pretend that the mood will just go away or be easily mollified. But he needs a strategy. This morning's ICM poll should be enough to concentrate his mind on that. |
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Guardian: Hunting ban did not lead to fox increase - http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/sep/05/science.research
James Meek. Stephen Harris's research for the IFAW and RSPCA claims that foxes regulate their own numbers and therefore hunting is unnecessary. The Countryside Alliance claims the research is flawed. |
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Guardian: Hunters get fired up for march on London - http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/sep/17/hunting.ruralaffairs
Tania Branigan. The international rocket relay fires off the buildup to the March on Sunday. |
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Observer: Foxes stir the soul of a nation: Saddam doesn't - http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/sep/29/iraq
Clive Aslet. After marching in both, the editor of Country Life compares the Countryside Liberty and Livelihood march with the anti-war march. |
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Telegraph - Estate Owners Vow To Defy Ban On Hunting - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1407248/Estate-owners-vow-to-defy-ban-on-hunting.html
By David Harrison, Environment Correspondent - Some of Britain's biggest landowners have vowed to carry on hunting with hounds even if the Government decides to make it illegal. |
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This is Worcestershire: Luff: We will burn the lies of the PM - http://archive.worcesternews.co.uk/2002/9/17/250182.html
Fifty beacons were set alight across Worcestershire to mark the official start of the Countryside Alliance's Liberty and Livelihood campaign. Mid-Worcestershire MP Peter Luff, a founding member of the Middle Way Group, applied the blazing torch to the one at Whittington and said a few words. |
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This is London: Intolerance that made me march - http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-1277216-details/Intolerance+that+made+me+march+/article.do
Kate Hoey, Labour MP. Tony Blair is the Prime Minister who vowed to build a tolerant nation free from prejudice. It is a shame he doesn't seem to include the countryside as part of this nation. |
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Evening Standard - Ban extremism from the countryside| - http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-1251126-details/Ban+extremism+from+the+countryside/article.do
By Anne McElvoy. |
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Evening Standard: Countryside Fury - http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-1374255-details/Countryside+fury/article.do
Leader. The Government will be making a serious mistake if it continues to ignore the pleas of the countryside - it could prove to be Labour's poll tax. |
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Nature: No fox boom after ban - http://www.nature.com/news/2002/020902/full/news020902-4.html
John Whitfield. Overview of Stephen Harris's research claiming that fox numbers regulate themselves by causes such as starvation, making hunting unnecessary. Opposing views on the research are provided by Jonathan Reynolds. Link to full research article. |
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Economist: Riding for a fall - http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=1337668
Foxhunting is already banned in Scotland, but because of the pest control loophole the hunts continue pretty much as before. |
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Economist: Charge of the green welly brigade - http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1337410
Balancing the depression in agriculture and the aftermath of the government's disastrous handling of the foot-and-mouth outbreak last year with the advantages of living in the countryside. |
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Economist: Why the countryside is angry - http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=1337315
Rural people say they want "liberty and livelihood" from the government. They can't have both. |
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Telegraph: There is no third way in the hunting debate - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/09/15/do1502.xml
Leo McKinstry. Potential problems with a regulatory system for hunting. |
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Telegraph: A march against bad law - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/09/14/dl1401.xml
Leader. It is a conservative case - that long-established traditions should be respected - and a liberal case - that activities of which we may not approve should nevertheless be tolerated. The question here is not, "What do you think of hunting?" but, "What do you think of a ban on hunting?" |
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BBC: Disease fox numbers disputed - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2236915.stm
A study claiming fox numbers were not influenced by a hunting ban during the foot-and-mouth outbreak last year is disputed. |
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BBC Newsnight: Fox Hunting - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/archive/2239475.stm
New research to be published in the magazine Nature purports to show that banning hunting will have no significant impact on fox numbers. Gavin Esler was joined by Simon Hart of the Countryside Alliance and Dr Rob Atkinson of the RSPCA which paid for the research. Transcript plus audio clip. [RealPlayer] |
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BBC: Hunt plans ready 'in weeks' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2252176.stm
With the end of the public hearings in London, proposals designed to help MPs resolve their disputes over hunting with dogs will be unveiled "in a matter of weeks" according to Alun Michael. |
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BBC Breakfast: Countryside in crisis? - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/2266127.stm
The message that the British countryside is in crisis is one which is often repeated - but how true is it? Watch video case studies plua a Forum in which Dave Ward from the League against Cruel Sports and Mal Treharne from the Countryside Alliance debate the issue. [RealPlayer] |
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BBC Breakfast: Fox hunting debate - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/2268897.stm
The programme has been looking at the concerns of those who live and work in the country all week. Monday focused on the decline of rural services, Tuesday was the impact of cheap imports on British farmers. Thursday was the farmers' complaints against supermarkets. Friday, a special Online forum on fox hunting and the rural way of life, plus a video interview with Mike Hobday and Simon Hart. [RealPlayer] |