BBC: Duke 'would break law' over hunting - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2144415.stm
The Duke of Devonshire says he will allow fox hunting on his land - even if it is made illegal. |
BBC: Hunt protesters on the march - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2120238.stm
Union of Country Sports Workers opposing a ban on hunting with dogs marched in London as part of a wider series of demonstrations to be staged through the summer. |
BBC: Pro-hunting protesters threaten further action - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2124502.stm
Protesters who blocked roads around the UK in support of fox hunting are threatening further action. |
Telegraph: Hunt ban 'threat to 15,000 horses and 20,000 dogs' - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1401002/Hunt-ban-%27threat-to-15%2C000-horses-and-20%2C000-dogs%27.html
At least six former senior League Against Cruel Sports members, including two former chief executives, a director and a treasurer, have left the League because they now believe a hunting ban would inflict cruelty on a greater number of animals than a continuation of hunting. |
Telegraph: Hunt campaign hits Piccadilly - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1400674/Hunt-campaign-hits-Piccadilly.html
Becky Barrow. Fifty riders dressed in hunting pink or tweeds will parade down Piccadilly on Wednesday afternoon in a re-enactment of the 1949 farmers' protest against plans to ban hunting. |
Telegraph: Hunt supporters ride on Parliament in spirit of '49 - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1401001/Hunt-supporters-ride-on-Parliament-in-spirit-of-%2749.html
In a re-enactment of the 1949 farmers' protest against moves to end their sport, demonstrators made their way from Hyde Park Corner to Parliament, where one of the three surviving members of the original protest handed over a letter urging the Government to abandon plans for a hunting ban. |
The Guardian: Pro-hunt militants target Labour MPs - http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/jul/22/hunting.immigrationpolicy
David Hencke, Westminster correspondent. Reports of attacks on constituency offices of four Labour MPs in the North of England by members of the Real Countryside Alliance. |