Should the fox hunting ban be lifted?

[Elpenor]

Wankers

Pregnant alpaca died after 'devastating' attack by hounds

Devon and Cornwall Police are investigating reports the animal was attacked by hounds on 1 January.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[StoneRoad]

Wankers

Pregnant alpaca died after 'devastating' attack by hounds

Devon and Cornwall Police are investigating reports the animal was attacked by hounds on 1 January.

www.bbc.co.uk

ffs.

Sadly, not the only victim recently - I believe I'm right in saying that so far this season, several 'hound packs have "rioted" onto various pets, sheep and deer, as well as on foxes seeking shelter in gardens during so-called "trail" hunts.
Despite the best intervention of sabs, in a number of cases.

 

[Chilli.s]

Shouldnt this be covered by dangerous dog laws?

 

[InArduisFouette]

unfortunately if anything the ban needs to be made what it was hoped to be in the first place as the packs of hounds seem to be incapable of following the law as written , often deliberately so .

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Well, I never.

Pro-foxhunting group says UK hunters should be protected ethnic minority

Chair of Hunting Kind says he has built legal case to obtain same protection as Roma and LGBTQ+ people

www.theguardian.com

 

[Pickman's model]

Well, I never.

Pro-foxhunting group says UK hunters should be protected ethnic minority

Chair of Hunting Kind says he has built legal case to obtain same protection as Roma and LGBTQ+ people

www.theguardian.com

have they developed a peculiar ethnicity based in their case on in-breeding?

 

[Saul Goodman]

have they developed a peculiar ethnicity based in their case on in-breeding?

They're definitely a breed unto themselves.

 

[DotCommunist]

its just another example of how they view everything as a card to be played. Nothing is real except money and contempt, everyone else is bang at it and they're fools if they aren't. Repellent people.

 

[StoneRoad]

In some areas these reprobates have already started with the "cub-hunting" - a truly revolting activity about which they are very secretive.

 

[MickiQ]

Somehow I can't see this working, it fails at the very first hurdle.
Someone doesn't choose to be black or gay whereas clearly foxhunting is a choice where you can change your mind whenever you feel like it.
Whilst I think this attempt is doomed to failure, I can't see an outright enforced ban happening either though. I don't think most people care that much about it either way.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Well, I never.

Pro-foxhunting group says UK hunters should be protected ethnic minority

Chair of Hunting Kind says he has built legal case to obtain same protection as Roma and LGBTQ+ people

www.theguardian.com

They tried this argument under the Human Rights Act and the European Convention of Human Rights back in the 2000s. It was unanymously dismissed in every English and Scottish court (including the then House of Lords) and the European Court of Human Rights.

 

[InArduisFouette]

Well, I never.

Pro-foxhunting group says UK hunters should be protected ethnic minority

Chair of Hunting Kind says he has built legal case to obtain same protection as Roma and LGBTQ+ people

www.theguardian.com

at best he has a protected Belief and as the transphobes have repeatedly been told a Protected Belief is NOT a Protected Characteristic

this is peak rich white men playing the victim

 

[Lotte]

First they came for the fox hunters, and I said 'good'.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

twats

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Fair play to you Mr Packham!

 

[StoneRoad]

Interesting and informative database ...

Database – bloodbusiness.info

bloodbusiness.info

Still under construction - started with three pages ie 64 entries almost at the end of July 2024.
Produced / maintained by Protect the Wild after a suggestion from Huntpubs ...

 

[nightowl]

Everyone in the countryside know it still goes on.

 

[StoneRoad]

Everyone in the countryside know it still goes on.

yup, quite blatantly, sorry to say.
Only a tiny minority of the population still take part - although some meets can still field a lot of riders - and hunts are folding / merging at a steady rate.
Partly due to the pressure put on by the sabs and monitors, as well as the loss of "country" ...

 

[StoneRoad]

Albrighton given a CPW - IMO, that should have been a CPO ...

Albrighton hunt group given police warning after animals killed

Police gave a warning to Albrighton and Woodland Hunt after the deaths of a muntjac deer and a fox.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Dystopiary]

This hunt man from Tynedale sprayed a hunt monitor in the face with citronella.

"Judy and another volunteer were monitoring Tynedale Hunt. Judy was on a public footpath [alone as our other volunteer was in a different position] and filming when a fox ran past her, with the hounds in cry a few minutes behind. Judy covered the fox scent with citronella and then rated the hounds back when they appeared. The terrier man, who was masked at the time, rode over to her, on his quad, accompanied by 4 other masked men. He jumped from his quad angrily and acted aggressively and threateningly. He snatched her bottle of citronella and spayed her in the face with it. Bearing in mind this was a lone middle-aged woman who did not act in any way aggressive or confrontational, surrounded by masked men.”

He was found guilty of assault with battery and fined £1,500.

In the last few weeks alone, Protect the Wild has reported on these convictions:

• On 19 August, Shane Cooper pleaded guilty to assault and theft following an incident on 26 September 2023. He attacked hunt saboteurs and stole their equipment. Dorset Police Rural Crime Team issued the Blackmore and Sparkford Vale supporter with a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO).
  
  
• On 9 August, Weston and Banwell terriermen, Ian Dinham and Brian (Anthony) Pearce, were found guilty of assault after attacking hunt saboteurs in November 2023. The men beat one sab with a spade, and punched and kicked him whilst he was on the ground.
  
  
• On 29 July, ex-South Dorset huntsman Josh Tierney was found guilty of causing racially/religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress following a homophobic and xenophobic incident against a hunt saboteur.

Hunt terrierman guilty of assault after spraying monitor in face with citronella - Protect the Wild

 

[Dystopiary]

The ban on hunting from 2004 has failed to put an end to hunting.

Sign the petition here for a more effective ban with no exceptions or loopholes:

Proper Ban on Hunting Petition - Protect the Wild

 

[StoneRoad]

This hunt man from Tyneside sprayed a hunt monitor in the face with citronella.

"Judy and another volunteer were monitoring Tynedale Hunt. Judy was on a public footpath [alone as our other volunteer was in a different position] and filming when a fox ran past her, with the hounds in cry a few minutes behind. Judy covered the fox scent with citronella and then rated the hounds back when they appeared. The terrier man, who was masked at the time, rode over to her, on his quad, accompanied by 4 other masked men. He jumped from his quad angrily and acted aggressively and threateningly. He snatched her bottle of citronella and spayed her in the face with it. Bearing in mind this was a lone middle-aged woman who did not act in any way aggressive or confrontational, surrounded by masked men.”

He was found guilty of assault with battery and fined £1,500.



Hunt terrierman guilty of assault after spraying monitor in face with citronella - Protect the Wild

Tynedale are one of the mobs that terrorise wildlife / pets not far from where I live.
They & their terriermen have a bad reputation !

 

[Dystopiary]

Tynedale are one of the mobs that terrorise wildlife / pets not far from where I live.
They & their terriermen have a bad reputation !

Sorry, I put "Tyneside". Corrected to Tynedale.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Fucking vermin, Hate these psychopaths so much. Labour need to implement their manifesto commitment to banning trail hunting as soon as possible:

 

[LakieLady]

Fucking vermin, Hate these psychopaths so much. Labour need to implement their manifesto commitment to banning trail hunting as soon as possible:

I'd like to put them in a hole in the ground with a very angry animal with sharp teeth, and see how they like it.

Complete and utter cunts, the lot of them.

 

[StoneRoad]

It seems that the MOD will not be issuing trail-hunting smokescreen licences for 2024/5 ...

Hunt Saboteurs Association (@huntsabs.bsky.social)

No hunting on any MOD land for the upcoming 24/25 season. HSA FOI Request: "Can you confirm what hunts have had licences granted for the upcoming 2024 hunting season." MOD response: "No trail hunting licences have been issued for the 2024/25 hunting season."

bsky.app

If that link doesn't work. I can summarise that the HSA asked -under FOI - how many licences the MOD had issued ...
there were eleven licences requested and zero were granted.

Might have "something" to do with the change in Political control from Ben Wallace to John Healey.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

It seems that the MOD will not be issuing trail-hunting smokescreen licences for 2024/5 ...

Hunt Saboteurs Association (@huntsabs.bsky.social)

No hunting on any MOD land for the upcoming 24/25 season. HSA FOI Request: "Can you confirm what hunts have had licences granted for the upcoming 2024 hunting season." MOD response: "No trail hunting licences have been issued for the 2024/25 hunting season."

bsky.app

If that link doesn't work. I can summarise that the HSA asked -under FOI - how many licences the MOD had issued ...
there were eleven licences requested and zero were granted.

Might have "something" to do with the change in Political control from Ben Wallace to John Healey.

Trail hunting banned on MoD land
Trail hunting banned on National Trust land
Trail hunting banned in Scotland
Labour Manifesto commitment to ban trail hunting in England and Wales.

The walls are closing in on these fuckers.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

MOD land is a big one, especially round where I live

 

[Silas Loom]

Shame, removes the possibility of accidental encounters with live explosives.