matty007
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Do you guys think that the foot and mouth outbreak and the precautions put in place will cause any inconvenience to the start of the hunting season??
Foot & Mouth.
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severnmiles
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I'm not sure, obviously it will affect hunts that are within the zone but the government has made it clear it wants to keep the countryside 'open' this time. I think its been released today as to what is happening with hound exercise etc, haven't heard anything yet though.
Beagle
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Has anyone noticed the following rather sinister sentence under the heading Horse Movements in the Access to the Countryside sub-section of yesterdays posting on the FMD section of DEFRA website?
There is no restriction on equestrian events outside the Protection Zone, except for hunting any drag or trail, [and provided no susceptible animals are present]
Can it possibly mean that hunting any drag or trail is only prohibited where horses are present? (Or has a working life spent parsing the Taxes Acts given me an excess of ingenuity?)
I assume that the proviso about no susceptible animals being present applies to the holding of equestrian events & not to operation of the exception relating to hunting any drag or trail!
Curiously, it looks as though posses of riders can go cross country on fun rides & horse trials & the like, but not if they are following a drag.
What is the justification for that? Surely the FMD virus is no less likely to be carried on the hooves of horses which are not engaged in drag-hunting?
Is this bone headed prejudice or simple inadvertence being a ghost left over from the old system from before the Hunting Act, when all hunting was banned under the FMD restrictions?
One recalls that in 2001, it took months to get the Government to lift these restrictions the last FMD case was confirmed on 30th Sept 2001, but hunting was only permitted to restart from 16th Dec. 2001.
Beagle
There is no restriction on equestrian events outside the Protection Zone, except for hunting any drag or trail, [and provided no susceptible animals are present]
Can it possibly mean that hunting any drag or trail is only prohibited where horses are present? (Or has a working life spent parsing the Taxes Acts given me an excess of ingenuity?)
I assume that the proviso about no susceptible animals being present applies to the holding of equestrian events & not to operation of the exception relating to hunting any drag or trail!
Curiously, it looks as though posses of riders can go cross country on fun rides & horse trials & the like, but not if they are following a drag.
What is the justification for that? Surely the FMD virus is no less likely to be carried on the hooves of horses which are not engaged in drag-hunting?
Is this bone headed prejudice or simple inadvertence being a ghost left over from the old system from before the Hunting Act, when all hunting was banned under the FMD restrictions?
One recalls that in 2001, it took months to get the Government to lift these restrictions the last FMD case was confirmed on 30th Sept 2001, but hunting was only permitted to restart from 16th Dec. 2001.
Beagle
matty007
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Oh dear...More prejudice for hunting folk!!. Maybe you should ignore it, after all the laws of this land dont apply to you anyway!!!.x
wurzel
Well-Known Member
Well, do you condone prejudice?
I enjoy breaking laws that encourage prejudice.
I was born in the wrong place and time.....I would love sitting next to a "coloured" when not allowed.
I break the laws of this "country" all the time. Its my human right innit?
I enjoy breaking laws that encourage prejudice.
I was born in the wrong place and time.....I would love sitting next to a "coloured" when not allowed.
I break the laws of this "country" all the time. Its my human right innit?
Eagle_day
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" ... Maybe you should ignore it, after all the laws of this land dont apply to you anyway!!!.x"
People in general only obey laws as they see fit, whether that's speed limits or smoking cannabis. 'The Law' is not an absolute.
People in general only obey laws as they see fit, whether that's speed limits or smoking cannabis. 'The Law' is not an absolute.