hunting back in the news.
- Thread starter SonnysHumanSlave
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Orangehorse
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Did you hear Radio 4 Today this morning. Out with the Ledbury and Albrighton Woodland.
joy
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Yes and I heard the whiney antis who wouldn't give their surnames and were so proud of how they gave all the information to the police.
I bet if there was a demo against the UK becoming a police state these two would be in the front row without a shred of irony in their actions.
I bet if there was a demo against the UK becoming a police state these two would be in the front row without a shred of irony in their actions.
SonnysHumanSlave
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lol. i didnt hear that - but wish i did.
Shantih
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Us antis won't give our surnames because of repercussions from the more violent members of the hunt. And what's wrong with reporting people breaking the law if that's what they're doing?
combat_claire
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Don't ignore the fact that those who are involved in hunting and aren't ashamed to hide their names and faces have also been subject to long running campaigns of hatred, violence and vandalism from these so called animal lovers.
The problem is that the hundreds of spurious accusations of illegal hunting waste valuable police resources in rural areas. The hunting act has been in place for just over 5 years. In that time there have been 9 prosecutions against hunts in the traditional sense. Of these just 4 were found guilty, and one of these later overturned on appeal. There are roughly 300 packs in the UK, if they go out on average twice a week, that amounts to 3000 post-ban hunting days. 3 convictions equals 0.1% of hunts breaking the law. Which rather suggests that the other 99.9% hunts, many of whom are subject to heavy monitoring are obeying the exemptions as written in law.
The problem is that the hundreds of spurious accusations of illegal hunting waste valuable police resources in rural areas. The hunting act has been in place for just over 5 years. In that time there have been 9 prosecutions against hunts in the traditional sense. Of these just 4 were found guilty, and one of these later overturned on appeal. There are roughly 300 packs in the UK, if they go out on average twice a week, that amounts to 3000 post-ban hunting days. 3 convictions equals 0.1% of hunts breaking the law. Which rather suggests that the other 99.9% hunts, many of whom are subject to heavy monitoring are obeying the exemptions as written in law.