Paul T
Well-Known Member
Earlier I posted an article from the Telegraph which decribed how a terrier that was savaged by the local staghounds and the hunt offered her hush money. The response from pros said it all:
Alan E: "Did she deliberately put the terrier in that position, I wonder? It does seem to suggest she cared nothing for the animal, and says more about her uncaring attitude to the attempt to recompense her for a genuine accident, doesnt it?"
severnmiles: "Awww.
Ah well, at 14 I'm sure it was on its last legs... :shocked: did I say that?"
Sheeps of Doom: "Presumably Pippa was one of those badly trained dogs who went for the hounds first cos her owner had allowed her to be a yappy little brat that attacked other people's dogs... "
Careeg: "Cathrine Hodgeson should be ashamed of herself for allowing her dog to be outside unsupervised in the first place..........."
Hercules: "Dogs being attacked by other dogs is an everyday occurrence and dare I say it, 'nature'."
Sheeps of Doom: "And why should a hunt get bad publicity because there was a bit of a dog fight?...
I think this stupid cow is in denial of the fact her beloved pet laid into two innocent hounds who are now dead because they retaliated - and that is the only damn crime!!!
I hope she realises how stupid she makes herself look!"
From yeserday's Exeter Express & Echo:
"Mrs Hodgson, and her husband Charles, have condemned the actions of the Tiverton Staghounds, which offered £1,000 as compensation for "shock and trauma" - on condition she kept the incident quiet.
The hunt later withdrew the confidentiality demand when she pointed out her duty to inform police.
Mrs Hodgson, who is chairman of the North Devon magistrates bench, had just let Pippa and the couple's other terrier Minnie into the front garden of their house, which opens onto a quite lane, as around 20 staghounds and two mounted hunt staff passed by on morning exercise.
She said: "There was an eruption of barking. I opened the door, grabbed Minnie and threw her inside.
"But Pippa was old and slow and they caught her barely a stride away from me.
"One had its jaws into her back and the other had her throat.
"They literally peeled her apart. I could see her flesh opening up and she was desperately wounded.
"I was beating the hounds while trying to cover Pippa with my body and screaming for Charles. It was so dreadful. Pippa was horribly wounded.
"When we got the hunt's letter offering hush money it made me so angry.""
Wouldn't surprise me if the next response is she's a lying anti.
Alan E: "Did she deliberately put the terrier in that position, I wonder? It does seem to suggest she cared nothing for the animal, and says more about her uncaring attitude to the attempt to recompense her for a genuine accident, doesnt it?"
severnmiles: "Awww.
Ah well, at 14 I'm sure it was on its last legs... :shocked: did I say that?"
Sheeps of Doom: "Presumably Pippa was one of those badly trained dogs who went for the hounds first cos her owner had allowed her to be a yappy little brat that attacked other people's dogs... "
Careeg: "Cathrine Hodgeson should be ashamed of herself for allowing her dog to be outside unsupervised in the first place..........."
Hercules: "Dogs being attacked by other dogs is an everyday occurrence and dare I say it, 'nature'."
Sheeps of Doom: "And why should a hunt get bad publicity because there was a bit of a dog fight?...
I think this stupid cow is in denial of the fact her beloved pet laid into two innocent hounds who are now dead because they retaliated - and that is the only damn crime!!!
I hope she realises how stupid she makes herself look!"
From yeserday's Exeter Express & Echo:
"Mrs Hodgson, and her husband Charles, have condemned the actions of the Tiverton Staghounds, which offered £1,000 as compensation for "shock and trauma" - on condition she kept the incident quiet.
The hunt later withdrew the confidentiality demand when she pointed out her duty to inform police.
Mrs Hodgson, who is chairman of the North Devon magistrates bench, had just let Pippa and the couple's other terrier Minnie into the front garden of their house, which opens onto a quite lane, as around 20 staghounds and two mounted hunt staff passed by on morning exercise.
She said: "There was an eruption of barking. I opened the door, grabbed Minnie and threw her inside.
"But Pippa was old and slow and they caught her barely a stride away from me.
"One had its jaws into her back and the other had her throat.
"They literally peeled her apart. I could see her flesh opening up and she was desperately wounded.
"I was beating the hounds while trying to cover Pippa with my body and screaming for Charles. It was so dreadful. Pippa was horribly wounded.
"When we got the hunt's letter offering hush money it made me so angry.""
Wouldn't surprise me if the next response is she's a lying anti.
