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icWales: Farmers hit back over fox population explosion
Sheila Coleman, farming editor. Angry farmers last night hit back at WAACS claims that poor flock management is to blame for lamb deaths rather than the explosion of fox numbers due to the banning of foxhunting because of the foot and mouth crisis.
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/page.cfm?objectid=11510731&method=full

BBC - SSPCA split by foxhunting row
Lady Sara Johnstone resigned as president of the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) over what she called its "increasingly hostile approach" to foxhunting.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1176995.stm

BBC : New challenge to hunt bill
Supporters of the bill to ban foxhunting in Scotland are claiming it faces a new threat which could destroy it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1563921.stm

BBC: Lawyer rejects hunt ban payout
Compensation for people who claim their livelihoods will be ruined by the ban on foxhunting is ruled out by a lawyer for the Scottish Executive.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2094093.stm

BBC - Head to head: Foxhunting
Debate between Tony Banks MP and the Countryside Alliance's Richard Burge.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1122151.stm

BBC - Ban Foxhunting? - Oxford Union says no
A recording of the full debate from the world's most famous debating society, by representatives from the League against Cruel Sports, the Hunt Saboteurs Association, and the Countryside Alliance - the first time the opposing groups sat face to face with each other. Hatty Cadman, Nick Mason, Paul Davis, Robin Page, Mike Woodin, Alison Hawes, John Cooper and Professor Roger Scruton.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/198249.stm

BBC News - Bragg battles for hunting reprieve
Labour peer and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg has launched a campaign to stop MPs from banning foxhunting.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1111923.stm

BBC - Head to head: Foxhunting
Members of the House of Lords are set to have their first vote on the government's controversial Hunting Bill. The options are an outright ban, a system of self-regulation and a strict licensing scheme.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1241409.stm

BBC - Lords foxhunting vote attacked
After peers voted for hunting to continue, the Bill's future is now uncertain as it is highly unlikely there will be enough parliamentary time remaining if the government calls a May election. Audio and video clips.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1243774.stm

BBC: Public to have say on hunting ban
A series of public hearings on the future of foxhunting, likely in September, are announced by Rural Affairs minister Alun Michael.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2044021.stm

BBC: Tories threaten to topple hunt ban
Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith signals he would overturn a ban on foxhunting if he became prime minister.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2223618.stm

National Geographic: Hunting Helps Expand U.K. Wildlands, Study Says
As custodians of over three-quarters of Britain, farmers have a huge impact on the country's biodiversity. An independent study now suggests it's those farmers who support foxhunting and game-bird shooting who do most for wildlife conservation.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/05/0528_030528_foxhunting.html

Scotsman.com News - UK - Boxing Day hunt on its last legs?
Alison Hardie, political correspondent. If the government does push ahead with a ban on fox-hunting, the results of a new poll show ministers may face an uphill struggle to convince voters it is a priority as a poll shows only 2 per cent of people believe that foxhunting should be a government priority.
http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=1412752003

Observer: Hunts open new season with pledge to defy ban
Mark Townsend. More than 60,000 attended protest meetings at a dozen sites through out Britain, with the majority signing a declaration to continue hunting and risk a criminal record if Parliament passes a Bill banning foxhunting.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,6903,1076234,00.html

Guardian - MPs to Vote on Hunt Ban Next Week
Peter Hain, leader of the Commons, announced that MPs will vote on a bill to ban foxhunting next Wednesday, with all stages of the bill to be debated and voted on in a single day.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1300888,00.html

Guardian: MPs warned against 'wrecking' foxhunting bill
Nicholas Watt, political correspondent. Margaret Beckett, the environment secretary, said that defeat for the government's compromise proposals would jeopardise the entire hunting bill. Gerald Kaufman, a veteran Labour MP and opponent of foxhunting, claims it's procedural blackmail to tell MPs that they either have to let the bill through or risk losing a ban, and that he doesn't believe Margaret Beckett wants to do that.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,987844,00.html

Guardian: How to survive in politics without being trying
Jackie Ashley interviews Margaret Beckett, including her views and decisions as to how the government will handle foxhunting. "I am absolutely clear in my own mind that there will be a vote on the motion and that is not the end of the process - I am saying quite clearly and categorically that is not the end, that is the beginning of the process."
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/interviews/story/0,11660,661341,00.html

Guardian: Call to push through hunting ban wins backing
The Labour party conference today backed a call from Labour's national policy commission on rural issues for the government to force through a ban on foxhunting even if the House of Lords rejects it.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labour2002/story/0,12294,803782,00.html

Telegraph: Backbench farce
John Jackson, Countryside Alliance Chairman. Questions the wisdom of a government that shifts the foundation hospitals bill to make time for the foxhunting bill.
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2003/06/27/dt2702.xml

Financial Times: Stalemate on foxhunting must end, says minister
James Blitz, political editor. Interviewed on Sky News's Sunday with Adam Boulton programme, Mr Michael was asked whether, ultimately, the government would invoke the Parliament Act. He said: "What we want to do is have the bill scrutinised and improved, but at the end of the day, if it came to that, we have made it clear, there is a manifesto commitment, that we will enable parliament to reach a conclusion on this.
http://search.ft.com/search/article.html?id=021216000499

Goneaway Tours
Offering foxhunting holidays in the UK and USA, with info on scheduled tours. Photos.
http://www.bcwebdesign.abelgratis.com/hunt

Old Norris' Foxhunting Page
A collection of songs, verse, quotes, photographs, illustrations and links. Especially good maps of hunting territories in the UK.
http://www.btinternet.com/~countryside.webservice/

CNS News: British Lawmakers Push Ahead With Foxhunting Ban
Mike Wendling, London bureau chief. Douglas Batchelor, chief executive of the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS), said a next likely target would be North America's estimated 150 packs of foxhunting dogs. "We would be delighted to take this campaign to other countries."
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=%5CForeignBureaus%5Carchive%5C200307%5CFOR20030701d.html

Bedale Hunt
Includes staff and hound lists, the hunt constitution, club history, foxhunting etiquette and details of their April Point-to-Point. North Yorkshire.
http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/bedalehunt

Bedale Hunt
Foxhunting club offers staff and hound lists, the hunt constitution, club history, foxhunting etiquette and details of their April Point-to-Point.
http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/bedalehunt/

Country Life: Hunting
Ongoing collection of articles and videos about foxhunting from the magazine.
http://www.countrylife.co.uk/home_pursuits_hunting.htm

Economist - The end of foxhunting
Bagehot.
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=82353

Economist: The illiberal in pursuit of the irrelevant
The government has announced a new season for the traditional sport of arguing over a ban on foxhunting.
http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_id=1011229

Economist: Riding for a fall
Foxhunting is already banned in Scotland, but because of a pest control loophole the hunts continue pretty much as before.
http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=1337668

Economist: Riding for a fall
Foxhunting is already banned in Scotland, but because of the pest control loophole the hunts continue pretty much as before.
http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=1337668

Economist: Foxhunting: Blooded
Small issues sometimes have large symbolic power, and the government's weakness shows in its defeat on foxhunting although the issue is still not settled. There is still the House of Lords, the Parliament Act, the courts and the ECHR to get through, and even then the police claim it will be unenforceable.
http://www.economist.com/World/europe/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1897659

Fox Hunting Stories
An overview of foxhunting, particularly in Britain, with answers to the questions why, what, how when and who?
http://www.foxhuntingstories.co.uk/

Foxman on Foxhunting in the UK
FAQ about foxhunting in the UK, including necessity, history, rules, and research.
http://www.foxmanonline.org.uk/

Gillian Harris
Pet, family, horse and sporting portraits in watercolours and oils. Also sculptures in clay. Photographs of work, including a foxhunting montage. West Sussex.
http://www.gillian-harris.co.uk/

Guardian: Fox-lovers should stay in their den
Catherine Bennett. Discusses the whys and wherefores of the support for banning foxhunting.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4336956,00.html

Guardian - Police doubts over licensed foxhunting
Lucy Ward, Rob Evans and David Hencke.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,463124,00.html

The Toll Gate: Fox-Hunting
Background information and historical notes about foxhunting as used in Georgette Heyer's novel The Toll Gate, written in 1953 and set in 1817.
http://www.heyerlist.org/tollgate/foxhunting.html

Hughes, Branston`s Pickles - The Diary of an English Hunting Horse
Foxhunting stories (1995-present) from the point of view of the horse. Includes pictures of the "author" and his friends, including Peter Hughes of Bath, Somerset.
http://www.horses.co.uk/branston/

Hunting Poetry
Selection of poems about the fox and foxhunting by WB Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Adam Lindsay Gordon, Will H Ogilvie, Beatrice Holden, Phil Stevenson, Miss M. Wynter, D.W. Nash, Whyte-Melville and John Masefield.
http://www.huntfacts.com/Poetry.htm

Evening News: Debate on your doorstep
Julie McCaffrey. "Whilst feelings are running high over foxhunting in the countryside, foxes living in Scotland's cities are destroyed without many of us being aware of it."
http://www.leisure.scotsman.com/home/headlines_specific.cfm?articleid=4725

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