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Rod Liddle. Yes, I know. I bet you're really bloody grateful. The Mail on Sunday did manage to snap
some horse-riders who, it implied, were appalled and disgusted etc. Unfortunately, by bad luck, the
riders constituted one half of my own family. There was Tyler Liddle, pictured on his cute little
pony, Strummer. I think Tyler has yet to make his mind up on the issue of fox hunting. He has yet
to make his mind up on many, many things, being only four years old, although he's already firmly
against PFI.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,802747,00.html
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Sunday Times: RSPCA chief seeks freedom for big cats
Jasper Gerard. The RSPCA's official position, which has merely raised concerns about the treatment
of elephants in zoos, is at odds with Jackie Ballard's aim that all large wild animals be removed
from zoos and returned to their natural environment. "If we are seen as campaigning, we will
get more young people and more money."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-459778,00.html
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Sunday Times: A woman of animal passions
Jasper Gerard interviews Jackie Ballard. The new head of the RSPCA wants it to shed its Morris
Traveller image of old ladies pootling about saving cats, and develop radical chic. That includes
increasing the percentage of money spent on political campaigning against hunting, zoos, animal
testing, live export and the WTO but not against angling, 'pest control' and anything else that
might affect her own lifestyle.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-459425,00.html
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Sunday Times: Irish hunts close ranks on Britain
Scott Millar. David Wilkinson, who represents more than 80 Irish hunt clubs through the Hunting
Association of Ireland, explains that all the prescribed areas are taken up by registered
associations and those hunt clubs are generally fully subscribed, with no room for British hunters.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2091-459682,00.html
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BBC: Pro-hunters warn against ban
As public support for a ban continues to drop, hunting supporters warn the government that
legislation not based on evidence and not seen to be fair or considered to be right would lead to
some very serious unrest.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2382363.stm
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Gay.com: Countryside Alliance Uses Gay Couple In Pro Hunting Ad
It is with the principal of tolerance to minorities in mind that the Alliance said it selected a
picture of "Rob, 40, Mark, 31. Partners", a gay couple, with the headline "Free
Country?"
http://uk.gay.com/news/7243
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Telegraph - Jackie Ballard reveals her animal instincts
Alice Thomson. Interview with the new head of the RSPCA who while admittedly not strong on
spreadsheets makes her claim to be an effective communicator.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/10/26/nrspca26.xml
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Telegraph: Yesterday in Parliament: Peers hot on trail of the rural fox
Michael Kallenbach, parliamentary correspondent. The Lords debated options to control foxes in
gardens and settled that no option was workable and they could only give advice, support and
information.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/10/25/npar25.xml#2
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New York Times: Grumbles Grow Louder in Quiet Rural Britain
Sarah Lyall. Interviews with various countryside residents explaining how government attitudes
towards hunting and farming, the closing of local schools, railroad stations and post offices, and
their perceived bungling of the foot-and-mouth crisis threaten many of the green and pleasant
qualities that define Britain.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/02/international/europe/02ENGL.html
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Guardian: We would support the lawbreakers
John Jackson, chairman of the Countryside Alliance. Why civil disobedience would be justified if
the government were to ban hunting by imposing the Parliament Act.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,817273,00.html
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Telegraph: New RSPCA chief promises to provide a stronger edge
Richard Alleyne. Jackie Ballard promises to use her experience and expertise in political
campaigning, suggesting even more money will be spent on campaigning at a national level and less
on animal care on the ground.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/10/22/nrspca22.xml
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Telegraph: If we can't hunt foxes, why not hunt people?
Adam Nicolson. What it's like to be the quarry of the Coakham Bloodhounds in Sussex.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fopinion%2F2002%2F10%2F22%2Fdo2202.xml
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Telegraph: The RSPCA should be saving animals, not hounding MPs
Alic Thomson. The RSPCA has lost its way. Only half its money is now spent on the 300-strong
inspectorate and on prosecutions. The rest went to political campaigns, a £16 million new
headquarters and bureaucracy.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/10/22/do2201.xml
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Times: Anti-hunt former MP offered RSPCA top job
Valerie Elliott, countryside editor. After being eliminated earlier from the shortlist, Jackie
Ballard has now been offered the job. In December the RSPCA council will discuss a motion of no
confidence in Chairman Dr Richard Ryder and Vice-Chairman David Thomas over the selection process.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-453901,00.html
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Telegraph: Protests as RSPCA names new chief
Thomas Penny. After Jackie Ballard was chosen, one member of the charity's ruling council has
resigned in protest at both the appointment and the chaotic process that preceded it, and others
may follow suit during the week. Reformers within the society are furious that someone with little
financial expertise or experience of running such a large organisation will be charged with pulling
the charity out of its current financial crisis.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/10/21/nrspca21.xml
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Telegraph: RSPCA employees discuss industrial action over cuts
Thomas Penny. An RSPCA Animal Collection Officer: "The RSPCA is a professional organisation
run by amateurs. The more you work for it, the more you feel animal welfare isn't the main
issue."
http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/10/19/nrspca19.xml
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Independent: Nice day for a spot of hunting, Mr President
Simon O'Hagan. The rap artist joined the Master of the South Wold Hunt, a local farmer called James
Barclay, on a hunt. The President's verdict? "It was exciting. At least I saw a fox. I shouted
'tally ho'!"
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=344225
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Times: RSPCA riven by infighting over contest for new leader
Valerie Elliott, countryside editor. It is understood that grassroots members are raising questions
about the direction of the RSPCA and that the inquiries division has received numerous calls from
members threatening to cancel subscriptions.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-450312,00.html
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Telegraph: Hounds are sold as hunt becomes first victim of ban
Auslan Cramb, Scotland correspondent. Sir Rupert Buchanan-Jardine has told the organisers that he
could face prosecution if he continued to give the hunt access to his 20,000-acre estate.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/10/14/nshunt14.xml
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Independent: National Trust accused of pro-hunt bias in bid to woo Prince Charles
Severin Carrell. Charles Nunneley, the trust's outgoing chairman, is backing pro-hunt supporters
for the ruling council which will be voted on at the AGM in Birmingham next month.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=342084
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Scotland on Sunday: Anger as hunt forced to disband
Frank Hurley. The historic Dumfriesshire Hunt in Scotland, which has been in existence for 150
years, has disbanded its pack of 80 dogs, the first victim of the Scottish parliament's legislation
against hunting foxes with dogs.
http://www.scotlandonsunday.com/scotland.cfm?id=1134182002
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Telegraph: Pledge of new vote to reverse ban on hunting
George Jones. At a farmers' market in Bournemouth, Iain Duncan Smith accused Labour of hating the
countryside and giving priority to banning hunting when education, the NHS and crime were in
crisis.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/10/10/nhunt10.xml
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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
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Guardian: Duncan Smith: Tories would reverse hunting ban
"When they say they have not got enough time to sort out the problems of health, education and
crime they say we have enough time to say to the countryside we dislike you so much we want to stop
even your pastimes let alone your businesses."
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/tories2002/story/0,12295,807509,00.html
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The Scotsman: Watson: 'I wish I'd never started hunt ban'
Lord Watson, the Labour MSP responsible for making fox hunting illegal in Scotland, wished he had
"never started the ban" in the first place, it was claimed last night.
http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/paperboy.cfm?id=1117482002
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World Socialist Web Site: Countryside Alliance: Britain's Tory Party rears its ugly head
Harvey Thompson and Chris Marsden. It is widely believed that Blair and those closest to him are in
favour of a form of regulated or licensed hunting and will offer this as a compromise.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/oct2002/tory-o02.shtml
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Christian Science Monitor: Hounding the hunters
Kim Campbell. Presenting the viewpoints on the various sides of the heated debate in England over
whether fox hunting should be banned. USA.
http://www.christiansciencemonitor.com/2002/1003/p11s01-lire.html
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Telegraph: Whitehall hawks patrol no-fly zone
George Trefgarne. Pigeons around Gordon Brown's Treasury building, John Prescott's Cabinet Office
and the Houses of Parliament are now either fleeing the area or being killed and eaten with relish
by five hawks under the control of falconers.
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/10/02/nhawk02.xml
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Guardian: Whitehall hawks patrol pigeon no-fly zone
Colin Blackstock. Chancellor Gordon Brown was now added his Treasury building to the areas being
covered by falconers with hawks to control the pigeons. Nelson, Hardy, Buzz, Red and Harriet were
already being used around Whitehall, including Downing Street and the Houses of Parliament.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,9174,802971,00.html
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Times: Police round up pro-hunt protesters
Russell Jenkins. Five members of the mainstream lobbying group Countryside Action Network were
arrested at dawn on suspicion of conspiracy to commit violent disorder. They were held in cells for
up to eight hours and questioned before before being released without charge after their planned
pro-hunting demonstration outside the Labour Party conference would have taken place. They are
considering pursuing legal action against Lancashire police for wrongful arrest and imprisonment.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,635-432419,00.html
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Independent: Ministers will not let Lords block Bill on fox hunting
Marie Woolf, chief political correspondent. Suggests the Government will quietly push its intention
to use the Parliament Act to ban hunting through the conference as part of a paper from the
official Quality of Life policy commission.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=338337
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