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Patrick Wintour, chief political correspondent. Bill Swann, writing to a member of the Commons
rural affairs select committee: "I am firmly of the view that the hunting bill provides the
means to achieve what we have been campaigning for and bring about the end of the sport of
hunting."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/hunt/Story/0,2763,869996,00.html
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Western Mail: Researchers to investigate use of guns on foxes
Carl Yapp. The Middle Way Group is conducting research to determine whether it is worse for a fox
to be hunted down or shot to death. LACS is against hunting, shooting and the research itself.
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0600uk/page.cfm?objectid=12522226&method=full&s....
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Telegraph: New deal increases threat to hunting
Benedict Brogan, political correspondent. Mr Michael accused of reneging on his promise to base the
Bill on evidence rather than politics.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/01/22/nhunt22.xml
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The Field: Shooting Is The New Target If Hunting Goes
Kate Hoey, Labour MP for Vauxhall and a former Minister for Sport. In the proposed legislation, the
"utility" test is recognised only when a species is deemed to be a pest and no account is
taken of the impact hunting has on the management and conservation of natural habitat and wildlife,
but only as a method to reduce population numbers. Game-shooting and coarse fishing would be drawn
in by the same criteria.
http://www.huntfacts.com/Hoey-field-jan2003.htm
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Telegraph: Hunting Bill 'would offer £1m refund'
Andrew Sparrow, political correspondent. Animal rights activists who donated £1 million to the
Labour Party could receive state funding under the Hunting Bill. Rob Marris, a Labour member of the
committee, said it was "odd" but the amendment to remove it was defeated.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/01/29/nhunt29.xml
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Guardian: Bill would ban fox hunting for sport
Patrick Wintour. The standing committee of Commons voted that hunts will only be allowed if they
are needed to control pests. The members disagreed as to the definition of 'pest'.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,876434,00.html
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Telegraph: Hunt Bill's tests 'could ban meat from farms'
Charles Clover and Andrew Sparrow. Dr Douglas Wise, a lecturer from Cambridge University,
criticised the Bill's definition of 'utility' because it excludes economic, environmental, social
or cultural reasons. If applied generally, it would ban farming to produce meat, poultry, fish or
eggs, as well as fishing and shooting. "The Government's presumption that it is wrong to take
the lives of wild animals for recreation or entertainment is inconsistent with its declared
commitment not to interfere with other field sports."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/01/10/nhunt10.xml
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Guardian Politics: Handkerchiefs at dawn
David Cameron MP. Bonding with his beleaguered minority constituents: first hunting with the
Heythrop, then Morris dancing in Bampton. Explains reasons for preserving both, along with thoughts
of reality TV.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/columnist/story/0,9321,870072,00.html
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Independent: Racing: Season starts under cloud of proposed hunting ban
Mick Connaughton. This year could be the last that point-to-pointing takes place in its traditional
format, as it has always relied heavily on voluntary labour from the local fox hunt to man the car
parks, sell racecards and the hundred other tasks required to make a meeting run smoothly. At best
the current bill being debated in Parliament will drastically reduce the number of hunts and
therefore the number of point-to-points.
http://sport.independent.co.uk/general/story.jsp?story=366050
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