ARE HUNTERS TURNING THEIR CHILDREN INTO BLOOD JUNKIES by CIARAN LONG November 10, 2004

 As we come into another Fox and Stag hunting season, I can't help but think back to the last season and wonder if the Board of Education have included Bloodsports in the school curriculum. I have regularly witnessed many children participating in hunts throughout the country, even though it was clearly not a public or a school holiday. Surely it would be more beneficial to a child's intellectual well-being to follow the same educational system that a normal well-adjusted child would follow in order to become a normal upstanding member of society in later life, rather than turning into the violent blood junkies that certain members of society have become

Hunters lies disclosed yet again. 7^th December 2005

Countryside Alliance fails ASA truth test

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled today (December 7) that the Countryside Alliance (CA) made untruthful and unsubstantiated claims in its attempt to promote the alleged benefits of game shooting.

In its recently published glossy brochure, On the Front Foot, the CA falsely claimed that a shooting school in Berkshire had raised £1 million for good causes in 2004.

http://www.animalaid.org.uk/press/0512caasa.htm

Hunts Hounded

Annual hunt meeting draws 500 protestors.
Irish Examiner 27-12-2005 by Ciaran Murphy

THE Association of Hunt Saboteurs and BadgerWatch Ireland yesterday urged the Government to follow Britain's example and introduce legislation to ban all forms of hunting with dogs. annual St Stephen's Day hunt meeting in Tramore, Co Waterford.
Some protest groups have warned that the sabotaging of activities will be stepped up at hunting events during the holiday period.THE Association of Hunt Saboteurs and BadgerWatch Ireland yesterday urged the Government to follow Britain's example and introduce legislation to ban all forms of hunting with dogs.The call came after an anti-bloodsports protest at the annual St Stephen's Day hunt meeting in Tramore, Co Waterford.
Some protest groups have warned that the sabotaging of activities will be stepped up at hunting events during the holiday period.

The street between the Majestic Hotel and Splashworld Leisure Centre was lined with those supporting and opposing the hunt, as hounds, followed by members of the Waterford Foxhounds, left for a day's hunting at midday yesterday.
More than 500 people were present during an official annual protest, which first commenced in 1989. Approximately 30 protestors holding placards blew on whistles as the hunt started to the sound of numerous bugles.
The Hunting Act in Britain allows techniques such as drag hunting to take place, where dogs are set off on the trail of a scent laid approximately 20 minutes in advance by a rider dragging a lure
Criticising the hunt, the national coordinator with BadgerWatch Ireland, Bernie Barrett, said: "We want to highlight the abuse and make people think about what goes on behind the postcard picture setting of fox hunting."
She said foxes were intelligent and sentient creatures who feel pain and fear.
Campaign director with the Association of Hunt Saboteurs, John Tierney, said hunting with hounds was a brutal activity and existed "solely for pleasure and entertainment".


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