No protests at Boxing Day hunt (From The Argus)
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No protests at Boxing Day hunt in Lewes
2:00pm Friday 26th December 2008 in News
A large crowd turned out to see the Boxing Day hunt in Lewes (Photo Liz Finlayson)
Hundreds of supporters turned out to cheer their local hunt at its traditional Boxing Day meet in Lewes.
There were no signs of protesters as the South Downs and Eridge Hunt gathered outside the White Hart Hotel today.
Hunt saboteurs and animal rights activists have tried to disrupt the traditional spectacle in previous years.
Police used town centre cameras to monitor the crowds as they gathered to see the riders and foxhounds depart at 11am.
A Sussex Police spokesman said: “We have not seen any protesters at any of the Sussex hunts in Lewes, Battle or Steyning this year.”
A spokeswoman for the Countryside Alliance who was at the Lewes meet said: ”They realise their protests are pretty futile and they are not going to stop the hunts so they didn't bother to turn up.
“Our main aim now is to repeal the Hunting Act which is not working and to preserve the sense of community surrounding local hunts.
“The turn-out in Lewes was fantastic with between 800 and 1,000 people there to applaud the hunt.”
Comments(9)
Scoomer
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2:49pm Fri 26 Dec 08
william of orange
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3:12pm Fri 26 Dec 08
dolphy
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6:44pm Fri 26 Dec 08
The Garden Slug
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7:55pm Fri 26 Dec 08
Guerrero
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10:33pm Fri 26 Dec 08
I can't believe that vegetarian/vegan restaurants advertise in the argus when people like myself who are trying to get a point across in a reasonable way keep getting deleted/censored.
Fox hunting is as illegal as drink driving and equally as reprehensible.So why does nobody get arrested for it?
I tend to think that if I was in Brighton still I might have been asked nicely to shut up.
freewheelingdom
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2:03am Sat 27 Dec 08
The Garden Slug
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9:52am Sat 27 Dec 08
freewheelingdom wrote:Kentucky fried RAT, more like
Any one for kentucky fried chicken?
william of orange
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9:55am Sat 27 Dec 08
Guerrero wrote:
Maybe Fox could be put on the menu instead of reindeer. I can't believe that vegetarian/vegan restaurants advertise in the argus when people like myself who are trying to get a point across in a reasonable way keep getting deleted/censored. Fox hunting is as illegal as drink driving and equally as reprehensible.So why does nobody get arrested for it? I tend to think that if I was in Brighton still I might have been asked nicely to shut up.
Nobody gets arrested for it because most people (including the police) DON'T CARE!!!! We have better things to worry about...like who has robbed us of our final salary pension, whether we will have a job, how much tax is going to be taken off us etc
The police have better things to do than chase around the countryside!
Lets be honest 99 times out of a 100 they never catch the fox anyway!
Its the killing of the fox that's illegal...not the wearing of a red jacket and the riding of a horse.
This vindictive law introduced to satisfy the far left is more about "upper class bashing" than it is about foxes.
...and as for the fox? Have you ever seen a chicken coop after a fox has been in it? I have. Dead chickens everywhere every single one dead...they kill for fun..and take just one....just like humans!
Osama bin there
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10:33am Sat 27 Dec 08
“Our main aim now is to repeal the Hunting Act which is not working"
In your dreams.
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