A woman has condemned an anti-hunt group which targeted her car.

Alison Crowe, a member of the Countryside Alliance, was outraged to discover a poster attacking the Surrey Burstow Hunt had been stuck on the driver's door of her vehicle after she left it in Eastbourne District General Hospital car park.

Mrs Crowe, who lives in the Eastbourne area, said: "Such a mindless act makes me angry. The sticker was difficult to get off.

"I am a member of the Countryside Alliance and display my badge on the car along with a Fighting for Liberty sticker. I don't hunt but I do support the alliance in its aims of preserving liberty and the maintenance of country life.

"This car park is supposed to be secure assured, according to the hospital, but my car has been vandalised. I should think myself lucky whoever did this did not vandalise it further."

John Williams, of the Surrey Anti-Hunt Campaign, which printed the posters, said: "We distribute the posters all across the South-East and they get everywhere."

"We are concerned with all blood sports in that area.

"I have no knowledge of this incident at all. I think it is pathetic.

"People should be more concerned about animals being ripped to pieces."

Wendy Peckham, spokeswoman for the South-East branch of the Countryside Alliance, condemned the incident as callous victimisation.

She added: "Visiting relatives and friends in hospital is harrowing enough. For people to prey upon vulnerable members of the public is totally unacceptable.

"The group is well known for its targeting of one particular hunt but Eastbourne is out of that area and one wonders about their tactics.

"Legal protest is one thing. This is quite another."