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IF Conservative Parliamentary candidates here in the West Country and elsewhere are so proud of their commitment to repeal the Hunting Act and re-legalise barbarity in the name of entertainment, will they be putting a picture of a disembowelled fox on their election leaflets?

Why stop there? Surely if would-be Conservative MPs are so keen to be associated with blood sports they will have posters of a stag chased to exhaustion by a pack of hounds, its tongue hanging from its mouth as it cowers in terror. Hare coursing will also surely be all the rage with voters so a big photo of a hare being pulled apart by dogs is a must.

The possibilities for our potential law makers to show how keen they are on killing for fun are indeed endless and I can’t think why they are holding back.

So prospective Conservative MPs should not hide what they obviously are so keen on and which so clearly shows how in tune with modern Britain they are. I am sure we will see those Tory blood sports leaflets coming through our letterboxes soon.

Hunters above the law

Hounds of the Cattistock hunt spill across and down the busy coastal road (B3157) just outside of Abbotsbury, Dorset.

 

Glue traps:'not inherently inhumane' says UK government

Countless hundreds of people across the country are today getting the appalling reply below from government in response to a public petition on the Downing St website calling for glue traps to be banned.

 

'The Government has no plans to ban their sale or use because it is our belief that glue traps/sticky boards are not inherently inhumane. The key elements of use are to ensure that periods between inspections are kept to an appropriate minimum and any animals found on the trap are dealt with quickly and humanely.'

 

Mice, rats, and other animals who get stuck on a glue trap suffer horrendous pain, often for days as the trap is not designed to kill them quickly. As trapped animals struggle to free themselves they may pull out their own hair, break bones and chew off their own legs. The glue causes their eyes to become badly irritated and the animals become covered in excrement, as - due to stress and fear - they defecate and urinate uncontrollably.  Animals whose faces become stuck in the glue slowly suffocate and all trapped animals are subject to starvation and dehydration. There is no justification whatsoever for these traps.

 

See pics below, also pic of a sparrow which became stuck to a glue trap and suffered a horrific, lingering death.

 

For the government to say that this is not inherently inhumane is beyond belief and will do further enormous damage to its standing with caring people.

'NOT INHERENTLY INHUMANE'
SAYS DEFRA

Rodeo people and hunters demonstrate their character, or the lack thereof, with their phone messages to SHARK

The Gentle Barn

The Gentle Barn is located in Santa Clarita, California. They're a non-profit animal rescue and they also help "at risk" kids. It's a great place to go on the weekends. All they ask for is a $5 donation per person to help take care of the animals. You can also bring carrots and apples to feed them yourself. You can find out more by going to http://www.gentlebarn.org/

Countryside Alliance thugs sponsoring 'liberty' event

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/22/civil-liberties-human-rights-charter88

 

What the article above does not tell you is that this alliance of Tories and ultra libertarian types (and a few people who should know better but seem to have forgotten their principles) are funded by John Jackson, former Chair of the Countryside Alliance. The thugs of the CA are one of the partner organisations in this trendy love in.

Presumably the organisers think disembowelling animals for fun and digging out pregnant vixen is a 'civil liberty'...not to mention beating up elderly hunt monitors and trying to trash Parliament and MPs offices...

 

One of the leaders of this group is Chami Chakrabarti of 'Liberty'. Ms Chakrabarti has long held links to the bloodsports brigade having previously attended a Board meeting of the Countryside Alliance to tell them how hard done by she thinks they are.

 

Henry Porter is also pro hunting as is The Guardian newspaper which is also sponsoring this event and putting its name to it

'The Convention on Modern Liberty'- a front for the barbarous

Anthony Barnett and Henry Porter in a letter to The Guardian newspaper today refer to their so called 'Convention on Modern Liberty' at the end of this month.

One of the partners in this event are the self styled Countryside Alliance (CA), a bloodsports organisation which seeks to bring about the re-legalisation of the chasing and tearing apart of wild animals with packs of dogs for so called sport. It is also of note that one of the sponsors of the Convention is John Jackson, a former chair of the CA.

In 1991, the British Field Sports Society, the forerunner of the Countryside Alliance, launched their 'Campaign for Hunting'  which lobbied successfully for the introduction of aggravated trespass.The hunting press reported at the time that "encouraging numbers of commentators in the press and on television and radio are adopting a supportive line, and we are seeing signs of a shift in public opinion"

In 1994 the hunting aristocracy were only too pleased when the then Tory Home Secretary Michael Howard introduced the Criminal Justice Act, in part to criminalise the activities of hunt saboteurs.

The hunting fraternity are now determined to bring about a Tory government that will not only re-legalise in perpetuity their vile activities, it will doubtless extend and reinforce the clampdown on those who act to protect hunted animals from their abusers.

The 'Convention on Modern Liberty' is nothing more than a propaganda tool for the barbarous and their apologists.

Appalling cruelty to wolf in Turkey

 

The incredible cruelty to a poor wolf (viewer discretion:contains appalling scenes of animal torture)
Please see the video at link below.
 
http://www.iha.com.tr/haber/video/Guncel/3612-V-O-11/Vahsete-kahkaha

The scene is in the Mus, a city of East Turkey. The people involved have chained a wolf from the leg and making the dogs bite and kill him. It is a long and painful video. The wolf is crying for help from another almost dead one and the people are applauding, enjoying the criminal act. I am not sure what kind of website this is but am trying to find out.
WE SHOULD ACT against this. Let´s just not let this criminal act be forgotten.
 

We should make Turkey aware that this torture will not be left unnoticed!

 

IF YOU ARE IN UK PLEASE WRITE TO THE TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO LONDON AND BRING THIS TO HIS ATTENTION. PLEASE FORWARD THE LINK IN THE MAIL. ASK THAT THIS BARBARITY BE INVESTIGATED AND STRESS WHAT IT DOES TO THE IMAGE AND REPUTATION OF TURKEY ETC.

REMEMBER THAT TURKEY IS LOBBYING STRONGLY TO JOIN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND IS ALWAYS KEEN TO PROMOTE ITSELF AS A TOURIST DESTINATION.

 

THANKS
 

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