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Home / Regional / Europe / United Kingdom / Recreation and Sports / Sports / Country Sports / Protection of Wild Mammals Bill-Scotland / News and Media / 2002 / February
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- BBC: Pro-hunt battle moves to courts - Supporters of hunting with hounds threaten court action as the Scottish Parliament votes for a ban. Video link.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/scotland/newsid_1819000/1819605.stm
- Guardian: Scotland bans fox-hunting - Kirsty Scott. Even its supporters say the bill is a tortuous piece of legislation, riddled with potential loopholes, but the intent is clear: mounted fox-hunting, fox-baiting and hare-coursing will be a criminal offence in Scotland punishable by a £5,000 fine or up to six months in jail. There will be no compensation for those affected by the ban.
www.guardian.co.uk/hunt/Story/0,2763,649809,00.html
- Independent: The mark of a civilised society is its tolerance of unpopular behaviour - Leader. Why it was a mistake for Holyrood, just as it would have been a mistake for Westminster to pass such legislation. Links to three stories.
argument.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/story.jsp?story=119842
- Telegraph: This hunting Bill shows how bad Scotland's Parliament is - Leader. Fearing that the courts would not convict professionally conducted hunts if the charge was causing unnecessary suffering, the opponents of hunting have chosen instead to criminalise certain groups of people. Link to news story.
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/02/14/do1401.xml
- The Courier News: "A black day for Scotland" says Master of Foxhounds - Anger at the Parliament's committee system being ignored, uninformed MSPs and rural jobs eliminated with no compensation.
www.thecourier.co.uk/febcourierrede/NewsStory.cfm?StoryID=21644&Today=140202
- The Courier News: 'No compensation' shock as hunting with dogs is banned - Steve Bargeton, political editor. In a shock decision, MSPs rejected the right of those who will lose their jobs and livelihoods to receive compensation.
www.thecourier.co.uk/febcourierrede/NewsStory.cfm?StoryID=21645&Today=140202
- The Herald: Executive must intervene with compensation - Leader. The real victims are the people who will lose their jobs and property interests without compensation because hunting will become a criminal activity. They are blameless. It is not market forces, but a change in the law that will deprive them of their livelihood.
www.theherald.co.uk/leader/archive/main.html
- The Herald: Fight moves to court as fox hunting is banned - Murray Ritchie and Robbie Dinwoodie. A challenge before the European Court of Human Rights is now inevitable.
www.theherald.co.uk/news/archive/14-2-19102-0-43-26.html
- The Scotsman: A vote for flawed and ambiguous legislation - Leader. The drafting of the bill is so muddled and imprecise that it is by no means clear whether it will do what its supporters say it will do. Links to four additional stories which include roll call votes and a list of the hunts.
www.news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=40&id=173502002
- The Scotsman: Hunting ban will not end problems - Hamish MacDonell. Discusses the problems of enforcement, compensation and the bill as amended, as hunting itself was not made illegal.
thescotsman.co.uk/index.cfm?id=170122002
- Times: A sad, bloody end to a great and colourful institution - Magnus Linklater. Comparison to the former Home Secretary Kenneth Bakers Dangerous Dogs Act to show that bad Bills make rotten law.
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,482-208067,00.html
- Times: An 'utter betrayal' if Blair does not back Bill - Philip Webster, political editor. Tony Banks (MP West Ham) claims that the Governments credibility depends on its banning foxhunting. Links to three other stories.
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-208459,00.html
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