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Home / Regional / Europe / United Kingdom / Recreation and Sports / Sports / Country Sports / UK Hunting Bill 2001 / News and Media / 2002 / September
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- BBC: Hunt ban left foxes 'unaffected' - Helen Briggs. Research claims the hunting ban during the UK's foot-and-mouth outbreak had little impact on fox numbers. Links to two video reports: IFAW and the opposing view of the Countryside Alliance.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2235775.stm
- BBC: Pro-hunt beacons lit up - Beacons start a week of protests by countryside campaigners.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2262912.stm
- BBC: Public schools join countryside march - Top public schools are allowing their boarders to travel to this weekend's countryside march in London but Prince Harry will not be among them.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2263519.stm
- Guardian: Country alliance lays down gauntlet - Patrick Wintour, chief political correspondent. Views on the upcoming public hearings by participants.
www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,787627,00.html
- Guardian: Hunters get fired up for march on London - Tania Branigan. The international rocket relay fires off the buildup to the March on Sunday.
www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,793639,00.html
- Guardian: Hunting ban did not lead to fox increase - James Meek. Stephen Harris's research for the IFAW and RSPCA claims that foxes regulate their own numbers and therefore hunting is unnecessary. The Countryside Alliance claims the research is flawed.
www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,786096,00.html
- Independent: Fox numbers 'not reduced by hunting' - Steve Connor. Research findings, published in the journal Nature today, are certain to be used in support of those wishing to outlaw fox hunting, who argue that a permanent ban would be unlikely to cause a big increase in fox numbers.
news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=330596
- Independent: Fox numbers unaffected by hunting - Andrew Morgan. Stephen Harris releases a report in Nature this week that fox numbers remained unaffected during the ban on hunting in the foot and mouth crisis. The study was funded by the IFAW and the RSPCA.
www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=329305
- Nature: No fox boom after ban - John Whitfield. Overview of Stephen Harris's research claiming that fox numbers regulate themselves by causes such as starvation, making hunting unnecessary. Opposing views on the research are provided by Jonathan Reynolds. Link to full research article.
www.nature.com/nsu/020902/020902-4.html
- Observer: Fox-hunting celebrities named in militants' hit list - Paul Harris. The Urban Alliance with the support of Class War is circulating a property hit list in an attempt to disrupt the Countryside Alliance March. ALF is also thought to be involved.
www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,784115,00.html
- Sunday Times: Focus: Country strife - Jonathan Lewis. Explains the importance and possible impacts of the countryside march for countryside protestors and the government.
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-415879,00.html
- Sunday Times: Im willing to risk jail for foxhunting - Otis Ferry. The son of rock star Bryan Ferry explains why he believes so passionately in the countryside way of life, including hunting.
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,176-415109,00.html
- Telegraph Outdoors: Liberty and Livelihood Special Guide - Collection of new stories, interviews and commentary about the upcoming March including information and maps for participants.
outdoors.telegraph.co.uk/outdoors/main.jhtml?xml=/outdoors/2002/09/14/marchaz.xml
- Telegraph: 'Something must be done. Rural life is eroding away' - Robert Uhlig, farming correspondent. Marchers will be protesting the deterioration of housing, schools, post offices, shops and public transport as well as the possibility of a ban on hunting.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/17/nhunt117.xml
- Telegraph: Blazing beacons start the protest - Nicola Woolcock. Monday night's beacons, bonfires and rockets from Land's End to Scotland marked the start of a week of activity.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/17/nhunt17.xml
- Telegraph: Hunting ban will not lead to fox boom, says study - Roger Highfield. Prof Harris, chairman, says the Mammal Society has made the first scientific study into the impact of hunting on fox numbers and it shows that hunting plays no role in regulating fox numbers and indeed all forms of fox culling are less important than hitherto believed.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/05/nhunts05.xml
- Telegraph: Saboteurs target hunt supporters' homes - Matt Born. The Urban Alliance published the addresses and telephone numbers on their web site of more than a hundred prominent hunting supporters encouraging protesters to "target" them where they live.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/03/nhunt03.xml
- The Mammal Society: British hunting ban had no effect on fox numbers - Stephen Harris. Research report for The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and The International Fund for Animal Welfare from The Mammal Society (Dr Philip Baker, Professor Stephen Harris and Ms Charlotte Webbon).
www.abdn.ac.uk/mammal/fox_hunting_report.htm
- Times: All those anti-hunt protesters should burger off - Simon Barnes. Why a vegetarian non-hunter finds cruelty distressing but hypocrisy loathsome.
www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-418076,00.html
- Times: Blair goes to the country to woo angry rural voters - Valerie Elliott and Melissa Kite. Mr Blair has agreed that Ewen Cameron, the Governments rural advocate, should join next Sundays countryside march to listen to the wider grievances of country people.
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,170-417041,00.html
- Times: Boarders given nod to join march - Valerie Elliott, countryside editor. Student groups will be joining Sunday's March.
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-418199,00.html
- Times: Country grievances - Leader. Mr Blair should pay close attention that the countryside marchers have rural grievances beyond hunting.
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,542-416991,00.html
- Times: Hunt hotheads plan disruptive action - Valerie Elliott, countryside editor. Civil disobedience by the Real Countryside Alliance is expected to follow any government announcement to ban hunting.
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-417039,00.html
- Times: Hunting does nothing to keep foxes in check, say scientists - Valerie Elliott. New findings challenge some of the main arguments put forward by hunt campaigners, who insist that the sport is an important way of managing the fox population.
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-404488,00.html
- Times: Tribunals may rule on right to hunt - Valerie Elliott, countryside editor. Alun Michael, the Rural Affairs Minister, is considering local tribunals to oversee hunting. Hunts could apply for permission to hunt for the purposes of pest or population control, and possibly social and economic reasons.
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,173-411928,00.html
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