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More Countryside Alliance Hypocrisy

It’s healthcare and housing that rural voters care about, not foxhunting

“We ran the polling … and again fox hunting was not a priority. The issues that really matter in rural areas are access to hospitals and healthcare, local transport and affordable housing. Only 1 in 20 mentioned hunting as a priority.”
Tim Bonner, Countryside Alliance CEO, The Times, November 25, 2019

And yet...

“We are spending more money directly on hunting now than at any other time since the ban.”
Tim Bonner, Countryside Alliance CEO, Horse & Hound, June 27, 2019

TERRIER WORK NEWS

Badger baiters jailed after BBC undercover investigation

Man bought cats on Gumtree as live bait

Men banned from keeping dogs after badger baiting in Nottinghamshire

Patterdale terrier suffered the injuries after being put into a badger sett

Badger baiting dog suffers ‘horrendous injuries’

‘Horrific’ Teeside badger baiting gang banned from North Yorkshire

Clockwise from centre: Andrew Booth, Kirk McGarry, Richard Willey, George Horner and John Horner

Five men jailed over badger baiting in Melton

FROM THE ARCHIVES

James Barrington – Countryside Alliance ‘Animal Welfare Consultant’

Just as predictable as badger baiters claiming they were only ‘hunting rabbits’ are the articles and letters by James Barrington regurgitating his past.

Masters of Foxhounds Association warns of shortage of foxes

The Sunday Mirror has learned that a letter sent by the Masters of Foxhounds Association (MFHA) to 800 hunt masters and chairmen warns of a nationwide “shortage of foxes”