AR Activist defects to Countryside Alliance
Sab | 18.02.2009 15:11 | Animal Liberation
James Barrington a director of the League Against Cruel Sports is working with the pro-hunting group the Countryside Alliance as an animal welfare consultant in an effort to have the legislation overturned.
He said:
"My ex-colleagues in the anti hunting movement are increasingly frustrated by the failure of the Act, but it is their law. After literally decades of campaigning, millions of pounds spent and numerous Bills and debates, they got it wrong. They now expect the police and the courts to sort out this mess.
"The Act is sheer nonsense and I cannot understand or accept the proposition that it even addresses the issue of animal welfare. There is only one answer. The Hunting Act must be repealed. Only then can the welfare of wild mammals start to be properly addressed."
Torygraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/4684072/Hunting-lobby-welcome-defector-from-animal-rights-movement.html
"My ex-colleagues in the anti hunting movement are increasingly frustrated by the failure of the Act, but it is their law. After literally decades of campaigning, millions of pounds spent and numerous Bills and debates, they got it wrong. They now expect the police and the courts to sort out this mess.
"The Act is sheer nonsense and I cannot understand or accept the proposition that it even addresses the issue of animal welfare. There is only one answer. The Hunting Act must be repealed. Only then can the welfare of wild mammals start to be properly addressed."
Torygraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/4684072/Hunting-lobby-welcome-defector-from-animal-rights-movement.html
Sab
