A HUNT in Sussex is using stewards to try and stop opponents exposing their activities, telling them it is illegal to stand still on a public footpath.
Hunt stewards
Our photo shows "Hunt Stewards" at the Crawley and Horsham hunt during their meet at Danehill Farm, West
Chiltington on Sat 17th Dec. 05.
This hunt has become so paranoid that large numbers of "stewards" are now following monitors trying to gather
evidence of breaches of the Hunting Act. If anyone steps off a footpath they are forced back on the path. And if
they stop for a few seconds on a footpath to film, they are told they cannot stand still on a footpath and must
keep walking.
The West Sussex Wildlife Protection Group believe the hunt are trying to keep their activities secret in order to
carry on hunting as normal.
Simon Wild, spokesman for the West Sussex Wildlife Protection said: "Our suspicions were aroused with this
hunt in the autumn when they started to bring a Golden Eagle with them. This indicated they were going to try
and hunt as normal by pushing the law further than it would allow."
"Since then our suspicions have been confirmed with the hunt "holding up" small woods and crop fields by
surrounding them with riders, while hounds chase a fox in the middle. We have some evidence of hounds
chasing foxes and believe they have killed on a number of occasions."
"We keep well out of the way of the hunt and are not impeding them in any way, so there can be only one
reason why they do not wish to be open to public scrutiny!"
Chiltington on Sat 17th Dec. 05.
This hunt has become so paranoid that large numbers of "stewards" are now following monitors trying to gather
evidence of breaches of the Hunting Act. If anyone steps off a footpath they are forced back on the path. And if
they stop for a few seconds on a footpath to film, they are told they cannot stand still on a footpath and must
keep walking.
The West Sussex Wildlife Protection Group believe the hunt are trying to keep their activities secret in order to
carry on hunting as normal.
Simon Wild, spokesman for the West Sussex Wildlife Protection said: "Our suspicions were aroused with this
hunt in the autumn when they started to bring a Golden Eagle with them. This indicated they were going to try
and hunt as normal by pushing the law further than it would allow."
"Since then our suspicions have been confirmed with the hunt "holding up" small woods and crop fields by
surrounding them with riders, while hounds chase a fox in the middle. We have some evidence of hounds
chasing foxes and believe they have killed on a number of occasions."
"We keep well out of the way of the hunt and are not impeding them in any way, so there can be only one
reason why they do not wish to be open to public scrutiny!"
Comments
Hide the following comment
Why not...
01.01.2006 10:06
Rufus