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From: Pete �(���)� on 1 Feb 2007 05:28
http://hsa.enviroweb.org/news/cvh180306.html

Vicious attack by hunt staff and supporters leaves two hunt saboteurs
in hospital
Another HSA video camera bites the dust...
A 999 call had to be made for emergency medical help today after hunt
saboteurs were viciously attacked by both hunt staff and supporters of
the Cotswold Vale Farmers hunt. Two saboteurs were taken to hospital,
one with suspected broken ribs and severe concussion, the other with a
suspected broken cheekbone and concussion. The hunt, which met at
Sandhurst near Gloucester (Gloucestershire) had been been illegally
hunting all day and saboteurs were present to collect evidence and
also to intervene if necessary to prevent a kill. Police are currently
taking statements in order to investigate the assaults.

Dawn Preston, spokesperson for the Hunt Saboteurs Association, stated
"It appears that, as ever, the hunt saboteurs were too successful at
their job and paid for it by being subjected to a severe beating.

"13 saboteurs had been with the hunt all day, and despite the fact
that illegal hunting had been reported to the police in attendance,
they had declined to act to enforce the law. At around 3pm the hunt
was in the area of a wood when hounds where placed inside it and
immediately went into cry signalling they were onto to a fox.
Saboteurs managed to call them out of the wood using horns calls to
prevent the hounds hunting, and it was immediately after that that the
attack occurred.

A video camera being used to record the illegal hunting was stolen in
the attack - an apparent attempt by the hunt to get rid of the
evidence.

She continued "Yet again we have a clear example of the police failing
to act to prevent illegal hunting, but then having to deal with the
aftermath. Why it takes a vicious attack, including aggravated
robbery, and then the involvement of other emergency services before
they take an interest in the issue is beyond me. It is safe to say
that had the police spoken to the hunt so as to ensure that any
hunting taking place was within the law, ie trail hunting, then this
situation would not have occurred. Now many hours of police time and,
hopefully, the involvement of the court system will be required. One
has to question the police approach here, as at the moment the
thinking behind it (if any) lacks foresight and blind acceptance of
the word of the hunts. This weekend marks the end of the season for
many hunts, and we can only hope that the police have a rethink of
their approach before we embark on the next one."

ENDS




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From: Alan Holmes on 2 Feb 2007 07:41

"Pete <(.�.)>" <farmingfacts(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:n5g3s2p0ipttrlofa7l603dr1mi7nuku6u(a)4ax.com...
> http://hsa.enviroweb.org/news/cvh180306.html
>
> Vicious attack by hunt staff and supporters leaves two hunt saboteurs
> in hospital
> Another HSA video camera bites the dust...
> A 999 call had to be made for emergency medical help today after hunt
> saboteurs were viciously attacked by both hunt staff and supporters of
> the Cotswold Vale Farmers hunt. Two saboteurs were taken to hospital,
> one with suspected broken ribs and severe concussion, the other with a
> suspected broken cheekbone and concussion. The hunt, which met at
> Sandhurst near Gloucester (Gloucestershire) had been been illegally
> hunting all day and saboteurs were present to collect evidence and
> also to intervene if necessary to prevent a kill. Police are currently
> taking statements in order to investigate the assaults.
>
> Dawn Preston, spokesperson for the Hunt Saboteurs Association, stated
> "It appears that, as ever, the hunt saboteurs were too successful at
> their job and paid for it by being subjected to a severe beating.
>
> "13 saboteurs had been with the hunt all day, and despite the fact
> that illegal hunting had been reported to the police in attendance,
> they had declined to act to enforce the law. At around 3pm the hunt
> was in the area of a wood when hounds where placed inside it and
> immediately went into cry signalling they were onto to a fox.
> Saboteurs managed to call them out of the wood using horns calls to
> prevent the hounds hunting, and it was immediately after that that the
> attack occurred.
>
> A video camera being used to record the illegal hunting was stolen in
> the attack - an apparent attempt by the hunt to get rid of the
> evidence.
>
> She continued "Yet again we have a clear example of the police failing
> to act to prevent illegal hunting, but then having to deal with the
> aftermath. Why it takes a vicious attack, including aggravated
> robbery, and then the involvement of other emergency services before
> they take an interest in the issue is beyond me. It is safe to say
> that had the police spoken to the hunt so as to ensure that any
> hunting taking place was within the law, ie trail hunting, then this
> situation would not have occurred. Now many hours of police time and,
> hopefully, the involvement of the court system will be required. One
> has to question the police approach here, as at the moment the
> thinking behind it (if any) lacks foresight and blind acceptance of
> the word of the hunts. This weekend marks the end of the season for
> many hunts, and we can only hope that the police have a rethink of
> their approach before we embark on the next one."
>
> ENDS
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Disclaimer
>
> Pete has taken all reasonable care to ensure that pages published by him
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> Other pages which may be linked or which Pete may have published are in
> a personal capacity. Pete takes no responsibility for the consequences
> of error or for any loss or damage suffered by users of any of the
> information
> published on any of these pages, and such information does not form any
> basis of a contract with readers or users of it.
>
> It is in the nature of Usenet & Web sites, that much of the information is
> experimental or constantly changing, that information published may
> be for test purposes only, may be out of date, or may be the personal
> opinion of the author.
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> appropriate
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