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THE HUNT DON'T JUST WHIP SABS.

check out this clip of a hunt horse being whipped. I understand it was filmed at a meet of the Cheshire Forest FH on 26-11. The redcoat seems to be consenting to the guy on foot, who is presumably a servant/supporter, hitting his horse. I don't know why it ends so abruptly, or why there's no supporting text with the clip, as the whipping is clearly ongoing. I'm trying to find out more. I doubt this film would sustain a prosecution, even if we knew who the people are, but this is still embarassing for them and I'm sure better use could be made of it than just leaving it tucked away on YT where few will ever see it.
I'm putting a news item [report date 1st December] about this on POWA website along with one on the Southdown&Eridge aggro [11th December].
There seems to have been a big upsurge in the amount of sabbing going on this season and I've made Facebook friends with a  lot of sab groups. I'm picking up this kind of stuff from News Feeds from their Facebook pages. Only some of it is coming via HSA.
Alan

Despite a legal threat against him, John Bryant has allowed Digging Out to expose Jim/James Barrington for what he is, see:

http://www.diggingout.org/blog/campaign/james-barrington-animal-welfare-consultant

Please show you support for John and post a positive comment. And ask like-minded friends to do likewise.

Thank you,

Sam
On behalf of the Campaign For the Abolition of Terrier Work
www.diggingout.org

A BRILLIANT LETTER BELOW - NOT TO BE MISSED!!

LETTER FOR PUBLICATION From Alan Kirby M.Sc
Sir,
A menacing gang scours its territory, looking for vulnerable targets to attack. It is heedless of, even rejoices in, the terror of its victims-to-be, careless of the rights and feelings of those whose property it invades and whose lives it disturbs. Its members feel untouchable. They think the law should and almost certainly will not impede their selfish and brutal urges, for experience has taught them they nearly always escape justice. Their numbers and their arrogant and threatening demeanour deter challenge from most normal, decent citizens, for they are likely to abuse and assault any who stand in their way. Even the police are wary of them and hold back. Mob members communicate to ensure their forces attack the chosen target in strength. It is ripped open, left in ruins and trophies are carried grinningly away, amid gleeful cries of triumph and the initiation of their youngsters. They offer the most spurious and mendacious explanations for their gratuitous, heartless and antisocial viciousness. Some in the media swallow these self-serving lies unquestioningly and parrot their defences of the indefensible.  
For myself and fellow monitors, this has, for many years, been our experience of those 'gangs' of bloodsports fanatics called Hunts.
Our Prime Minister has been a member of such a gang and remains a sterling backer of his local 'homies', the Heythrop Foxhounds, a mob [his friend Rebekah Brooks is also a follower] with a proud record of violence and intimidation against monitors almost second to none. He has long promised to repeal the inconvenient Hunting Act for the 'Heythrop Massive' and the rest of his hunting 'bloods' - even though it is so full of loopholes and so rarely enforced that many of them ignore it in spirit and letter with an impunity to which he turns a blind eye.
He, of course, has also delighted in shooting helpless birds and deer for 'sport' and would doubtless love to be able to join his fellow hyper-privileged hooligans in paying thousands to be allowed to blast grouse to bits on the 'Glorious Twelfth', as Tory PMs always used to.
There is indeed a 'sickness' in parts of our society, Mr. Cameron - but it is far from restricted to our sink estates.
I find it very hard to accept hectoring lectures on civilised behaviour, respect for others and the protection of the vulnerable from a creature that endorses and indulges in persecution and slaughter of defenceless animals for fun, connives at the law-breaking of his like-minded friends and seeks to overturn legislation to allow them to more easily terrorise and kill.
Though special and persuasive to me, this is just one of many reasons to doubt David Cameron's capability, suitability, and moral fitness to lead, unite and heal our fracturing nation. He is bereft of any real experience or understanding of how much of society has to live, or genuine empathy with ordinary people. It is a task to which he has already proved spectacularly unsuited so that many sectors have become antagonised or alienated. The morale and stability of our society is being seriously undermined, and eruptions of nihilistic or despairing anarchic lawlessness seem likely to become commonplace. 
The Conservative Party should replace him urgently with somebody who doesn't just spout either phoney moral indignation or feelgood soundbites but actually possesses a personal moral compass, doesn't just pretend to respect modern sensibilities and is not merely, at heart, a self-important, if glib, overgrown public-school bully.
yours faithfully,             Alan Kirby, M.Sc

Sir/Madam,
Our forthcoming campaign to defend our wildlife is more important than ever as Speilman sentences thousands of badgers to death by allowing farmers to take matters into their own hands. I've no doubt her poor rhetoric might convince a few people in the UK that free shooting these animals is the right thing to do, but it will open up a can of worms the like of which no government as ever witnessed before, with regard to animals.
Animal rights and welfare campaigners along with many ordinary animal lovers will bring this rotten government, already on its knees, down. You cannot hide behind lies or deception forever. You would have thought they had learn't this lesson by now after the hacking scandal ? But lies seem to come easy to politicians. The so called science that Spielman talks about is not science at all, but is led by ignorant farmers who seek to make badgers a scapegoat for their own bad husbandry. 
But I predict this government will soon be even more unpopular (if that's possible) as they make badgers suffer for a crime for which these already persecuted animals are not even guilty. A badger has a thick hide and skull and many will simply run off and die of terrible wounds and infection after being shot.
I am so very sad today and cannot sleep because of the suffering about to be unleashed upon defenceless animals in what appears to be mediaeval England.
I now understand that in politics as in life - there are three kinds of people in this world - the good, the bad and the ugly. Unfortunately right now we are seeing the extreme ugliness of a government with no morals. 
Judi Hewitt


I went on line to order what seems an excellent book BUT it costs £50.  Well worth asking your local library to get a copy for you.
Derek

Associate Fellow Publishes Trailblazing Work on Animals and Social Work
2 June 2011 (publication date 24 June 2011)

Dr Thomas Ryan, an Associate Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, is to soon have published a trailblazing work on animals and social work.

In Animals and Social Work: A Moral Introduction, Dr Ryan, a practicing social worker, argues that since the early twentieth century the discipline of social work has demonstrated a thorough going moral indifference to the needs and wellbeing of our fellow animals. His book is focused on the key question – is this indifference morally justifiable?

Dr Ryan argues that this indifference is remarkable given that animals have always been part and parcel of the human world within which social workers practice, and that their invisibility is odder still given our species embeddedness with the natural world. He contends that our biological continuity entails moral continuity.

Ryan presents cogent arguments as to why it is that animals ought to matter morally to social workers, and engages in a sustained critique of the key moral principles that are deemed to underpin practice. He articulates an alternative moral principle that respects individuals irrespective of their species membership, and which informs a revised code of ethics that has profound theoretical and practical implications for social work and its practitioners.

Animals and Social Work: A Moral Introduction is the most recent publication of the Palgrave Macmillan Series on Animal Ethics. The Series is produced in partnership with the Centre and aims to provide a range of key introductory and advanced texts that map out positions on animal issues.

More information about the book can be found here http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=411269,

and the book can be ordered from

http://www.bookdepository.com/Animals-Social-Work-Moral-Introduction-Thomas-Ryan/9780230272507, and http://www.amazon.co.uk/Animals-Social-Work-Introduction Macmillan/dp/0230272509/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307051782&sr=8-1

The author can be contacted at tomahimsa@hotmail.com, and review copies can be requested from reviews@palgrave.com.


Dear Judi,

You may know about this already but in case you don't, here are the details:

Retrospective Planning Application No. W/24449
Applicant: Mr. Dylan Jones
Address:  Beili Bedw Farm, Llanllwni, Pencader, Carmarthen SA39 9DP
Application for the use of an agricultural shed as dog breeding kennels

Council details (for objections):

Mr. Stuart Willis, Planning Services,
Carmarthen Council,
40 Spilman Street,
Carmarthen,      SA31 lLQ.

Although I've written to the above, believe objections can be sent via email.

It seems that this scummy farmer is already breeding puppies and this Application is to increase the numbers.  Stuart Willis was unable or unwilling to give me a deadline for submitting objections.  I'm also not sure if it will even go before their planning committee and may well be rubber stamped by means of Delegated Powers.

I've also written to the Licensing Department: Carmarthenshire County Council, Carmarthen, Wales, SA31 lJP.

They've already granted a license, some time in the past, and Jones clearly wants to increase breeding this poor pathetic creatures.  Dog rescues all along the border counties are awash with animals desperate for homes with many ex-farm collies & sick inbred puppies coming from Wales.  I should be grateful if you would circulate these details; objections to be sent within the next week!

Many thanks,        Wendy (Clark) in South Shropshire


Dear *****,
Thank you very much for your email  27/4 and for your assistance in the whole sorry saga of the ALLEGED "fox" attack claim, made by the Koupparis couple.

So, we now know that Nick Koupparis didn't actually IMPORT any Hybrid Cat himself during 2010 - that's  ALL  we have established.

However, the whole essence of my original email was the question:

WHY ON EARTH WOULD NICK KOUPPARIS FLY OFF TO THE USA DURING TOTAL MAYHEM ???

WHAT CONNECTION DID THE USA HAVE  WITH THE MAULING  and
 
DID THE CULPRIT OF THE MAULING HAVE A CONNECTION WITH THE USA ???

Yet in your email, there is NO mention of the US trip and its PARAMOUNT SIGNIFICANCE, only that Hackney Police didn't mention his "business trip" to the States - well that is no surprise, as it was a well kept secret !!!! Please don't tell me Mr "Cloak and Dagger" himself,  T***** W******s, denied ALL knowledge of it ?!!! Or, that the US trip is unconfirmed - so that will be  the end of that. However, I do understand that 'protocol' does not always allow you to give out  information, and I appreciate that.

At the time, many folk online were asking "Where is the father", why isn't he around ?"  Now, anyone told of his trip all say the same thing: that it SCREAMS LIES about the whole Koupparis account:

" Well, my 2 babies have been rushed to hospital, one has been put on a ventilator (by my wife causing aspiration) and could die within the next couple of hours, there is a panic button being installed in my house, plus a Police guard on my doorstep as well as the world's press, tyres being slashed in my street  - you know what ? I think I will go to the United States; after all, I have business commitments and an aging aunt to visit, y' know, and these are far more important than my 'flesh and blood'. Bye bye" !!!!!!!!!!
 
Or there may be another explanation - that maybe Nick Koupparis suffers with some sort of psychosis and is out of touch with reality; perhaps he copes with problems by running away from them ? I would have thought this kind of illness wouldn't go down to well with his job though - therefore its highly unlikely !!!!

So, (as one of the most logical explanations for his impromptu trip to the US ) Koupparis for all we know, could have taken back half a dozen Hybrids and we would be none the wiser, as there is no paperwork involved, they are just booked in as luggage with "no chance" of any paperwork or description recorded  at the US end either !!!! It appears in the UK paperwork is done with imports; yet the US who receives exports from the UK which in turn are THEIR IMPORTS,  there is NO paperwork !!!!!    Marvelous !!!    Terrific !!!!!    Fantastic !!!
 
I apologize for assuming it was the Fox Project who offered DNA tests; I  can now tell you that it was indeed Riverside Rescue who offered the Koupparis' DNA sampling and I can also quote that they "WERE DENIED ACCESS TO THE SCENE OF THE INCIDENT "  by the Koupparis' AND HACKNEY POLICE ! Oh dear. At the time, it was rife on the internet that they had refused DNA sampling. Now, we were NEVER going to see that in the press, radio or TV, were we ?!!  So your comment about the refusal of 'deterrent procedures' by the Fox Project, quote :

 "........this is very different from turning down the offer of an investigation into the facts..... DNA wasn't refused as such - only help in deterring foxes from the property......" -  can now be totally and utterly disregarded.

THE DUO REFUSED DNA SAMPLING, LOUD AND CLEAR, ***** !!!


Riverside originally asked if they could look for fur/hair at the scene - it is quite obvious that the culprit would have been in the room for quite some time, so the chances of finding hair/saliva would have been highly likely indeed.
You ask where and what DNA testing would be taken from, if the wounds had been wiped ? Well, DNA would have been everywhere; on the childs' skin, deeper inside the wounds where the wipes may not have reached initially, on the flooring, inside the cot, gnaw marks on the cot, the mattresses that the Police had removed, the kids' clothing, bedclothes; a lot of urban foxes have mange so therefore there would have been an infestation of the bedding if a "fox" with mange had been present....... shall I continue with the list ???!!!! Oh, and don't forget, as I mentioned in my original email, the doctor at the Royal London said that "considerable force" was used when inflicting the bite marks, so therefore if a 'fox cub' was involved,  milk teeth would have been lying all over the place.
 
At the time of the incident, a member of A and E staff had come online to say that whenever a child ( or adult for that matter ) came in with an animal bite, it was the routine procedure  NO MATTER WHAT, to take photos and DNA swobs to then determine whether or not a criminal investigation was necessary by Police, and I would have thought  ESPECIALLY so in the Koupparis incident, where the twins' injuries were extensive. So this clearly didn't happen here. WHY ? When the Hospital staff heard it was meant to be a "fox" that caused  the twins' injuries, surely they must have known it was an unique claim, so all the more reason for DNA sampling, surely ? What had the Koupparis' ( or Police )  said that was so convincing that the Hospital neglected normal procedure  ?

You say the Police "did quite a thorough job", in spite of the 'limitations' of the 'investigation' due to it not being 'criminal'. Well surely, as in the cases of  claims of animal bites, this could only be decided once forensics had been taken, like the A and E staff member had mentioned above ??  There were no 'experts' at the scene that's for sure. How could the Police be so sure of everything ?? Wouldn't you admit their 'quick as a flash' assessment and believing the parents so readily, was rather rash, *****? I'm not quite sure what this 'investigation' you talk of entailed. It seems all the gullible Police did was 'drop leaflets' in the area  -  (scaremongering, without evidence !!) -  and pander to the "nice" " respectable" nouveau riche couple...... Oh  dear.

Like I have already mentioned, any sane, normal couple would have jumped at the chance of DNA sampling to prove what they were saying was true; but not the Koupparis Duo. Koupparis himself said that when he first phoned the emergency services, he had to keep repeating himself, as the operator couldn't quite believe what he was hearing, a sure indicator that people were not going to believe the Koupparis version of events.  Then when the backlash against them took off almost immediately, resulting with the police guard on the door, panic buttons installed in their home and car tyres on their street being slashed, simply because people did not  believe their account, YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD JUMP FOR JOY AT THE OFFER OF DNA SAMPLING and be encouraged to do so by Hackney Police, to prove what they were saying was true, get their opponents to 'back off'  and then wear the results like a 'badge of honour'. But they REFUSED RIVERSIDE RESCUE'S VERY FEASIBLE  OFFER..... and WHY ?

                     Because they knew damn well the results would come back ...... NOT FOX !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Why were the Police and Authorities so quick to believe the Koupparis' and then declare war on Wildlife, so damn fast ???
It says a lot that Hackney Police backed up their refusal of DNA sampling; of course R****, the Police had no reason to " doubt their truthfulness " like you say: " Now, we mustn't go upsetting that "nice" "middle class" (nouveau riche ) couple, must we ?? They are SO different to the usual 'scum' we deal with, so whatever they say MUST be 'GOSPEL' ................


 
Here is a FACT R****; if the Koupparis' had been a low income, manual worker, plebeians, the Police and Authorities would have taken a very different stance; a very different stance indeed, and  the Authorities would have insisted on many questions to be answered and tests to be done. ( Certainly, if a neighbour had claimed a 'dog' was present at the scene, like you say ? !!!!  This must have filtered back to the Police and other Authorities, surely ??!! ) As  Hackney Police deal predominately with the "Great Unwashed", when they come across a law abiding (well I don't know if the K's have any form !) "middle class" - whoops! nouveau riche -  family in the man-made, fashionable part of Hackney, go inside their house and see the trappings of a nouveau riche lifestyle, well, an Officer's "head can be turned", y' know !!!!

At the time, the media had this embarrassing habit of continuously writing the value of their property which was totally irrelevant; the point they were trying to make by doing this was to ensure we were all brainwashed into understanding these parents were not council flat 'riff raff', in  which case it would definitely be their fault, and a very different line of  'inquiry'  would have got underway. The general consensus at the time was that the Police had this attitude too, LOUD AND CLEAR.


I see there has never been any explanation from the Police, as to why the Koupparis couple first said that "two foxes were seen running from the house" - which they had declared in an official statement to the RSPCA.  Why not ?
 
So the first Officers on the scene said they "saw a fox numerous times in the garden".  Really ?!!!  A fox, in a garden, on a warm Summer's evening - Oh, come on !!!!!!  Then a blurry photo was taken of a fox cub outside the patio door; what was the point and purpose of this photo ? To show us what a fox looks like, or to prove they are photogenic ? I wonder what age this WPC was who took the snap  -  and then went running to her superiors shouting; " Look Sir, I've got the suspect, I've got the suspect !!" What great detective work !!  Really gives the public great faith in Law Enforcement Officers !! Er, I really don't think we can claim a fox was looking for babies from a photograph, do you ? Lol !!

What that photo CLEARLY INDICATED was that foxes will return to REGULAR FEEDING SPOTS which is EXACTLY what this young fox was merely doing, or picking up the food that the Koupparis' had possibly thrown out to encourage them to the house, no doubt. It was claimed by a neighbour, who had told someone they worked with that the Koupparis' HAD been feeding the foxes in their garden.....but unfortunately this person would not step into the limelight to say it to all. And of course, the Koupparis' would NEVER admit to it. The cub was there for barely a few seconds, I heard. How easy would it be for anyone to creep to a window at night with their camera phone and catch a glimpse of a fox, and just as they were about to click, make a noise, intentionally or non intentionally, and the fox would look up and run !! However, that little cub did have a " C'mon then !!!" look in his eye, so he must be the guilty one !!!!  I  hope the Police got back up, as rumour has it,  the cubs mates were hiding around the corner heavily  armed with chicken drumsticks, lol !!!!!! !! Someone joked at the time that  Hackney Police were like something out of a Pink Panther film, laughingly saying  "Inspector Clouseau rides again !" Many thought it all rather comical.

AND SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN,  IF THE POLICE HAD  NOT  RELEASED  THAT PHOTO WITHOUT ANY FOUNDATION OR EVIDENCE, AS UP UNTIL THEN, IT HAD BEEN AN 'APPARENT' OR 'ALLEGED' FOX ATTACK AND HACKNEY POLICE, WITHOUT QUESTION, WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN KICK STARTING ONE OF THE MOST VICIOUS  MEDIA CAMPAIGNS AGAINST OUR WILDLIFE  EVER SEEN IN MODERN TIMES.   FACT.

Then an officer claimed the "fox" was "scratching at the door" - what to come back and finish eating the babies, lol !!! If a "fox" had entered the house and witnessed all that commotion, he would have run to the Borough of Camden, never mind Hackney, at that stage. For a "fox" to come "scratching at the door", the chances are the fox would have contracted  rabies !!!  And as there are no known cases in the UK, this is highly unlikely !! The Officer in question may have come from a 'Country Alliance' background ( I'm keeping an open mind ! ) therefore would dramatize the situation, or quite simply, been "in league with the devil". I'm still waiting for a hedgehog, squirrel or a pigeon to come scratching at my back door, but I shall not be holding my breath !! Lol !!!!

However, a renowned Wildlife rehabilitater, Laura Nirenberg, said in her own words; "IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TEACH YOUNG FOX CUBS NOT TO TRUST HUMANS, BECAUSE THEY "IMPRINT" VERY QUICKLY................So, if the Koupparis' HAD been feeding the foxes as claimed, then the ONLY reason a little cub MIGHT have scratched at the door, having turned up for the very first time that night, would in all innocence be to get his food.......and for his trust, naivety and innocence, the little fella had to pay with his life. Just like the other foxes trapped in the Koupparis garden, after the incident.
 
Then there was the garbage that the "fox sat like a family pet at the top of the stairs" and wouldn't budge.That is of course after the "fox" fixed Ma Koupparis with a " steely gaze" in the kids 'bedroom' ( and wouldn't budge from there either ! ) - Yeah, right !!
WHY does the fox adopt this 'patent pending' exclusive behaviour, ONLY ever seen around the Koupparis household ?? I've spoken to many, many people who are in contact with foxes and they have NEVER experienced behaviour like this ?? Weird.  It's akin to saying a cat was rolling on his back and washing himself when two German Shepherds were going for him !!!! Also, surely the smell of cooked meat in the kitchen would be much more appetizing to a fox than gallivanting up a load of stairs looking for babies !!!!  In the real world - as opposed to the Koupparis' make believe one - a fox would have just grabbed the food and run. Their version just doesn't make any sense. There is something else the Koupparis' forgot to 'add' in when they were concocting their 'tale'; when a fox is terrified, which he clearly would have been with the fiasco going on around him, they will loosen their anal glands, and  a strong odour will be let off - but there was NEVER any mention of this odour by the Koupparis'.
AS far as I'm concerned, they really should have 'searched the net' on fox behaviour before pulling a fast one on the public, not to mention hapless Hackney Police.
Apparently the ambulance arrived on the scene very promptly, within around 4 minutes and in that very short time, Koupparis managed to take pictures of his injured babies (sick)  but not of the "fox" sitting all relaxed like a" family pet at the top of the stairs"  -  funny that....................

 

Here is another example of how the Duo made fools out of the Authorities. Ma Koupparis told BBC Radio that she had already complained about the "foxes" to Hackney Council, where she claimed that previously her eldest child had been bitten by a "fox". It was indeed VERY STRANGE that she would say this, and protest that the 'foxes' were a 'nuisance', but NEVER take any preventative measures to ensure they kept their distance ??? The Council said this 'complaint' about the 'bite' would have definitely been logged; yet when they delved into the archives to comment, they could not find any record of it, not one single recording anywhere. Of course Ma Koupparis was  all - a - fluster, and I presume blurted out any old nonsense at the time; well, she would  wouldn't  she ? Hubby had run off to the US and left her "all alone and vulnerable". On realizing her faux pas, the woman never mentioned it again. Once more, something else that should have set off alarm bells and, off course, was never mentioned in the media.

Well, like you say, not only did Leopard Films, the company Nick Koupparis works for, line their own pockets with  'that  documentary'   - it seems  the  'wannabe'  Koupparis' themselves were getting closer to being "middle class " with all the proceeds from the publicity machine they so willingly created. They gladly obliged, possibly getting money from papers they knew full well were paying them for pro - hunt propaganda purposes.  Here's  Nick Koupparis ' hamming ' it up for the media by doing what he does best ? and keeping that money rolling in.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/06/13/fox-left-my-baby-girl-struggling-to-breathe-says-dad-115875-22329084/

It can be confirmed 100% that the reason the baby was " left struggling to breath " and put on a ventilator, was due to the mother giving milk in the back of the ambulance which  the child  inhaled into her lung, causing ASPIRATION which can kill. The mother said so herself on the Vanessa Feltz radio show ! But, Oh! I forgot !!! -  Koupparis would n't have known she revealed this on air would he, as he ran off to the USA  when she was doing her 'rounds' with the media !!! So how can anyone trust a word that comes out of Koupparis' mouth ??


It was rather hilarious the way the media claimed that the Urban Fox had now become so terribly bold, and were almost practically tame !! Yet in Russia, a prominent scientist  Dmitri Belyaev  began a breeding project to domesticate/tame the Silver Fox,which is exactly the same species and family (Vulpes vulpes) as our Red Fox, and yet it took these EXPERTS ALMOST FIFTY YEARS to create a generation of bold/tame foxes !!! Yet scientifically illiterate idiots, like the Daily Mail and it's trashy little sister, the Sun, reckon the Urban  Fox will be tame within 24 hours by feeding them an old McDonald's, lol !! The British  Fox's behaviour is no different to what it was, say thirty years ago for example, the only difference being people are a lot less tolerant. God help those folk, like Ma Koupparis, if they lived in a country where there were gigantic spiders, snakes, wild boar, bears......THESE PEOPLE ARE TRULY PATHETIC.

Just before that 'documentary', the TV/radio show host  ******** and her boyfriend, visited the Koupparis'  home to coach them and give advice on how to come across in their  BBC  'interview'. How very cosy!! And wouldn't it have been a much more sensible choice to have had the ULTIMATE PROOF by DNA testing the cot etc..., if they were telling the truth, which they refused, rather than to go through a big 'song and dance' routine to make that 'documentary', where they could say anything they wanted, as it was made by the company Koupparis works for, who also happen to be their friends ? !!! How very cosy yet again!! Also, it was then that the 'baby monitor' came into existence; up until that point, during the whole of June, there had been no mention of one. It was obviously introduced to make the Koupparis family' appear more responsible and that they had not been neglecting their children. If they had had a baby monitor switched on, then I'm sure they would have heard their kids' first screams and been up there before any real damage was done. You could bet they were having a fine old time, wine flowing, music on - although as a rule, the nouveaus don't tend to drink much at their own shindigs, as it makes the face red and the accent slip - telly blaring, shouting, laughing, so much noise that they didn't see or hear a thing, until it was too late. Rumour has it that the Koupparis' were not liked by the neighbours because of all the 'noise' they made. AS IF a "fox" would go anywhere near a house like that, not to mention an alleged " small, gingery coloured dog" roaming around.

Which brings me to say that the fact that the neighbours "did not express any concerns" means nothing at all. Don't forget, nobody from the Hospital ever came forward to say the real reason why the baby was put on a ventilator ( or the Royal London doc and his 'most severiest animal bite' he ever did see -  did he ever explain how a 'fox cub' had more powerful jaws than an adult pitbull ? No, I didn't think so !!) nor did anyone from the Airlines come forward to say Koupparis ran like a madmen to the US within hours of  the incident, did they ??
The Fox Project also claimed that a woman rang them to say she had been a guest at the BBQ/shindig, and that a 'dog' had mauled the twins' - but she refrained from giving her name; also there was the neighbour that told R** a "small, gingery dog" was present at the BBQ - I wonder why these people did not go to the news agencies and make these claims known to all  ??? That's why the authenticity of these claims are questionable.( Also, from a distance a Hybrid Cat, being larger than a domestic cat, could resemble a 'dog'. ?? However, I would never rule out the strong possibility that a DOG could also have been the culprit.)

Please do no not be too hasty and disregard the Hybrid Cat as possibly being the REAL mauler of the Hackney twins, *****. Like I mentioned before, when entering the UK, they are very often documented as DOMESTIC, so will arrive on these shores as a DOMESTIC PUSSY CAT, with not a single trace of their Wildcat ancestry. So to say that only 2 Supercats were imported into the UK in 2010, doesn't really mean much, *****. One of the Koupparis cronies might have imported one and given the Cat to him and was no longer around, although I appreciate this would be most difficult to prove. Also to run to the States at the 'drop of a hat' is not so easy, you need to get a Visa and this takes a bit of time; Koupparis would have had an extended one because of his job.
There is undoubtedly an interest in the EXOTIC FELINE at Leopard Films; they have a sponsorship programme for the Amur Leopard. As I mentioned, online many were saying that the babies' injuries were consistent with an attack by a cat like animal; some thought maybe he had brought a Leopard cub to the house, where the cub was to be used for promotional purposes with  Leopard Films.

Off course, there was the other fake story about a 'fox' attacking a baby in Dartford in 2002.  A man's much loved and cherished German Shepherd had bitten a neighbour's child; he was told that if it happened again, the dog would be put down. It did happen again, this time it was worse, and of course in order to save his beloved dog, the 'fox' once again took the blame. This was proved, lock, stock and barrel. When the truth came out in the neighbourhood, this man had to leave the area very promptly. Of course, the truth was never released by the media. During the Koupparis circus, a repugnant little man by the name of Lindsay-Smith was doing the rounds in the Tory press, who hilariously described himself as a Wildlife Management Consultant; in reality he was nothing more than a half- wit, ex criminal, with a fetish for guns. In 2006, the press claimed that long before he took up his revolting job he had been charged with possessing firearms and attacking a teenager with a gun. Yet referring to the Dartford incident, this person, who even a BBC reporter described as 'vile', told how the 'fox' held the baby's head in its mouth and how he was the one who 'exterminated' this 'fox' -  saying these things as though they were facts!!!!! And the Tory press, lapping up the lies !!!!........... Oh dear.  What can you say ??

As for the Koupparis' Lawyers 'smelling a rat', as far as myself and most of the cerebral population are concerned, the Koupparis' account is nothing more than a lie and a sham and I will never believe otherwise. I will NEVER keep quiet or apologize for being on the side of logic and common sense based on NON EVIDENCE of what appears to be a TOTALLY OUTLANDISH STORY. And if justice won't be brought to this couple, then let's hope KARMA will, and the Duo will get their 'just desserts' in life.
        

In 1999, TIME, perhaps the world's most respected and influential magazine,  named the legendary Philosopher ( and much more !) MAHATMA GHANDI, as the SECOND MOST IMPORTANT PERSON OF THE 20TH CENTURY.

Here is a quote from GHANDI :


"THE GREATNESS OF A NATION AND IT'S MORAL PROGRESS  CAN BE JUDGED BY THE WAY ITS ANIMALS ARE TREATED."


It appears then *****, that this nation has a very long way to go............. a very long way indeed.


Kind Regards
Richard.

WAAC says - It is certainly the case that it was never proved that a fox bit those children - yet the resident fox family werre executed, based on what most of us now believe was a tissue of lies.
Judi

Hi Judi !
 
Just thought you might like to add in some info on your website about the Daily Mail, to make people aware EXACTLY what kind of a paper this is.
 
The founder of the Mail, Lord Northcliffe, claimed that his "winning formula" was to give Daily Mail readers quote; " A daily dose of Hate. "
 
In 2003, the editor of the Mail , Paul Dacre, was hauled in front of the Commons Select Committee, accused of preaching "hate" in his newspaper, and was grilled over this. So this "winning formula" of 'hatred', has been pumping in their veins since its birth.
http://upagainstmail.com/mailinthedock.htm
 
Propaganda and spin, lies and defamation is what this paper revels in; it has long been the BIGGEST media irritant and the MOST complained about paper in the country. It might be interesting to say that the Foxes are not the only ones subjected to lies and propaganda, as the Mail has long had a reputation of having a deliberate policy aimed at encouraging discrimination against immigrants;
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/mar/15/dailymail.pressandpublishing
 
Also for abuse and defamation of benefit claimants;
 http://disabilitymessageboard.blogspot.com/2011/03/protest-outside-daily-mail-stop.html
Here, they actually arranged for a demo outside the Mail Offices in London, back in April, to tell the faceless hacks to stop telling 'lies' about them;
 
For telling lies about Owen Barder director of AIDINFO and former Director of International Finance and Development UK ;
http://neilharding.blogspot.com/2007/05/owen-barder-victim-of-vicious-daily.html
 
And ' a racist, smear campaign'  against the Tamils, who successfully won damages for Libel from the Mail;
http://www.tamilsolidarity.org/?p=1152
 
All this really should be drawn to the public attention, so people know exactly what this rag 'revels' in.
 
Obviously, they are now using their own special brand of venom, this time aimed at the Foxes, who can't take them to court -
BUT WE CAN FIGHT BACK, BY EXPOSING THEM FOR THE NASTY LITTLE RAG THEY ARE !!!!
 
Kind Regards
Richard.

We couldn't agree more Richard - a more vile rag would be hard to find!
Judi

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EVIL CLARKSON KILLED FOX FOR FUN AND JOKED ABOUT IT!

that b**** is pure evil!!!
Comments re Jeremy Clarkson on Badgers
And lastly - from a press cutting sent to us -  another motormouth in action.  In a strangely skewed rant in his Sun column Jeremy Clarkson starts, "I love the TV show Countryfile. And I especially like its tame farmer, Adam Hanson. But over the years I've watched with clenched fists as his cattle are tested for TB and he never says what's causing it. I know it's been transmitted by badgers." He goes on to say that Adam Hanson also knows this but won't say so because he has been threatened by extremists. And rounds off the rant by describing the badger as a 'smelly, diseased black and white rat'. As the person sending us the cutting commented - "terrier men don't need this type of encouragement, and hopefully Clarkson will be taken to task over his irresponsible remarks".
WAAC says - Clarkson is pure evil - to take delight from taking the life of an innocent animal is wicked beyond belief. 
I remember watching with disgust a celebrity chat/game show when I heard him comment that he drove his car at a fox during a rally in the forest, then went on to say he could have avoided it but wanted to run it over, so he did, leaving it to die.  You don't get more evil than that!!
Judi

Hi Joey,
Nice to hear from you - hope your new album is going great!
Things are not too good here with this awful government of ours - they have scrapped every animal law we had leaving nothing in the way of protection for wildlife. They are however struggling to overturn the ban on fox hunting because we are constantly fighting every attempt and every dirty trick by them. We cannot rest for a minute incase they try to sneak in and legalise killing with dogs.
They have even decided to allow circuses to carry on abusing wild animals, even after Animal Aid shot secret footage of Ann the elephant being kicked and beaten inside a a tin shed (though thankfully rescued now and living a nicer life at a safari park).
I was very upset to read about a cat skinned alive by two men in the Dominican Republic - I mean how sick and twisted are these bastards? The poor cat, I can only wish this beautiful animal every blessing in my soul.
Well, Joey, keep doing what you are doing and please give your family my love and respect.
Judixx 

Hi, dear Judy.
i am so sorry to hear about the indifference of your goverment regarding the animal issues. So sad all of this situation.
The men are became prisioners of their own stupidity. Not different over here anyway. Bad people are bad people no matter where they live...but fortunately we have good ones too, in everywhere fighting with they lives for the poor animals and any other good cause. That's why we never lost our faith in the right things.
Thanks for your wishes regarding my new album. I'm working hard everyday in my studio to finish all the steps so fast as I can. In fact, i am now mixing the whole stuff.
Back to the bastards...we have lots of them here too...in BELO HORIZONTE/MINAS GERAIS - BRAZIL a horrible thing happend to a poor innocent dog that made me cry. I am really loving more the animals and less the humans nowadays. This kind of thing makes to have shame of my place sometimes. But I think is a kind of global disease at the end. A raped dog by a couple of monsters was fortunately saved for good people and survived...
Unfortunately I have not found the article in english but the image talks for itself.  I really hate this kind of human-animal with all my soul, Judi...they deserve the hell for that and I really wish that for them.
Stay safe my dear friend. All the best for you and Bob. Keep fighting for the right thing, cause you are one of the good ones.
Your friend and brother,
/Joey.



Looking at the threads from these (in my view) phychotic thugs (see comments below), makes me feel like I'm watching a holocaust but can do nothing to stop it! These horrific sub-human people don't just torture animals to death, they destroy the lives of good people too - people like me, who cannot bare deliberate animal cruelty. The sad thing is, they don't believe that animals, let alone nursing vixens, have any feelings. They just view animals as fodder to feed their sick cravings, to kill.
Judi 

 FOX KILLERS COMMENTS IN THE STALKING DIRECTORY...
  1. cubs about
Checked an earth this afternoon with a terrier on a lead , just a small 3 hole place , got a good mark so we netted up and popped the bitch in . 5 minutes later out come a vixen , quickly dispatched , she looked drawn so we sat back and waited watching the locator box the bitch stopped about 4 times before coming out with a small cub maybe 4 days old . Next earth , 7 holes, good mark so net up . the bitch is soon baying at the 1.8 mtr mark , by the time we got down to her she had killed another nursing vixen so we left her to work the earth through before back filling and moving on , so look out boys another 3-4 weeks and theyll be showing up
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    Found earth last week cubs already on top!
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    5. we dug two sets of litters last weekend 1st litter about a week old 7 in the litter plus the vixen secound litter were about 3 days old and a litter of 4 plus vixen the keeper was chuffed to bits . but on a bit of waste land where i live the neighbours cat vanished so i said i would take a look and low and behold two litters are born there one being very well used and sure its cubs darting about i hear them all the time when i am in the garden but being only in my new place 4 mths got to play it by ear as one of my neighbours is very very anti infact a active animal rights twat who has felt my silver tongue and now knows where she stands i often leave my truck unwashed after a weeks foxing just for her benifit i have prewarnd her any damage she will answer for it .
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    • See what some members of a stalking group think about animal rights... 
    IF IT BLEEDS, WE CAN KILL IT, SAY ANIMAL KILLERS!!!
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    rockingod
    02-07-2010, 15:37
    The people fighting for the lives of urban foxes and who place the animal's life above that of a human child :roll::roll::roll:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1291353/The-animal-rights-fanatics-benefits-left-fox-attack-family-needing-police-protection.html

    And of course we are the ones who are paying their benefits ! :mad::mad::mad:

    They live and walk amongst us !

    Rockin
    Iwrch
    02-07-2010, 16:07
    They live and walk amongst us !

    Shouldn't that be 'scrounge and waddle', Rocyn? More lard on them than a pig on peanuts.
    finnbear270
    02-07-2010, 16:09
    Now then! Iwrch, you can get into to trouble for being fattist you know!:D
    2434me
    02-07-2010, 16:24
    Those three chunkies didnt get that fat on veg alone !!!!!:cuckoo:
    Iwrch
    02-07-2010, 16:26
    Now then! Iwrch, you can get into to trouble for being fattist you know!:D

    Only if they can catch me!

    Run Porky, run!
    finnbear270
    02-07-2010, 16:29
    Wonder if they are aware of the methods employed to glean the fats that they are obviously consuming!
    Iwrch
    02-07-2010, 16:36
    That would be lost on them, finn. Glean, sounds like clean. Wouldn't mean a thing to them.
    Mr Free Market
    02-07-2010, 17:32
    When the hunting ban came in a lot of farmers down in these yerrr parrrts wanted fox populations that they previously had tolerated, shot. It was quite a busy time.
    I used to run a blog which a few people used to read & ran a series of articles (complete with pictures) of the reality in the countryside of this legislation. Now some might feel, possibly with good reason that publishing pictures of the terminal effect of high velocity ammunition on Charlie as provocative. But that was the reality of life (or not) out in the fields.
    I quite enjoyed the death threats that arrived on a daily basis. Those that left an email address that worked would get a polite invite with an OS sheet number & grid reference & the offer of a meet “out in the Vale”. For some reason no one ever accepted my offer or even replied. I can’t for the life of me think why
    finnbear270
    02-07-2010, 17:43
    When the hunting ban came in a lot of farmers down in these yerrr parrrts wanted fox populations that they previously had tolerated, shot. It was quite a busy time.
    I used to run a blog which a few people used to read & ran a series of articles (complete with pictures) of the reality in the countryside of this legislation. Now some might feel, possibly with good reason that publishing pictures of the terminal effect of high velocity ammunition on Charlie as provocative. But that was the reality of life (or not) out in the fields.
    I quite enjoyed the death threats that arrived on a daily basis. Those that left an email address that worked would get a polite invite with an OS sheet number & grid reference & the offer of a meet “out in the Vale”. For some reason no one ever accepted my offer or even replied. I can’t for the life of me think why This may have some thing to do with the fact that pots of paint & diggi'n your granny up, really don't stack up to a face to face!......... my .223 & (other rifles on reactive zeroing) have had some serious barrel wear over the last few years!:cool:, I think I have at least one comparison piccy of "Little" (.223) & "LARGE" (7mm WSM) terminal effecto's posted!:cool:
    merlin
    02-07-2010, 18:04
    It does make you realise that some people really are wired up differently aren't they??:shock:
    calmac
    02-07-2010, 18:08
    ha ha ha your rite their, even has the front to carry 1 1/2 ltr bottle of diet coke
    Those three chunkies didnt get that fat on veg alone !!!!!:cuckoo:
    lwcdart
    02-07-2010, 19:03
    Guys

    Its Friday night & I have had a few beers with the BBQ on, I have to say that having had a gander at the article that the offending females are a real bunch of grim old birds anyway, they probably just have bog all to do all day other than tap out som vile crap to some poor members of the public that have suffered the truma of having charlie attack their kids in their own home.

    It is quite apparant that their time would have been better spent at Fat Busters-for those that have landed on their heads-having fallen from the ugly tree!

    Sorry for the rant, I will get off my soap box now & have another beer before Arnie comes on at 9pm on Film 4, (if it bleeds we can kill it)!

    Regs Lee
    ScottC
    02-07-2010, 19:14
    It's not a surprise they are on benifits and over weight. Sitting around all day watching TV eating processed food thinking of something to do. They should have their benifits stopped and be forced into work, a chicken procesing plant would be a good start!!!
    finnbear270
    02-07-2010, 19:54
    ScottC for prez!!!!:cool:
    Jagare
    02-07-2010, 21:40
    That fat tatooed thing has 4 children:shock:. I don't know if her husband needs a slap for stupidity or a medal for bravery.
    What a group of lard arsed rubbish. I wouldn't mind setting the dog loose on that lot.
    Monkey Spanker
    02-07-2010, 23:48
    The people fighting for the lives of urban foxes and who place the animal's life above that of a human child :roll::roll::roll:



    Rockin

    These people are not animal lovers!

    They are people haters!
    Fat, lard arsed lezzers with nothing better to do with there lives than poke their pierced noses into matters they have no concept or understanding of!! I could honestly kick their fat arses until the leather fell off my stalking boots and still kick some more!!:twisted:
    Benefits indeed! Don't get me started on that one!
    If you can be active enough to be an animal rights activist, you can be active enough to get a bloody job!!
    ****ing fat ****s!!
    paul at barony
    03-07-2010, 00:15
    say what you think MS, don't be shy..... ;)

    Those twisted tubbied really are just the smeg on the bell end on humanity. Hope the new government has a managemet plan for such unproductive antisocial vermin. If MS went into politics I know where my vote would go!
    finnbear270
    03-07-2010, 05:39
    That fat tatooed thing has 4 children:shock:. I don't know if her husband needs a slap for stupidity or a medal for bravery.
    What a group of lard arsed rubbish. I wouldn't mind setting the dog loose on that lot. He's more likely to be in need of an in depth opthalmic examination!:lol:
    greville1689
    03-07-2010, 08:24
    That fat tatooed thing has 4 children:shock:. I don't know if her husband needs a slap for stupidity or a medal for bravery.
    What a group of lard arsed rubbish. I wouldn't mind setting the dog loose on that lot.

    What fat horrors whose carbon footprint will be enormous. I think it was Belloc who wrote

    "See the mothers in the park
    Ugly creatures chiefly.
    Someone must have loved them once
    But in the dark and briefly"
    paul k
    03-07-2010, 08:38
    If you want see how their minds work have a look at this

    http://www.walesagainstanimalcruelty.org.uk/

    seriously it would be funny if it wasn't for the damage that this sort of rubbish can do - I can't understand why deer stalkers aren't mentioned though.
    Schwarzwild
    03-07-2010, 08:48
    These animal activist people beggar belief!!
    Iwrch
    03-07-2010, 09:20
    That fat tatooed thing has 4 children. I don't know if her husband needs a slap for stupidity or a medal for bravery.

    He's just been taken on by BP.

    It appears they are desperate to find anyone who is capable of plugging difficult to find holes.
    2434me
    03-07-2010, 09:26
    :rofl:
    liongeorge
    03-07-2010, 09:57
    These types make me sad and frustrated, our society breeds these ignorant lazy people. The majority of people are completely out of touch with where thier food comes from and mans relationship with wildlife through the ages.
    education is the only long term solution and I make sure that my kids friends all know that as a family we take part in various field sports and eat what we shoot/catch. Very few of these kids parents have any connection with the countryside even though they live in a village. So far I have had a 100% possitive response (normally after feeding them venison burgers or fillet!) and now half the parents are after my sausages .
    I hope (know) that these kids in the future will have a more balanced view of our relationship with animals than most.
    I know he's not everybodies favourite but Hugh Fernley whatknot has done alot to help, the amount of city people we meet who want rabbit pigeon even squirrel! is amazing.
    callie
    03-07-2010, 14:08
    just looked at WACCS site, can't understand how they don't like us, we DO love foxes, love to shoot them!!!
    Dan Gliballs
    03-07-2010, 14:27
    They arent "animal lovers" at all, they are 3 pie munchers trying to make a name for themselves, its easier for them to gob off from the comfort of their well worn armchair than actually go out and get a job.

    These are the scum of society of which we could do without, they go against the grain of life and just try to make a **** storm out of nothing.

    I wouldnt mind getting a hold of their addresses, I would like to pin fox tails to their doors every day of the week.
    devilishdave
    03-07-2010, 16:31
    and now half the parents are after my sausage.

    I couldn't let that line pass by unsaluted!!

    Dave
    ezzy6.5
    04-07-2010, 08:24
    My personal opinion of these people (and that's what it is, just my opinion) is that anyone is entitled to there own opinion.
    however, when organised group of people try's to force there opinions onto other people by terrorising them, they become terrorists. that's what these people are animal rights terrorists. And should be treated as such. They use lies and propoganda to recruit people to there chosen cause. they use threats, and extreme violence to get there point across.
    The fact that some of these arseholes are then so confident that they will not be held to task for there actions allows them to brag about there exploits is beyond belief. it's about time the police started treating them for what they are and the effort made to find and punish the instigators. if you or i were insighting racial hatred we would be held acountable. As much as i agree that meeting up with a few of these scumbags in a quiet rural location, with a bullwhip and a bath full of salt solution does sound apealing it would only escalte the violence.
    They are not activists, they are terrorists.

    Ezzy:evil:
    Ravi
    26-07-2010, 17:10
    I used to run a blog which a few people used to read & ran a series of articles (complete with pictures) of the reality in the countryside of this legislation. Now some might feel, possibly with good reason that publishing pictures of the terminal effect of high velocity ammunition on Charlie as provocative. But that was the reality of life (or not) out in the fields.
    I quite enjoyed the death threats that arrived on a daily basis. Those that left an email address that worked would get a polite invite with an OS sheet number & grid reference & the offer of a meet “out in the Vale”. For some reason no one ever accepted my offer or even replied. I can’t for the life of me think why

    I remeber your blog with great affection. It was a truly inspirational read, and became compulsive after a while. I always found your " On this day in history" accounts a great way to start or end the day.

    Shame that the curse of modern society the inevitable and irresistible search for Mammon cause you to cease activities. Or should that be hostilities? :-D
    Mr Free Market
    26-07-2010, 17:45
    Ravi - Thank you for your kind words. If you check back you will see that the "On This Day" section is still running

    Regards

    Mr FM
    Ravi
    26-07-2010, 19:55
    Well done that man.

    Any chance of a link? I deleted the blog from my list of interesting places to stop at many moons ago.
      WAAC SAYS - Thanks you guys, for allowing my friends to see the kind of evil scum you really are!! Aside from your insults to three compassionate animal rights women - I'm assuming you're all married to slim stunners then? But casting all that crap aside, you're comments re 'If it bleeds we can kill it", were to say the least horrible, given that you are all in possession of lethal weapons. It certainly proves that people who gain pleasure from torturing and killing living creatures are bordering on the phychotic.
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    fullname: owen jones
    email: owen.jones795@btinternet.com
    comments: why do you think its ok to slaughter cattle that have TB and not to slaughter badgers?? and why don't you care about the hundreds of lambs that the fox kill each year?? I seem to think that you dont care about farm animals. foxes and badgers should be kept under control.
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    From: OWEN JONES <owen.jones795@btinternet.com>
    To: waac@rocketmail.com
    Sent: Mon, 11 April, 2011 22:52:52
    Subject: this is stupid!

    I have red all of the past comments and this is all rubbish! I mean lambs don't just drop to chucks and randomly scattered around the fields natural! i mean I've seen a lot of foxes dragging a perfectly healthy lamb around the field! and you say they die because of hypothermia!? i agree some die because of that but most of them die because of these vicious animals (foxes) dogs don't walk into fields and start eating healthy lambs! They receive food from their owners every day! and they are chained to a kennel! This is most definitely the damage from either a dirty, sly fox or a mean, large badger! NO DOUBT ABOUT IT! They need controlling or the numbers will get far to much to control!

    WAAC reply.
    WAAC REPLY TO OWEN - 13th April 2011
    Owen, you are a complete and utter liar - or seriously disturbed, perhaps both!! Please don't insult our intelligence by sending such stupid, idiotic comments.
    Oh, and by the way, I (Judi Hewitt) am a POWA associate as well as founder of Wales Against Animal Cruelty.
    I have seen your email sent below to POWA - all you have done is repeat your vile stupid lies to another outlet.
    Owen, I thought you finally understood the truth about foxes after our last few discussions, but you have gone back to your original nonsense.
    I don't know what nasty ugly creatures (terrier-men/hunters) you have been speaking to, but I am guessing that you are a very gullible person - you must be, to believe all the lies these pro-hunt evil men and women tell you.
    Ask yourself this Owen, "If a sheep farmer in England can have a soft release pen on his land for orphan fox cubs, then why would he do this if those same cubs were going to molest and gobble up his healthy lambs?? I told you before that a healthy ewe is a formidable foe against any fox, so why are you still insisting that foxes attack hundreds of lambs? Owen your story does not tell the truth, and you are making yourself look very stupid?"
    You also claim to have watched a fox dragging a lamb around a field - it must have taken some time, yet you just stood there watching??? You also told me in an earlier email that you were the son of hill farmer! Is this all lies too??? The public are not green Owen,even if you are? But if you think we can be taken in by your ignorance and superstition, then you will be very disappointed. Your unfounded, ignorant comments are what give Welsh people a bad name.
    Owen, get your facts right in future before engaging what little brain matter you have, and stop being taken in by those with an ulterior motive. 
    Don't contact me again - I don't need village idiots bothering me.
    I will be deleting any further mails from you - now please, crawl back to your lovely, gruesome friends and haunt somebody else.

    Judi Hewitt

    PS Your comments will be going on to the website for all to see!!!!!!!!     



    LATEST ON THE DISGUSTING INCICDENT INVOLVING THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE POLICE. 

    One of the officers was waving to the terriermen as he clamped down on the sabs. He has been seen shaking hands with them on previous occasions where the hunt has called the police and told the sabs he has known them (the terriermen) for fifteen years.
    The sabs were released from Glos police station without charge except one.  but the vehicle is still impounded.  There still might be charges bought however, when the CPS has been consulted.  Offensive weapons seems to be the key and as these were whips, the sabs have agreed to dial 999 and report whippers in and huntsmen for carrying offensive weapons.
    D
    PS it was only women sabs who were handcuffed with their hands behind their back. 

    AND NOW THE SABS ARE STABBED IN THE BACK BY THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE ECHO.

    Six People Arrested During Hunt Protest
        Home  >  Latest News  >  Press Releases

    March 21 2011

    At approximately 11.25am on Saturday March 19 police were called to Newent Lane, in Huntley, following complaints of anti social behaviour by a group of people protesting against the hunt.

    Officers attended to find a group of around 50 protestors in the area and six people were arrested.

    Those arrested were three men and three women, aged between 20 and 58, and from Southampton, Bristol, Sheffield, Devizes, Swindon and Kingsheath, in Birmingham.

    Five were arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon. They have all been released on police bail pending further enquiries.

    One of the women was summoned to appear at court.

    The offensive weapon they mentioned but didn't describe was a whip used to keep the dogs at bay and off the fox. Hunts carry these things themselves, but are never charged or condemned by the police. We live in draconian times!! Contact the Gloucestershire Echo to complain about their poor and biased coverage. Tel 01242 278000 ...
    Judi






    JUST WHO'S SIDE ARE THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE POLICE ON?
    And are they for law and order?     Sadly not, if you're a sab!!
    Just to let you know that on Saturday one of the Cotswold hunts at May Hill in Gloucestershire called the police in response to the presence of about thirty sabs.  Police response included one helicopter, 6 squad cars, two unmarked police vehicles,  two riot vans, one range rover carrying taza guns, one armed response car. While the hunt hunted the sabs were pursued all over the countryside.  Six sabs were arrested mostly for dangerous weapons (citronella and hunt whips), two of the women were handcuffed with their hands behind their backs and one sab arrested for filming the arrests was rugby tackled by officers.  The Pewsey sabs vehicle was impounded with contents which included several sets of car keys and home keys, jackets and other belongings which people were not allowed to retrieve.  However, the sabs still managed to disrupt the hunt as the police could not stop them using the hunting horn and a recording of hounds on cry, to distract the hounds from the fox, which apparently  enraged the hunt master.
     A female hunter thanked the police for their support. 
    When one officer was told that the hunt was hunting foxes, he said 'it's banned'.
    Denise

    Here's a question for the Cotswold police, "Would they respond with such vigour if the hunt sabs had called them out? Of course they wouldn't! Would they have done the same to neighbour watch? No of course not!! This force acted out of spite - maybe some officers even have friends in the hunt or just sympathise with this (in my view) sadistic hunt?
    I am furious that the police acted like thugs on this occasion, rounding up decent people, instead of getting the hunt criminals.
    Are they for law and order or what - seemingly not!!!
    The police need to decide who's side they're on, those who are trying to help them uphold the law - or as seen in this case, the law breakers themselves.
    Judi

    SEE MY LETTER TO THEIR CHIEF CONSTABLE,
    Dear Chief Constable,
    I am disgusted to hear that your officers arrested hunt monitors/saboteurs for merely monitoring/sabbing a hunt they suspected were operating illegally.
    In this climate of police losing jobs, I think it was overly indulgent to send a helicopter, six squad cars, two unmarked police vehicles,  two riot vans, one range rover carrying taza guns, one armed response car - and all the while the hunt were being allowed to continue hunting as your police officers pursued sabs all over the countryside.  According to my colleagues in Gloucestershire, six sabs were arrested, mostly for dangerous weapons (citronella and hunt whips), two of the women were handcuffed with their hands behind their backs and one sab arrested for filming the police making arrests. Clearly you have some very pro-hunt officers - not good when you are supposed to defending the law. The Pewsey sabs vehicle was also impounded with contents which included several sets of car keys and home keys, jackets and other belongings which people were not allowed to retrieve. 
    All this surely amounts to wrongful arrest and I sincerely hope the people you arrested take you to court - I would!!. This is totally unacceptable behaviour from the police who are supposed to be public servants, not thugs belonging to an illegal hunt.
    Surely you are not so naive that you believe this hunt were only drag hunting, assuming you know the difference! Drag hunting is done fast and furious in a straight line and definitely not chasing after some poor animal. Trail hunting is done using an artificial scent, and the horn used would never be used to indicate a fox sighting. The sabs claim that the hounds were in full cry and so after a fox. This is illegal hunting, or do your officers only enforce the law when its anti-hunt people  trying to stop a fox dying a very cruel death.
    I wonder, would you have done the same to neighbourhood watch? Somehow I doubt it!
    With police officers like yours behaving in such an arrogant and unfair manner, it makes one wonder if we are now living in a police state.
    I think the public would like to know how you spend public money - protecting a hunt that was most likely breaking the law - REALLY GOOD!!
    But even if the sabs had broken the flimsiest of laws, was it necessary to send out the cavalry? It stinks to high heaven, it really does - so I'll be putting this letter on my website, such is my disgust!..
    Judi Hewitt

    From:OWEN JONES <owen.jones795@btinternet.com>
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    Subject: pro fox hunting :)

    I dont understand why anti-hunting people dont care about the hundreds of lambs being killed each year by foxes. the farmer is only trying to save the lives of newly born lambs by keeping the foxes under control by fox hunting. why dont you care about farm animals????? leave us to deal with our issues in the countryside because we tell you what to do in the cities.

    Dear Mr Jones,
    If what you are saying is true, then where is your proof? There has never been any film proof of a fox taking a lamb! There is film proof of a fox taking a rabbit - and this I have also seen myself, but never a lamb. I once saw a footpack using hounds in operation, and watched the sheep fleeing in every direction - I have also seen (on two occasions) a fox trotting calmly through a field containing ewe's and their lambs and guess what? the sheep were unconcerned!!
    Believe me, I care passionately about farm animals, I believe they suffer appalling cruelty, not just on the farm but in markets and the slaughter house, hence the reason I have been vegan most of my life.
    Foxes do not take healthy lambs!! Lambs die from hypothermia and from lack of milk - basically bad husbandry. If you put a sheep dog into a field of ewes with new born lambs -  those ewes will head-butt those sheep dogs.
    Your biggest predator of sheep are stray domestic dogs that attack fully grown sheep with a ferocity - I know because I've seen the aftermath. Foxes are timid creatures that are far more scavenger than predator. They will relish any after birth they find, plus foxes help farmers out by being a very good 'free' pest control service - they prey on rodents and rabbits. They also dig up copious amounts of worms and eat berries - in fact almost anything goes!
    By the way, I was brought up in the country and taught to respect animals - were you??
    Plus was it you that cruelly killed the little vixen near the Hiraethog? I've been praying to find out who took her life so cruelly and I've had a very spooky experience near my little vixen's grave. Whoever tortured this little fox to death will not get away with it - karma will see to it!
    Judi


    GRATEFUL THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SENT MESSAGES OF SUPPORT AFTER MY ACCIDENT.
    I would like to thank everyone who sent messages of support to me after my accident while i was helping to monitor the hunt.
    I hope to be back in action soon - meanwhile my colleagues carry on the dangerous job of gathering evidence of illegal hunting, so good luck to them - they're amazing people.
    I wish I could name you guys, but I understand the need to protect your identities, but many, many thanks for everything you did that day to get the film you needed. And special thanks to the hunt monitor who helped me out of what could have been a very tricky situation. Thankfully, I only sustained a broken left wrist and bruised right hand, oh, and a bloody good soaking, it might have been worse if i'd actually passed out.
    Cheers and special thanks to VIVA for their amazing ''get well' card - I was genuinely overwhelmed.
    Anti-hunt people really are the best society has to offer - I'm so proud to be part of the team.
    Judixx 

    STRENGTHEN THE HUNTING ACT
    WAAC's letter to the North Wales press.

    I believe the hunting act should be kept, strengthened and rigorously enforced.      I also believe that the majority of the British public abhor the use of dogs to kill a fox. This is why I am urging decent people to be vigilant when they see a hunt in operation and to report what they believe is illegal hunting to the police.

    Meanwhile I would like to hear from anyone who is fed up of hunts riding roughshod over the law, particularly those with information  regarding where and when the hunt is likely to be out - it will help us to monitor the hunt more effectively..

    Fox hunting is not just about chasing a fox and allowing dogs to maul it to death - there is  a lot of cruelty that goes on behind the scene's such as the use of bagged foxes. A bagged fox is one that has been dug out and kept in a cage or sack ready to be hunted. According to a hunt monitor colleague of mine, "You can always tell a bagged fox because it will appear confused, disorientated, basically just standing there looking around, bewildered - in other words, "Where the hell am I?".

    Hunts might deny that they have ever used bagged foxes, but it is a well known fact (with film footage for proof) that hunts do occasionally use them especially in area's frequently hunted over because there will be a shortage of foxes - hence the reason hunts were urged by the hunt hierarchy pre-ban to build artificial earths to encourage foxes to breed. Not all pre-hunt prepared foxes are bagged - sometimes the fox is forced to bolt from its underground refuge in time for the riders and hounds to give chase. 

    Supporters watching a hunt will occasionally use specific voice calls to alert the hunt that a fox has been sighted -  this is yet another indication that hunts are not trail hunting. Anyone who wants to understand more about how hunts are continuing to use loopholes in the law, should check out POWA.org.uk (Protect our Wild Animals) website.

    Under the current act many hunt law breakers have been successfully prosecuted for inflicting unspeakable cruelty upon foxes, deer and hares. But the hunting act does not go far enough to stop mounted hunts or foot packs breaking the law. In general hunts remain largely untouched by the legislation - basically because far too many hunts are not monitored and their illegal actions remain unchecked. But even when hunts are caught red handed on camera, it's nearly always never enough to prove intent in court

    This means that the law needs to be tightened up so that hunts can be held to account when their dogs 'accidentally' chase and kill a fox. We the public are held responsible for the actions of our own pet dogs, so it's not unreasonable to suggest that hunts are forced to do the same. In other words a 'reckless behaviour' clause needs be added to the legislation to make it harder for hunts to break the law.



    My letter to the press re 'He who shall not be named'

    Sir,
    I could be wrong, but I can't help thinking those people working for the media are in denial re the ban being safe - it's not! So I ask, why are the papers staying silent on this issue?
    But that aside, foxes are still dying a very cruel death at the hands of hunts that refuse to stop their savagery. Clearly then, the ban needs to be strengthened. But while former fox hunter, now prime-minister David Cameron remains in power, this is not going to happen. But we who have given our lives to fighting this obscene cruelty will never stop fighting until all hunts stop setting packs of dogs onto terrified animals.

    As far as I can see, nothing good has come out of this government yet for either man or beast.

    The massive rise in fuel cost, the proposed forest sell offs, the systematic dismantling of the police and NHS and the many other so called necessities are just a taster of what these public school boy MP's have in store for us.

    David Cameron and his death eaters are very good at making out their plans are in our own best interests - but that's easy to say, coming from him and those other Tory MP's who just happen to be millionaires. But how can selling off great swathes of forest be a good thing when they will be sold off for a pittance? The fear for most of us is being denied the right to roam  -  but how can this coalition guarantee that private owners will allow us public access - unless you include the odd footpath and bridleway? But these so called 'rights of way' are only permitted to ensure that we the public can get from A to B - they are not there to allow us to step off the path and enjoy the flora and fauna.

    But of major concern to me is the hunt ban, and though many now believe that the hunt ban is safe, the fear is, that while Mr Cameron occupies number ten, our wildlife remain in grave peril - not least because any hope of getting the ban strengthened is never going to happen under his leadership. 

    And another damning indictment of this new government is the fury they unleash on their own MP's when they switch their allegiance to the anti-hunt lobby. Take commons speaker John Bercow for example - when this MP dared to speak out against fox hunting after previously being a hunt supporter - he was attacked verbally in the press by his own party. In fact they wanted rid of him! In my view, had he spoken in defence of killing with hounds he would have remained flavour of the month by these same scornful MP's.

    But by and large,  it's been a rotten year for our wildlife - not only have they had a severe winter to contend with, but also a powerful hunting/shooting lobby eager to take what nature had missed. And just to cap it all, we have 'he who shall not be named'  hell bent on gathering enough death eaters to finally get his wish to repeal the hunting act.

    Yours Faithfully,

    Judi Hewitt www.walesagainstanimalcruelty.org.uk



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    You are of course entitled to your opinion on my song, but your opinion on the hunt footage was really quite sick! There is no way that watching an animal suffer could be described as 'fab' unless you are seriously phychotic!
    Judi

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    LETTER TO THE MEDIA

    Sir,
    I didn't think this coalition could sink any lower but while UK trade agreements include selling live pigs to a notorious country like China, then how are we to think otherwise? China is not known for human rights let alone animal rights. Their record on animal welfare is none existent. In fact China is one of the worst countries in the world for animal cruelty.
    South Korea another country with a bleak record on animal abuse has just buried one million pigs alive because of foot & mouth. Like so many ignorant countries that refuse to vaccinate, they opt for mass killing instead! But they have not even bothered to kill these poor animals before burying them!
    And here in the UK we have David Cameron, a man who supports killing with hounds and mega dairies - a man who is willing to allow a country like China to buy sentient animals like pigs - animals that are more intelligent than dogs. Ah yes! China has been known to skin dogs and cats alive, so what hope our poor pigs? God help them!
    David Cameron, I do not recognise you as my Prime Minister - you and most of your party disgust me!. I just hope those who voted you in see you for what you really are, sooner rather than later.
    Judi Hewitt

    poorfox.JPG
    This is the sick cruelty that pro-hunt idiots condone.

    Double frustration for hunt followers
    www.dailyecho.co.uk
    SEE STUPID COMMENTS BELOW FROM PRO-HUNT IDIOT ON THE ABOVE SITE, AND RESPOND.
    This latest tirade comes from a nameless coward....who is under the impression that he thinks I am comparing foxes to the holocaust. It's really scary that some pro-hunt people are incredibly ignorant and mindless. I despair!.
    Judi

    Fur Q, southampton says...
    1:13pm Fri 31 Dec 10
    you are comparing the holocaust to foxes, you are one f-ing dangerous loony

    Now f-off back to your little hole in Wales and die

    PS, never make another record !

     
    Stop this disgusting 'oxfam' trade.

    Just come across the following ideas for Christmas - Please object strongly
    Eco-friendly gifts and charity Christmas presents are available in abundance - here are some of the gifts you can give that will bring a little cheer to those who need it most.

    First stop, Oxfam - for the gift that really does keep on giving, try     Oxfam Unwrapped. Here you can buy livestock to provide for families abroad: just £11 buys a chicken, it's £25 for a goat or you can buy a cow for £80. All the animals are locally sourced and vaccinated before they arrive at their new homes and each is a family's stepping stone to becoming self-sufficient.

    FOX FUR ALERT
    All
    Can I please urge you to contact EBay regarding this dreadful product being sold?
    Check the link here: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320627709893&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp5197.m570.l1313%26_nkw%3D320627709893%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1
    Thanks

    I can see many good people carrying a pots of red paint spray around if fur takes off big time. These poor animals are abused from the moment they are born until the day they die, when they face being gruesomely tortured to death. People who are sold on the idea of fur have not yet evolved into human beings - by the time they are, it will be too late!!.
    Judi

    ACTION ALERT Sickening cruelty of live sheep exports to Kuwait from Australia


    I've just watched a You Tube video that has left me shaken and full of impotent fury.
    It concerns the sickening suffering of and cruelty to Australian sheep exported to Kuwait.
    PLEASE visit the following page and do what's asked of you thereon - just a couple of emails.
    http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-welfare/blog/ask-australia-to-ban-live-animal-export-to-middle-east/
    This is not a hopeless cause - Australia did ban live exports to Egypt a few years ago because of similar concerns.
    If you have bad dreams [or anger management issues] you might be better off not actually watching the You Tube film.
    Alan
    PS  While you're at it, could you throw in a word for this poor bloody tiger in the States, from a page on the same site.
    http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/460/714/941/?z00m=19918497

    A MUST READ FOR ANYONE WHO EATS MEAT AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T.

    I am hoping my book On the Menu: Animal Welfare might be of interest those who would like a comprehensive guide about what life is like for all the animals we farm for food: the chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese; the laying hens, quail and pheasants reared for sport; the pigs, lambs, rabbits; the dairy cattle, beef cattle, veal calves; and also the fish and shellfish.



    Reviews are on my website http://www.onthemenu-animalwelfare.co.uk/



    On the Menu has just become available in the USA via Amazon and Barnes & Noble. In Australia the book is available via Booktopia and in New Zealand via Fishpond.



    Any help with passing on this message would be much appreciated!

     

    Sue Cross (UK


    CAN ANYONE OFFER OZZIE A LOVING HOME?

    Please reply to         ellebelle12@hotmail.com

    Hi all,
    Attached is an urgent apply for a tan and white staffy cross called Ozzie.
    Ozzie has recently been rehomed to a woman in south wales in Tredegar who
    cannot handle his age/dominance. Ozzie needs a place to go urgently as the
    owner he is currently with, whilst has best intentions seems to be turning
    Ozzie into a problem dog. Ozzie was apparently good with dogs, cats and
    children before but the woman is regularly reporting that he is becoming
    worse with all. We need to find him an
    alternative place to go; be it kennels, a home or foster ASAP.  I am unsure
    how bad Ozzie actually is, she may be misinterpreting play for aggression.
    Me and mum are going down tonight to check on him and give her some advice
    and do some training with him. I think she thought Ozzie would be smaller
    than he actually is. This picture is deceptive!
     From what i can gather he is a lovely boy - just boisterous and a typical
    young male staffy and just needs an experienced owner who want take any
    nonsense off him.

    Please could you forward this appeal to as many people as possible as i am
    concerned that we will be expected to take him when we arrive tonight which
    isnt an option because of our dogs. Financial help is available for anyone
    who can help with his care.

    Let me know if you find anything!

    Ella :)

    It never ceases to disappoint me how some people can take in a dog, then decide they don't want it anymore. They wouldn't do the same to their young children, so why a dog?
    Judi

    Hello dear Judi!
    How long! How's life out there? I have always been following the news on the website.
    I am very happy today. I received my first offensive coment posted by some idiot from Cheshire/England in my official twitter: www.twitter.com/joeysummer.
    http://twitter.com/Rab_Rouser
    Now I'm officially at war! (I can't sleep anymore...hehe)
    I read two offensive messages:
    "@joeysummer I've listened to your music - it was shite. You sound like a tom cat with its balls trapped. Stop bumming a living & get a job
    @Rab_Rouser @joeysummer @addthis Five hysterical ‘animal rights activists’ jailed for 6 years – HURRAH - Let’s hope the filthy scum rot in jail"
    He sent this second offensive message to many other people on Twitter. Probably he's only a tortured soul who knows about my support for the campaign. I am very happy because I know he must be very unhappy with his own sick personality! That's why we fight against animal cruelty!
    It's a good sign after all cause where's smoke there's fire! And I will not change my mind because people like him!
    Also, I am sending attached in this e-mail, two pictures of Kihara for you. She's growing fast now!! We are very happy for her life in our lives!
    Have a blessed week, my dear.
    Say a big hello to Bob!!
    Peace and love,
    /Joey


    Hi Joey,
    Yes, join the club - campaigning for animals and speaking the truth brings out the cruel, the bitter and the twisted in society. This evil hunt scum get pleasure from inflicting suffering onto animals and so hate anyone who tries to stop them. We make their sub-conscience feel guilty, that's why they hate us so much!
    I've just got back from nearly three weeks in California, enjoying Yosemite. I was upset to learn that in a place called Oakhurst and surrounding area they allow the killing of deer using bow and arrow. Yosemite does not allow hunting, so that was something at least.
    We saw a beautiful female deer in Ahwahanee who just stood and watched us before she went down into the forest, but I fear for her safety with red necks around.
    Glad to be home now, I missed my animals, but they were in good hands, they were being taken care of by my daughter. I really loved the pacific ocean and the massive mountains and forests.
    Good to know beautiful Kihara is growing well - she will give you many years of loyal, unconditional love.
    I will put your message up on the comments page - they will make good people smile. I laughed when I read your email - you have such a good sense of humour!
    Take care,
    Love to you and the family.
    Judixx
    PS You don't need me to tell you that you have a phenomenal talent.

    SHAC sentences are too harsh!

    I believe most compassionate animal loving people would agree with me that the sentences metered out to five members of SHAC were ridiculously harsh - 70 years. Knowing animal rights as I do, I do not believe for a minute that they presented any danger to the public. Unlike murderers and sadists that get less time in prison for taking life and the evil scum that murdered my husbands nephew who only got three years - it seems animal rights get the book thrown at them. The notorious HLS can torture animals to death in horrific 'repeated' and unnecessary experiments for detergents and other noxious chemicals, yet those who break the flimiest of laws in order to stop HLS cruel experiments are vilified and given very long jail terms. You can beat up a hunt monitor and watch hunt thugs walk away from court, free!.
    There is no justice - only protection for the cruel in society.
    I believe the five SHAC members sent to jail are victims, not unlike like those poor animals that they sought to protect.
    God bless all five of you - I'm so sorry that you are being punished so severely.
    Property, it seems, has more value than human life.
    Judi

    LACS are playing a very dangerous game with this fantasy that repeal is off the agenda - it certainly is not! I do not think that the people running the League these days really understand what we are dealing with here. This tactic on the part of LACS could seriously undermine the efforts of people who are working hard to expose what is planned and could make people complacent. It sends entirely  the wrong message to the public. The hunters and their allies in Westminster want people to think the threat has gone away.
    The idea that the Countryside Alliance is going to sit back and allow things to carry on as normal until around 2014/15 is frankly Alice in Wonderland territory.
    We are actually at the moment of most danger because being planned is a major move to legalise hunting by the back door through the so-called 'Middle Way'. This will make the numbers of MPs quoted below irrelevant because many of them will be minded to sign up to this con trick.
    http://www.league.org.uk/news_detail.aspx?id=927

     
    Chris

    Couldn't agree more - we need to keep up the pressure to stop the rot before it's too late. Sinking back into complacency would be a terrible mistake that would cost the lives of countless wild animals.
    Judi

    MEDIA BLACKOUT FOR ANTI-HUNT MESSAGE IN NORTH WALES

    It seems some papers don't want to help us get our desperate message out to the public re the Tories sneaky plan to return our countryside into killing fields again for a minority of hunt thugs,     so it looks like we're on our own. It's going to be tough but we have to try to make a difference, somehow. I have not wasted over twenty years of my life to see this corrupt government and uncaring media destroy the only tiny piece of legislation ever brought in to help protect foxes, deer and hares.

    The media I'm sure will be only too happy to report our heartbreak when the coalition do their filthy work and give the cruel their sadistic fun to torture again. Obviously these desk bound clerks have never heard the frantic, terrified screams of a fox and cubs being murdered. Well they can have a copy of a DVD that promises them just that! Whether any of them would be bothered by it does concern me - I'm starting to think that there are very few humans in this world.

    For our Wrexham demo and in other towns, we covered ourselves in fake blood, dressed up as foxes and took to the streets  - I don't know what else we can do to make the media see that we are hurting and we're fearful for our wild animals? To say I'm disappointed by a media black out on our campaigns, is a massive understatement.

    Obviously, the powers that be are protecting this new government, yet when Labour first came to power back in 1997 they were crapped on from a great height by the media within weeks of entering number 10. This Cam/Clegg duo can seemingly do no wrong.

    When soldiers were killed in Iraq and then Afghanistan during Labour's reign, the media brought the parents and the wives of lost loved ones to our papers and screens and they blamed Labour for their deaths. Where are these grieving people crying in anger against this new Coalition Government?  Where is the hatred for a government still sending people to fight an unjust war in some far fling place? Labour could never do right for doing wrong -  and I'd be the first to say Labour never did enough to stop atrocities to both people and animals, but come on, this Coalition are having a bloody field day.

    Cameron is a bit on the thick side and being led by his hunt chums now firmly settled in parliament - Clegg has obviously let power go to his head and he is being praised for his speeches, when in fact, he is reading from a bloody script - any fool could do that!!!

    Let's fight folks, let's get rid of this evil Coalition and help our poor animals get some peace in their lives. Let us show people everywhere the kind of government that we now have in office.

    By the way, I never hear a good word about the Coalition on the streets, but the media are not listening to the real people - the very people they're supposed to represent, which is why they will fall like everyone else when this 'damned' government get to work on their savage cuts.

    Mark my words, this government will make sure that people don't have any money to spend - we're all going to be a lot poorer and when that happens as surely it will - there will be less businesses to advertise with newspapers and TV, which means lots of job losses, including reporters.

    I suppose some reporters in North Wales have been talking to some of those old hunt crusties that call animal lovers a joke. Well, they can think what they like, we're not afraid to monitor their sick activities and that makes us dangerous to them!.
    KEEP THE FAITH! WE WILL WIN FOR OUT ANIMAL FRIENDS, IN THE END.

    JudiXX

    **Thu 02 Sep 10**
    MEMOIRS - TONY BLAIR CHEERFULLY CONFESSES,
    AS IF IT WERE ALL SOMETHING TO SMIRK ABOUT

    Comments below from WAAC's patron Brian May

    Well, seeing Tony Blair's Memoirs in the news has jerked me out my silence.

    Reading this stuff has disgusted me so much I think I will have to write my own memoirs.

    I have to say that the biggest disappointment in my limited experience of politics is Tony Blair.

    When he came to power, how we all smiled and sighed with relief ... "At last, a decent, nice man, an ordinary man, a man who has a boyish innocent charm, even plays the guitar, and is obviously much too down-to-Earth to indulge in the kind of Empire-building and skullduggery that has characterised politicians to us in the recent past". I met him, early on, excited, and shook hands with him ... full of hope that this man would do the decent thing in all circumstances. A bunch of photographers gathered around to record the moment.

    A few years later, I found myself beside him at the launch of a scheme (half-baked, as it turned out) which was going to empower people to make as much mess and pollution in the world as they liked, as long as they purchased units of "cool", to compensate. Blair and his mates had endorsed this scheme, and Tony himself had just made an excellent speech, convincing us all that here was something which was going to banish the terrible threat of Global Warming in the twinkling of an eye. He had come over to say hello, and presented, as before, a very pleasant and affable face. This time, as I noticed a swarm of photographers gathering, a feeling of extreme unease crept over me. If I shook hands with this man now, smiling as one does at a social occasion if one is reasonably polite, the photo would be there for all time, apparently saying "Here's Brian May publicly endorsing a man and his works ... including illegally and immorally invading a virtually defenceless country, smashing its culture and its infrastructure, and causing the unnecessary death of thousands of men, women and children." I could not in conscience do that. So I said something like "Hello - excellent speech" and did not take the required step forwards; this allowed about half a dozen delegates to step forward in my place, who obviously WANTED to have their picture taken with Prime Minister Blair. There is no political figure in my lifetime in whom I had had more hope and trust, and in whom I felt such a bitter disappointment.

    Of course, I had also noticed many other things along the way about our nice Prime Minister which looked suspect, including the fact that he disappeared at the time the vote was being held on the introduction of the Hunting Ban - which to me at the time seemed a rather cowardly omission on his part.

    There's a load more stuff. But I suppose I nursed the hope that, in fact, Tony had taken part in the invasion of Iraq as a means of moderating the warmonger Bush. And that he actually had some very important reason to be elsewhere when the whole future of Britain's wild animals was being determined. And ...

    Well, the Blair Memoirs certainly scotched all that. Very cleverly, of course, Tony has announced his intention to give away the royalties of his book to help the veterans and dependents of the Iraq war. Cleverly? I am a writer too ... and I can tell you if you are not Harry Potter it is not a very lucrative profession .. so, well, forgive me, but I am not the first to point out that the relatively small amount of money he would have made from the book might be seen as a small price to pay to secure his precious 'legacy'.

    Remorse? I don't see it. I don't feel it, reading the book.

    And then there is his light-hearted account of the fox-hunting issue. This I found disgusting, not just because his behaviour was a betrayal of hundreds of thousands of our beautiful wild creatures, but because, even by his own admission, he sabotaged his own government's bill. He paid lip-service to a cause which he did not believe in, and seems smugly proud of the fact that he ended up with a situation which pleased no-one. Even if he had come out and said "Look, I've changed my mind - I no longer believe in this act" one could have a shred of respect for him. But no; the book describes how he desperately wriggled, and squirmed, and tried to find a way of backing out without being seen to lose face. A man so desperate to please everyone and to be thought a hero, he took the cowardly way out ... simply turned his back at the last minute. It's so lame. He relates it in a rather jocular, condescending way ... as if it were some kind of silly game, rather than about the suffering of animals.

    But the most shameful part is yet to come. Having tried to make his own legislation ineffective (and failed even at that), he did something so disgraceful, that the true essence of the man leaks through.

    So, as the final below-the belt blow to the hopes of thousands of caring individuals who had spent years of their energies trying to put fox-hunting where it belongs, alongside Slavery, Bear-Baiting, and burning witches at the stake ... he robbed his own police force of the balls to enforce the law properly.

    I found all this so shocking I could hardly speak for most of today, going about my business. I guess someone like Tony Blair thinks that, like Richard Nixon, he can come out and confess his lameness and dishonesty because it's all in the past, and we will love him anyway - it wasn't really serious, was it? It all turned out fine, right?

    But here was a man going around telling the world he supported a cause, but actually hiding the truth - that his belief was gone, and he was going to try to torpedo any good effect that might come out of the crusade to get a better deal for animals. No remorse for the fox-cubs who are this moment being fed alive to packs of trainee hounds, to give them the taste of blood. But would you expect remorse for this from someone who can't even express remorse for causing the loss of thousands of innocent human lives? How silly of me ... they're only animals, right? ... and this country cares too much about animals, right?

    Yes, Blair's Prime Ministership is in the past. But who could ever trust a man like that again?

    Brian

    Well said Brian, you said it all!


    From Chris Gale re Tony Blairs sabotage of the hunting act
    As a Labour party member and animal welfare campaigner I am quite appalled by the stand taken by Tony Blair as revealed his book published today. Those of us inside the party need to speak up strongly for the ban and the values it represents and make it clear that Mr Blair's appalling remarks are not supported by the majority of Labour members or the country at large.Many of us a long time ago knew that Blair never wanted the ban but for him to make these remarks in this high profile book just weeks before a possible vote on repeal is quite dreadful.
    It will give the hunters a huge boost.

    Online reports of the content of the book show that Mr Blair deliberately set out to sabotage the Hunting Act having never wanted it in the first place:

    Mr Blair said he deliberately sabotaged the 2004 Hunting Act to ensure there were enough loopholes to allow hunting to continue.

    • He also told then-Home Office minister Hazel Blears to steer police away from enforcing the law.
    • Mr Blair said he also had a bet with Prince Charles that fox hunting would continue

    During a trip to Italy he spoke to the mistress of a hunt near Oxford he realised banning hunting was the 'wrong thing to do.'

    "She took me calmly and persuasively through what they did, the jobs that were dependent on it, the social contribution of keeping the hunt and the social consequence of banning it and did it with an effect that completely convinced me," Mr Blair said.

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    I have sent the following letter to various papers:

     Tony Blair (report 1 Sept) says he regrets the ban on hunting with dogs. The ban, which has huge public support,outlawed the vicious so-called sports of hare coursing, fox hunting and stag hunting.Mr Blair then goes on to accuse Gordon Brown of lacking emotional intelligence.By saying banning cruelty for fun was the wrong thing to do I think it is quite clear who is lacking in emotional intelligence and it certainly is not Gordon Brown.
    Chris Gale



    Many of us fighting for animals knew early on that Tony Blair was a liar and a traitor - not just to his own party but the many people who voted for him on the promise of a hunt ban.  And now we have the truth in his own biography.

    Blair mixed with hunters and he now tells the world that he never wanted the ban on fox hunting, infact when he could not control the passage of the act - he made damn sure there were enough loopholes to allow rich and cruel hunts to continue. And just to reinforce this - he told Hazel Blears to steer the police away from enforcing the law.

    Blair even wrote that the ban was “a masterly British compromise, that left enough loopholes to allow hunting to continue, provided certain steps were taken to avoid cruelty when the fox is killed.” What on earth is he talking about? How can cruelty to a fox being killed by dogs be avoided? Would Blair like that kind of death for himself? And why did he ignore the Burn's Report that concluded that foxes were only a minor nuisance and so did not deserve being tormented to a horrible end for the gratification the few?

    Blair's actions were tantamount to corruption on a level that makes politics just about as filthy as it's possible to get. In other words, war monger and liar Tony Blair does not just have the blood of countless men, women and children on his hands, he also has the suffering of many defenceless animals too!.

    This evil politician betrayed good people and for this he will never be forgiven and so why is he now being made a Lord when the majority in this country despises him?

    If ever there was a time for politicians to clean up  their act and get some compassion on the agenda, it's now!.

    Judi


    Sealand councillor raises fox concerns

    Aug 19 2010 by Dave Goodban, Flintshire Chronicle

    CONCERNS have been raised over the increasing number of foxes roaming around Sealand.

    Cllr Chris Jones contacted the Chronicle after Flintshire County Council told her its pest control section does not deal with foxes.

    She was also told by the Countryside Council for Wales it is not responsible for controlling the vermin either.

    “I don’t know who to turn to,” said Cllr Jones, who lives in Welsh Road.

    She said the foxes appear to have set up home at off Sandy Lane, near the old RAF site and the playing fields.

    “They’re coming onto the estates at night and scavenging in bins for food,” she said.

    “They’re breeding and we’re getting over-run – something needs to be done.”

    Residents fear foxes have killed cats in the area and Cllr Jones is also concerned children playing on the fields during the summer could get hurt if they approach the animals.



    From: mike jones <jonahmikejp@yahoo.co.uk>
    To: "waac@rocketmail.com" <waac@rocketmail.com>
    Sent: Thu, 26 August, 2010 16:16:29
    Subject:

    Dear Judi

    I have this evening read a letter from youself in the Flintshire Chronicle titled 'Give Foxes a chance', Well let me introduce myself I am Cllr Christine Jones who who claim is a 'hunt loving Cllr'

    I would like to set the record straight and also ask you how you thought you had the right to make these Liabelous comments about me. I have never been so insulted in my life! I am a long serving member of the Labour Party and I am totally against fox hunting and that is on a very personal level also! The idea of killing for sport disgusts me and also my husband and two daughters. All of which are members of various animal rights and support groups! If you had done your homework before writing this disgusting letter you would have known as an elected member of this ward I was the voice of my residents on this matter and their concerns were regarding foxes on a play area not a personal attack on foxes! I have infact had a resident fox in my area for years and myself, family and other residents make sure it is very well protected.

    I have never been so insulted and I would like a written apology in next week's  Chronicle

    You can make an appointment to meet me and also my family who you have also insulted because of this letter (my Daughter is a Community Councillor and the most anti animal cruelty person you will ever meet)

    My number to make the appointment is 01244 811556

    Regards

    Cllr Christine Jones

    What do you think? Do you think Councillor Christine Jones cares about foxes?  And if as Mrs Jones says she cares about foxes, what exactly is it that she wants done about these animals? After all, foxes are territorial and if killed will soon be replaced by another fox family. I will be asking this public servant in the near future.
    Judi

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    Tallyho1111     has replied to your comment on Hunting Song - The Foxhunter:
    Believe me, we are not usally violent (except to animals or anyone who gets in our way) - you just keep off our turf! We dont start turning up at your football matches so keep away from us. Who do you think you are insulting us? The fact is you would s**t yourself if you were to find yourself defenceless in a volatile situation. Just knock on a fox hunters door and we will show you!

    Sounds like a threat to me? Typical of bloodthirsty thugs who get pleasure tormenting defenceless animals to death.
    Incidentally, I hate football, I like hill walking but prefer not to come across evil people getting pleasure from torturing animals to death. Plus who the hell gave you the right to say who enters the countryside - do you own it? you're probably a townie too, most evil terrier-men and hunters usually are!
    Judi


    Waac received this email from a colleague and thought it deserved attention.

    Could you PLEASE put out an appeal on your website for donations to Hen Heaven.
     
    I don't quite know how to describe this place.  It's an utter tip but is run by Linda, the most dedicated person I know.  She has 200 chickens and cockerels and 60 turkeys,  nearly all of whom are crowded into a grotty big building, although with enough space to get around, procreate and seemingly enjoy themselves.  The reason they are indoors is because the place is replete with foxes who, in the past, when Linda had the birds outside, kept killing them.  She has been running this place virtually on her own for about 20 years.  She has no house but sleeps in a horrid old van. she has been saving for fourteen years for a strong, high fence to be erected.  This will cost £33,000 but she has only reached £16,000.
     
    Mike and I went to help out with odd jobs yesterday and we couldn't believe the state of the place.  Linda is about to go into hospital for a very serious operation and will be unable to see her precious birds for about three weeks.  She is having horrendous things done to her jaw and may be unable to speak for a while and certainly will be unable to eat.    The birds are beautiful and loved.  I especially adored the wonderful turkeys who are so soft to stroke.
     
    When I think of all the money floating around in this country it makes me so mad that this fantastic woman is struggling with all her might to look after these rescued birds.  Linda used to be a sab but can no longer run.  She is the epitome of the dedicated, heroic AR person and is, of course, a vegan.
     
    Can you please use all your persuasive powers to drum up money for her.  If we had money we would put in a few thousand ourselves.  She said that a few years ago Paul McCartney was made to pull down a solid wooden lodge he had built in his garden (by the council).  She wrote and asked him if he would donate it to Hen Heaven.  Guess what?  She didn't even receive a reply.  Mind you, I doubt if he ever gets to read the letters people write to him.
     
    The address is Hen Heaven, Squirrels Farm, Stonepit Lane, Henfield, West Sussex.  It would be wonderful if cheques came rolling in.
     
    Lots of love
     
    Naomi and Mike xx 

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    MESSAGE FROM BRAZILIAN ROCK MUSICIAN, JOEY SUMMER

    Hi, Judi. How's it going? I hope everything's fine there!
    My album was released this june18 and I put the address of your site in the booklet of the CD. I would like to send you a copy of the album!
    Also, I was interviewed by the german magazine READY 2 ROCK and the interview will be available in its next edition early august, I think.
    Here is the part of the interview that I spoken my point of view regarding the animal rights issues and about your beautiful work on it!
    Ps: The interview will be translated and published in german. ( http://www.ready-2-rock.de/index.html )

    "9-You are very dedicated to animal protection projects. Please tell me about this projects. What kind of projects are this and how did you take notice of the topic? What is your special concern about that?

    JS- Man, thank you for asking, I really love when people aske me about it. I just love animals and I have a deep respect for all kind of living creature of God. If I do not understand them, I try to respect them even more. Recently I spent to support a beautiful campaign promoted by Judi Hewitt named "Wales Against The Animal Cruelty" (www.walesagainstanimalcruelty.org.uk) and it's also supported by Brian May, from Queen band and his fondation SAVE ME (against fox hunting). But I always did my part, anonymously. I was created in a small town and my parents owned a small ranch with a few horses. I learned in my very early days about the meaning of love and compassion for any kind of life. We must respect life if we want to be respected for the life. This is my religion. Unless we get learn how to love the animals that need us to provide them some quality of life, once we already insert them into our society, we never will find peace for our hearts and souls and the world peace, so dreamed for all, will be only a fair tale that never will happen. Because it's about the human being. Wales Against Animal Cruelty, fight, among other animal rights, against the terrible situation regarding  the fox hunting. It's unacceptable that in modern society that we live today, there is still some space for traditions of torture involving animals that have their own rights to live. All for the men's pleasure and fun! Recently I took note of a trophy hunter who killed the last male desert lion in Namibia. This especial species will be eradicated from our world and our children will probably never have the chance to know how they were or to learn how they lived. This seems to me kinda monstrous. The man who preaches the peace in the world, kill in a cold blood way, the life that surrounds him. It works like this: Where there is reasonable cause to defend the right to life, I go there and try to do my part. It's not that much, I know. Wish I could do more, but it's a start! "

    Judi, just for you to know, I am really missing my sweet VICTORIA yet, I can't wake up in the morning without a deepest feeling of her in every where, all around. It's tough!

    But my  schedule has kept me involved in lot of work, and it helps sometimes!

    Well my dear, Judi. Have a great time and I wish you all the best, peace, and love!

    Cheers,

    /Joey


    Many thanks Joey,  for spreading the word throughout the world for defenceless animals.
    As for your beautiful Victoria - she will never leave your side, love is the most powerful emotion of all - it unites all who embrace it, be they human or animal. I believe it is why we are here, to bring light to the world!
    Emotions such as hatred cannot last - they wither and die in this life along with those which feed on them!. 

    Good luck with your latest album.
    Judixx

    Comments needed on this American article, he talks usual nonsense about 'liberty'.
    Note his last sentence,'possibly I will even join in the fray. Though if I do, I shall ride at the back of the hunt. I would not want to incite a dog to carnage.'
    http://www.nysun.com/opinion/foxes-hounds-and-liberty/87025/ Edit Text

    OPEN LETTER TO STEVE CROSBY - AREA MANAGER OF THE CLOGAENOG FOREST

    Dear Mr Crosby, (Area Manager, North Wales Area Office)
    I sent the following email (appeal) some weeks ago and have not received any acknowledgment. I am of course appealing against the letter you sent to me, since it does not satisfy my concerns regarding the disturbing case of a fox we found mutilated by dogs in the Clogaenog. I was also very concerned that Mr Ellis, your employee and a former fox hunter, has been given the role of monitoring fox hunting in the area. My impression of Mr Irwin Ellis, after speaking with him, was that he was very biased in favour of the hunters. To my mind, giving Mr Ellis the job of overseeing fox hunting in the area was a bit like putting a bank robber in charge of the bank. His explanation of how hunts operate was a very weak one and it was one that I'm sure he hoped I would swallow. Just like Mr Ellis, I too have seen many gunpacks operate, but I was never on some jolly to see foxes killed, I was there by accident, trying to enjoy a relaxing walk.
    Mr Ellis whole attitude towards me was to say the least, aggressive. He tried to tell me that he understood how fox hunts operate and that hounds are naturally aggressive (which may be true to a point) but the fact is young hounds like all dogs vary in their aggressiveness and some will show less aptitude to kill than others which is why they need to be trained up to be brutal in order to be more effective when hunting. See the following quote from a hunt master of the Beaufort hunt. "Never lose sight of the fact that one really well-beaten cub killed fair and square is worth half a dozen fresh ones killed the moment they are found without hounds having to set themselves to the task. It is essential that hounds should have their blood up and learn to be savage with their fox before he is killed."
    So as you can see from the above quote, Mr Ellis was quite wrong to suggest that hunts use their integrity when killing foxes. All hunters do is use the fox in some grim game of seek and shoot. Never mind that many will be injured and go off to die a slow and lingering death (of infection) while others are riddled with shot, then caught and finished off by hounds. And for what? So that these so called hunters can bolster their flagging ego's?
    My hope is that after this horrific fox killing, serious precautions are now being under taken by the FC, to prevent another fox suffering the same terrible tortured death.
    I look forward to your reply.
    Yours Faithfully,
    Judi Hewitt

    ANIMAL HATERS COMMENTS ON YOUTUBE RE SONG FOR THE FOXES.
     

    E4A2010 has made a comment on SONG - For The foxes:

    Dear Judi

    I have read the lies and untruths posted on your website and am very saddened that you misinform people about how wildlife management is undertaken in the UK. I will now monitor your website on a semi regular basis on behalf of Education 4 Antis. An organisation dedicated to helping prevent "people haters" masquerading as "animal lovers" publishing lies about hunting in an attempt to seek pres attention for nothing more than personal gain.

    AND HERE'S ANOTHER EMAIL FROM ANOTHER 'CARING' SHOOTER, I PRESUME!

    jarcave     has made a comment on SONG - For The foxes:
    Hi mate. I found this from a link in the forum. Sanctimonious, self promoting bull **** if ever there was! Don't worry Judi, the fox won't have been tied down. Many fox shooters string them up for farmers and landowners to see that they have been sucessfull. It won't have suffered as you suggested.

    And my reply to anonymous critics....

    For you say that this fox didn't suffer means you think you know something - so what do you know about this incident?
    It might interest you to know that this fox showed no sign of gun shot wounds to her upper body or head, so if she had been shot, then it would have been a very bad shot, and her death slow and agonising. How would you feel if you were shot in the guts? Screaming I imagine! Well this little vixens lower body was too bloodied to see any shot, but I was assured by the CSI who was with me at the time she was found that this little fox had not been shot. She did however show signs of having been disembowelled by dogs because of the tearing away of flesh and her free back leg.  And to answer your question about this fox having been strung up to show the farmer what a good boy the shooter was - wrong! This fox had been hidden where no farmer would have found her. She was placed carefully well away to the side of a public footpath. We only knew she was there because of the smell of death - it was a warm day. 
    Plus if she had been predated on after death there would have been very little blood. The fact her lower body had been gutted, leaving a mass of dark congealed blood where her intestines would have been, and the fact her left back leg had been ripped off, all point to her having received her terrible injuries while she was still alive. Bleeding only occurs when the victim is still alive, be they human or animal. I also had some info from a Ministry Vet from Cardiff, who sat at a government meeting and heard a hunt master admit that hunts sometimes tie up the leg of a fox and dangle it from a tree to train young hounds. My Vet confidante said the whole room sat in total silence after that!.
    So if you think I exposed this cruelty for some sick publicity stunt then you are sadly mistaken. The only people I freely admit to disliking are animal abusers - are you one?
    I seek publicity to highlight the disgusting way animals are abused for entertainment by a minority of people that get perverted pleasure from hurting them. My God, what the hell is wrong with you people?
    Why can't you care about animals instead of abusing them for entertainment? What did they ever do to you? And please do not tell me that shooters help farmers out of the goodness of their hearts - they don't have any goodness, because if they did, they would see that they were using helpless animals as living targets to bolster their flagging ego's and as an excuse to use their treasured weaponry.....

    HELP WENDY WITH HER CAMPAIGN TO STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY ON THE SHOW 'I'M A CELEBRITY, GET ME OUT OF HERE'. 

    My name is Wendy J Wells, l am writing to you as l feel and hope you would be interested (and hopefully willing to help) in my quest against certain animal cruelty conditions on the ITV programmes lm a celebrity get me out of here and The Door.
     While I have no objection to the actual programmes, in fact with regard to the I.A.C.G.M.O.O.H. programme sticking a bunch of pampered celebrities into a dirty jungle with no agents or luxuries IS quite funny, BUT... I AM disgusted at the continual escalating abuse this programme and their pilot 2part programme The Door is allowed to carry out against the various animals used in both programmes, most especially the arthropod species (insects) which are squashed, or eaten by their thousands over the course of the series, purely for "entertainment" purposes with little if any regard that arthropods are just as important in the world as any other kind of animal, in fact if we had no arthropods in this world we would not survive.
        l know that there are certain countries that eat insects of different types on a daily basis but this is done as part of their culture or diet not for the purpose of so called "entertainment", l personally don't find it entertaining l find it quite upsetting that animals can be treated so cruelly and with virtually no respect.
       Both programmes are made by Granada Productions who have an office facility at ITV studios in London, after numerous emails, letters and phone calls to both ITV and Granada had got me no where l decided to protest outside the studios in London in Feb. of this year, it wasn't to be one of my better ideas as it was freezing cold, very wet and extremely uncomfortable for the week l was there.
       But I was eventually given a piece of ITV headed paper and told that this was the email address of the executive producer of  Im a celebrity  (The Door hadn't been aired at that time) and that they had requested that I go home and email them what problems I had with Im a celeb and what I wanted to have happen.
     I therefor agreed to comply with the request and went home to email her and explained how I felt regards to the way animals were treated on Im a celeb and requested a meeting with at least one or two of the producers of the programme, despite the fact that she had requested and was expecting my email she still took almost 3weeks to reply, even then it seemed to be a basic orchestrated reply saying how they had animal welfare people like the new south wales S.P.C.A. and insect wranglers ( no, I have no idea what insect wranglers are) at the site where "bushtucker trials" were performed etc and how they did everything possible to be aware of the animals welfare's each time.
      I tried asking how it was in the insects welfare's to be squashed or eaten alive or in the baby crocs welfare's to have their mouths taped up for periods of time for "trials" but got no reply so decided to resume my protest back outside the ITV studios, especially when a few days after the reply the ITV showed a 2part pilot show by the same company called The Door which was filmed in the uk and presented by Chris Tarrant who hypocritically happens to be a patron of a wildlife sanctuary and rescue centre in Surrey??.
      As with the protest in February I resumed my protest on the 17th of May and stayed outside the studios in London in a tent until the 17th of June when I was sent an email offering me a meeting with the top executive of both programmes, I lost quite a bit of weight and suffered quite badly during my ordeal but my determination never faltered.
       At the meeting on the 29th June I did my very best to persuade the three producers of the programmes that it was immoral and cruel to continue abusing the animals used in the two programmes, I also showed them the evidence to prove that this wasn't just my views on this including over 1000 signatures that l had gathered over the two protests, plus a number of emails in support of what l was trying to do including some from a number of animal welfare organisations.
    Despite all this evidence they seemed steadfast in their ideas that they were within the guidelines for animal use and tv acceptance, they have given me until the end of Friday the 9th to forward any remaining emails, signatures, etc. to them before they make a definite decision, but as it stands at the moment its not looking good so l am desperately looking for help in trying to make them change their views and am begging for your help in achieving this so as to stop this awful treatment of animals in these programmes, including taping mouths of baby crocs, or in the case of The Door taunting dogs in cages with food tied to celebs crawling outside of the cages out of their reach. celebs being made to ride horses down very deep ravines +across a river with a fast currant and water up to the horses backs all but one of the celebs with virtually no experience of horse riding and only basic instructions after having barely recovered from jumping out of a plane.( l can email you more of the things l disagree with in a further email if requested) 
      Please help me with your expertise and experience so that my two gruelling protests totalling 6+ weeks won't be for nothing and will stop these awful uses of animals for so called "entertainment" can be stopped.
      Should you wish to contact me direct my phone number is 07789643916 thank you for sparing the time to read this I'm sorry it was a bit long but I was trying to show the background to what I've done so far.
        I do hope you can help me in some way, I shall keep on with this venture of mine until I succeed in stopping this cruelty, which also gives impressionable, vulnerable children the message that animals can be used in this way as long as its "entertaining," its not entertaining its cruel and wrong.
     l have copy pasted links to my facebook group page, the newspapers that ran an article on me plus a link to info re The Door.
                                                        best wishes
                                                            Wendy
    supported so far by
    Buglife    Animal Aid    Scotland for Animals  Advocates for Animals   Born Free Foundation   World Horse Welfare   Remus   Animal Concern   Animals Count   Noahs Ark   B.E.N.H.S   I.S.A.R
     and lastly the South London press    http://www.southlondon-today.co.uk/tn/News.cfm?id=19894&headline=Animal%20lover%20protests%20in%20Southwark

    Hi Wendy,
    Any way we can help you with this sickening abuse for entertainment is of course without question. I will put the word around via WAAC's website
    I will put your email up on the comments page. Let me know what further assistance we can be? Obviously, we must all write to the producers to complain about the fact they use animals in cruel ways for sensationalism. 
    Perhaps we should also contact the SPCA to tell them that this programme tries to persuade the public that animals are disgusting things to be afraid of - in other words, it gives the impression that animals can be abused because many are not nice. This programme does nothing to educate, it actually does the opposite.
    Take care,
    Judi
     

    DAILY MAIL ACCUSES ALL ANIMAL RIGHTS OF MAKING THREATS AND BEING ON BENEFITS...

    Check out the following article - looks like it was written by a complete nutter!! Plus no mention of the fact Nick Koupparis works for the film company that did the Panorama programme. Talk about seeking publicity!.You would think that if the Koupparis family were so bothered by animal rights activists they would shy away from the public eye - obviously they are enjoying all the attention. Will it ever end!. It's an insult to all those poor kids who were killed by dogs but who never got the press coverage the Koupparis family received! The press are sicker than they have ever been - can they stoop any lower. Lots of people endure insults in their lives, it's the nature of people unfortunately. And while I don't condone insults, I don't believe for a minute that Nick and Pauline Koupparis were threatened. 
    True animal rights folk hold all life sacred, even animal abusers. 
    Meanwhile, we must try to boycott the national papers until they get a sense of decency and stop persecuting our beloved foxes and those of us fighting for an end to animal abuse.
    But the papers, not content with demonising and encouraging the killing of frightened little foxes have now turned their attention to animal rights, accusing all of us of being shits, of being on benefits, of being the scum of the earth! I wouldn't put it past pro-hunt supporters or the pro-hunt press to post sick comments on facebook themselves in the hope that it might cast decent animal rights campaigners in a bad light - this is after all, a war!. And the kind of people that delight in the torture of animals would not stop at posting horrible comments on the internet. Problem is, the thick and rotten to the core reporters in 2010 want to believe that animal rights are terrorists. Have you noticed that when anti-hunt monitors get beaten up by hunt thugs they are largely ignored by the press, or doubt is cast over their claims. And just to rub salt in a wound, nothing is done to the perpetrators in the courts.    
    Ask the papers who they think we are and you will be told that we are either bunny huggers or terrorists. The only name they place on us that does not offend me, is the name 'animals'. These dishonest people don't even have the intelligence to realise that only mankind is deliberately cruel?
    Our fight for animals must be intensified - the more evil that tries to cast a slur on our good work, the harder we must fight!
    Remember, first they ignore us, then they laugh at us, then they fight us, then we win.!
    Judi

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1291353/The-animal-rights-fanatics-benefits-left-fox-attack-family-needing-police-protection.html

    SICK ACCUSATION FROM HUNT SUPPORTER - in local paper.

    CONSPIRACY. My remarks are in in red.
    LAST week Mrs Hewitt used the RSPCA and a forensic examiner to back up her fantasy over how this fox died. These so called experts could not actually see that this was an adult vixen and not a cub. (under my instruction, this particular newspaper never called the fox a cub) There is no evidence to suggest this fox was attacked by hounds but a discussion and conclusion which Mrs Hewitt wanted to believe.
    I have my own idea of what might have happened. Maybe an animal rights activist found a dead fox and seeing an opportunity ties a piece of string around a leg, take a picture, make a few phone calls and gets great press coverage, very clever. (if that's not accusing me, I don't know what is?)
    There is no real evidence how this fox died, just theories which suit some peoples agenda.
    NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED

    AND MY REPLY...
    Sir,

    I had a two weeks of hell after finding the little fox in the Clogaenog forest and so the suggestion (Letters, June 24th) that I fantasised by deliberately tying up the leg of a fox for publicity, is sick and nasty! It's like rubbing salt in an already gaping wound.  It bothers me that someone could stoop so low to write such a cruel accusation? Obviously one that thinks foxes deserve being cruelly abused.

    Plus why would I still be going to the trouble of putting up posters (weekly) around the area where she was found. Posters that are being systematically removed close the village of Llanfairhangl, even though they remain intact in other area's of the forest.

    And surely I would have come up a huge reward instead of the £1,000 being offered. I may be many things, but a liar I'm not! Plus a liar always gets found out! People must think that being a campaigner I must have become hardened to the cruelty, but it still tears me apart to this day. It's why I still campaign with such vigour and without funds to help me. I give up my time and money to help animals that are being unfairly treated and abused. If anonymous wants verification about the murdered fox, then he/she should contact RSPCA Inspector Fred Armstrong who saw the body, or contact Police Wildlife Officer Mike Butlin from North Wales Police who has been in charge of the case. The police are in possession of the rope and this little vixen's remains have now been laid to rest, with respect.
    Oh and by the way, I think a CSI who was there at the time this vixen was discovered would have more idea about how this little fox died than some nasty, snidy, pro-hunt supporter who was not even there! don't you?
    Whoever was responsible for the torture of this fox is clearly a sadist and a coward, and I am neither.  However, the anonymous correspondent who inferred that I would stoop to staging such a stunt for publicity is certainly the latter, if not the former. 

    Anyone with information can email me with information in confidence - waac@rocketmail.com 
    And please check my website     www.walesagainstanimalcruelty.org.uk  if the public want to see clear photo's of this little fox, they can find them on WAAC's Latest News page.

    Yours Faithfully,

    Judi Hewitt

    THE FORESTRY COMMISSION RESPONSE TO JUDI HEWITT'S COMPLAINT REGARDING A MUTILATED VIXEN FOUND IN THE CLOGAENOG FOREST.

    22nd June 2010

       

    Dear Mrs Hewitt

     

    Complaint about maladministration by a member of Forestry Commission Wales' Staff

     

    I refer to your three e-mails of 26th May 2010: the first sent to me, an amended version and a variant (in the form of a complaint) both sent via our website enquiry system.

     

    I am the Local Area Manager for the Hiraethog Area that includes Clocaenog Forest.  I was on annual leave at the time of your original enquiry and you were accordingly referred to our Forest Supervisor, Irwin Ellis.  As Irwin’s line manager, I am responding to your complaint as outlined in our letter (by e-mail) from Julia Lloyd, Complaints Recording Officer 27th May 2010.

     

    I understand from your correspondence that you thought that a forester could be involved in animal cruelty/wildlife crime related to the dead fox you found near an entrance to Clocaenog Forest and that when you made this suggestion to Irwin he either became angry or threatened legal action.

     

    I have subsequently carried out an interview with Irwin, as part of our internal investigation.  Irwin had a good recollection of your conversation and recalled that he asked you for clarification as to whether you were accusing a forester of involvement in animal cruelty/wildlife crime and clearly remembers you saying you were not but that you suspected this.  He remembers informing you that because of your suspicions he would need to escalate this further up the management chain as any suggestion that staff could be involved in illegal activity would need a proper and full investigation.

     

    Forestry Commission Wales (FCW) has not been able to examine the fox so I can offer no comment on the likelihood of it being subjected to animal cruelty/wildlife crime, nor of it having been set upon by dogs.  Irwin remembers trying to explain what may have happened to the fox.  He also remembers discussing the exemption in the Hunting Act 2004 that allows a maximum of two dogs to be used for flushing foxes to guns.  Irwin recalls that you questioned why FCW allows hunting to take place under the exempt hunting provisions and he explained that this is considered necessary to control fox population levels for the purpose of preventing or reducing serious damage, which they would otherwise cause to livestock.

     

    FCW as a public body operates in an unbiased wayand only allows exempt hunting through the issue and monitoring of exempt hunting licences to hunts that are affiliated members of the Federation of Welsh Packs or who can comply with the principal requirements of the Master Agreement between FCW and the Federation.

     

    Irwin is FCWs lead contact for any of the FCW permitted hunts and farmers around Clocaenog Forest and he does know many of them well.  He would have a good knowledge of their integrity in relation to hunting and is responsible for monitoring legal exempt hunting activities on our land.  Irwin has been involved in fox hunting in the past and has followed fox hunting in the Conwy Valley on many occasions.  He does not own any dogs and does not bring a dog to work.  He was talking to you on a hands free unit from his van with the window open and it is therefore possible that you heard dogs barking in the background, as there are many farms with dogs around the forest.  I have asked Irwin about his reference to the baler twine used on the fox’s leg and he explained to me that once a fox has been shot, rope/string/baler twine etc is sometimes used to carry the fox away.

     

    From my investigations I have been unable to identify any evidence of maladministration in this instance.  I am truly sorry that you had the unhappy experience of finding the dead fox and can understand how distressing it was for you.  I have asked Irwin and all local area staff to be extra vigilant in their travels around the forest and to report any suspicious behaviour or dead animals they may find.  I hope this reassures you.  Please do get in touch with me if your own monitoring reveals anything untoward.

     

    If you are dissatisfied with this response or feel that it is inaccurate or insufficient, you are entitled to request a further review by writing to Steve Cresswell, Forest District Manager steve.cresswell@forestry.gov.uk within one month of the date of this letter.  You should set out clearly why you are not satisfied with this response.

     

    Yours sincerely

     
    Steve Crosby

    Local Area Manager - Hiraethog

    Coed y Gororau Forest District



    MY REPLY TO FORESTRY COMMISSION WALES.

    Hi Steve,
    I've spoken with a few people with knowledge of Welsh Packs and they know
    nothing about foxes being tied up after being shot to remove them. In fact
    they laughed at the suggestion that a gun pack would bother to tie up the
    leg of a fox. One of my colleague's who has worked undercover with a notorious pack in
    Mid Wales to gather evidence of cruelty has said he has never heard of this
    happening to a fox.
    I had a forensic examiner with me when I found the fox and his thoughts were that this
    vixen showed no signs of having been shot, but there was substantial
    evidence that she had been tied down and attacked by dogs. The two loops at
    the end of the twine was also proof that she had been tied down. If she had been
    attacked by a pack, then she would have incurred injuries to her upper
    body. Another point worth mentioning is that the bloodied injuries to her
    lower body and tied up leg showed signs of her having been alive when she
    was attacked. If she had been predated on after death, there would have been
    no blood spatter and she would have had chunks taken from her whole body. As
    it was, she looked perfect apart from the awful injuries to her under belly
    and back leg. The tied up leg was undamaged, apart from where the rope had
    been tied.
    I attach a couple of photo's of the little vixen I found. These photo's were
    taken the day after we found her remains. The RSPCA met with us in the
    forest and concurred with us that it looked like she had been tied down and
    set upon by working/hunting dogs.
    Another concern for me is that gun packs are useless without a pack, so how
    can hunts be successful using just two dogs? In the words of a gun pack
    pre-ban, using two dogs to flush to guns is completely useless! It's like
    looking for a needle in a haystack. But to use a pack in a forest area would
    also split the pack.
    At the end of the day, I am very concerned that cruelty is being allowed to
    happen in the Clogaenog/Hiraethog area and so I will be taking my video
    camera out with me every time I venture into parts of this forest.
    I'm not one for quitting as anyone who knows me will tell you. This little
    fox died a horrible death and the sick people who did this are still out
    there ready to do this again. It turns my stomach that evil is being allowed
    to get away with it, and worse, possibly have the blessing of some in the
    forestry!. And as for fox predation, I'm staggered that FCW are still
    allowing hunting with dogs (even two dogs??) when far more lambs die as a
    result of dog attacks and bad husbandry every year, than by any fox. Out of
    475 farms across the whole of Wales that were surveyed (a few years ago)
    about fox predation - in four years, only thirteen lambs were thought to
    have succumbed to fox predation. Says it all really! Any excuse for some
    people to kill for fun.
    Sincerely,
    Judi Hewitt

    Note - Strange that the FCW state that they operate in an unbiased way, yet gives a former fox hunter (not repented) the job of over seeing fox hunting in the area. It's a bit like putting a paedophile in charge of children! Plus if this fox had been hunted out of season, then why did the FCW not mention this in their letter to me? Hunts are supposed to give times and dates to the Forestry before embarking on a fox killing spree, and so I would have thought the Commission would have known if any hunting had been allowed on Forestry land.
    And let's not forget that the majority of the British public abhor fox hunting, so you may ask, why is this government funded organisation still supporting obscene cruelty?
     

     PRESS RELEASE    for immediate release [3-5-10]                 

    From Protect Our Wild Animals associate, Alan Kirby, M.Sc

    Hunters and their friends have poured millions into Tory coffers, says anti-hunting campaigner

     STATEMENT TO PRESS Research by Protect Our Wild Animals [POWA] associate, Alan Kirby, has revealed that millions of pounds of donations to the Conservative Party have come from active hunters, hunt members and strong supporters of hunting. Mr. Kirby claims that his ongoing research has already identified around £4.25 million of donations from such people since the Electoral Commission Register for Party donations was set up in January 2001. More than half of this has been given since David Cameron became leader in December 2005. The figures do not include any donations in first quarter 2010, details of which are not yet published. Mr. Kirby said, ‘Several senior Conservatives clearly have a personal passion for hunting:- Mr. Cameron himself, Nick Herbert, his Shadow Environment Secretary [a former Master of a hare hunt], William Hague, Edward Garnier, James Gray, Nicholas Soames and others. Unsurprisingly, all of Cameron’s Shadow Cabinet appointees, and the vast majority of Tory PPCs, favour repeal of the Hunting Act 2004.  But one must ask to what extent the sheer scale of the donations the Party has received from hunters and hunt supporters might also help account for its apparently irrational commitment to pander to the wishes of a tiny and widely-disliked minority.’  A large proportion of the donations have come from people associated with the Heythrop Fox Hounds, based in David Cameron’s constituency, with which the Conservative leader has close associations.   He added ‘Mr. Cameron’s favourite Hunt has had several of its followers convicted or cautioned in recent years for attacking or menacing hunt monitors. Their huntsman was facing charges of illegal hunting until the CPS dropped the suit after a High Court ruling made it extraordinarily difficult to prove a case against an organised hunt. Mr. Cameron has been reported as suggesting that the Hunting Act was being widely flouted, but has not been heard condemning the alleged law-breakers. Nor did he publicly criticise the 50,000 hunt supporters claimed by the Countryside Alliance to have pledged to break any law banning hunting wild mammals with dogs before the Act was passed. The Heythrop also appears to be part of the nationwide Vote OK operation, which enlists and helps organise hunters to campaign, in ‘plain clothes’, for pro-hunting candidates – nearly always Tories - in marginal constituencies held by anti-hunt candidates. Mr. Cameron’s home Hunt are believed to be targeting Parmjit Dhanda, the Labour incumbent in Gloucester.’  Mr. Kirby also said ‘The Conservative manifesto pledge of a government Bill to repeal the Hunting Act confirmed that Mr. Cameron and the Tory leadership are intent on restoring the cruelty and havoc of unfettered hunting of wild mammals with dogs for ‘sport’, though they’ve mostly been strangely reluctant to mention or debate the subject during the election campaign. Despite polls showing that large majorities of both Tory voters and rural dwellers want the ban kept, they mean to reward their hunter friends by sweeping away a highly popular Act which inconveniences and affronts them.’  He continued, ‘I have been able to uncover, in my spare time, this scale of donations from pro-hunters via little more than one Hunt’s subscriber and donor list, which someone ‘left on a bus’, and Google. Goodness knows how much of the Tory Party’s funds would be seen to come from fans of live quarry hunting if I’d had access to such lists for all 300 UK Hunts, or how much might lie undiscovered in donations by companies that have no obvious connection to hunters.  Mr. Kirby concluded, ‘Dr. Brian May, the astrophysicist, Queen guitarist and force behind the new SaveMe campaign, recently wrote- ‘… if Cameron is allowed by the voters to form a government, this country will effectively be governed by the Countryside Alliance.’ This is perhaps only a slight exaggeration. Certainly it would be a disaster for many of our nation’s wild animals, mark a triumph and reward for those who refuse to respect the law and the democratic process, associate the Conservative Party in decent people’s minds with a reversion to cruelty and barbarism for years to come, and diminish our country’s moral standing.” END OF STATEMENT TO PRESS   Digest of discovered donations follows below.              Supporting details available on request. 

    The largest donors who appear to be associated with the Heythrop Fox Hounds are:- 

     ·         Robert [aka Robin] Fleming   Total donations £294,000.  Seems to be regarded as the head of the Fleming family. Lives in Oxfordshire, where he and his wife are one of four Fleming households to subscribe to the Heythrop. He is a serial donor to the Conservative Party, especially to David Cameron’s constituency, Witney. This is part of the Heythrop Fox Hound’s country. Mr. Fleming also apparently gave £10,000 to David Cameron’s Tory leadership campaign fund. ·         Roderick [Roddy] Fleming   Brother of Robert/Robin.  Total donations £224,000.  A leading supporter of the Heythrop, Roddy has reportedly also made large donations to the Countryside Alliance. Has been the largest shareholder in the financial business Fleming Family and Partners and is said to have a private tax haven in Liechtenstein. Reportedly also a large donor to the Countryside Alliance [at least £100k + a £75k loan],  and to be a close associate of David Cameron’s in Witney constituency.  

    The Fleming family also own an 80,000 acre Scottish estate, where deer stalking and gamebird shooting are promoted.

     

    ·         Sir Anthony Bamford, head of JCB, with £86,500 in personal donations but a further £1,128,000 through his company. Family mansion in Oxfordshire. His wife, Lady Carol, is a donor to the Heythrop Hunt. His brother, Mark and his son Joseph have both made huge personal donations to the Conservatives [totalling £1.6 million], but, as I have not been able to firmly establish that they are hunt supporters, this figure is not included in the totals.

     

    ·         David and Susanna Peake. Donations exceed £26,000.  Both are donors to, and known strong supporters, of the Heythrop. David has been Chairman of the nearby Christchurch and Farley Hill Beagles, a hare hunt, since 1992. In 2003, The League Against Cruel Sports accused the Heythrop of using artificial earths and feeding foxes, including on land owned or in the trusteeship of the Peakes.

     

    ·         Simon Keswick, the business tycoon, has donated just under £100,000. Former Chair of KwikSave, now a Director of Jardine Matheson and several other companies, including Fleming Mercantile Trust. His wife is a subscriber to the Heythrop.

     

    Other Heythrop subscribers or donors have given at least £27,000 between them to the Conservatives, making a total of almost £1.7 million. Some have also made contributions to David Cameron’s campaign to be elected Tory leader in 2005.  These amounts are not included in the totals here.

      

    Beyond the Heythrop Hunt, the brothers of Heythrop donor Simon Keswick have also made substantial personal donations to the Conservative Party:-

     ·         Sir Henry Keswick, and his wife, Tessa, are believed to be supporters of the Tedworth FH in Wiltshire. Their joint donations total £241,000. Sir Henry, the Chairman of Jardine Matheson, now also represents the pro stag-hunting group FONT on the National Trust’s ruling council. They are also believed to be keen game bird shooters.  

    ·         Sir Chippendale [‘Chips’] Keswick, former Director of Hambros Bank, is a strong hunting supporter, and has given nearly £35,000. In 1999 his name reportedly appeared on a mysterious chain letter, along with 100 other rich and powerful people, which the Independent claimed was part of an attempt to rig opinion polls to look as if the public did not want hunting banned.

     

    Jardine Matheson, the company of which Sir Henry is Chairman and Simon Keswick is a Director, has been accused by Wetlands International of ‘environmental vandalism’ in Indonesia in connection with rain forest clearance for palm oil plantations by a J.M. subsidiary, AAL.

      

    Active and formerly active hunters themselves have also contributed mightily to the Tory books:-

     

    ·         Johan Christofferson, a Norwegian American hedge fund manager, has given almost £250,000, personally or through the UK arm of his company. Christofferson Robb. He is the Joint Master [JM] of the Jedforest Fox Hounds [FH]. When JM of the Isle of Wight FH, he was reprimanded by the Master of Foxhounds Association for failing to prevent his Huntsman and a supporter, who is now their terrierman, from staging a carcass-dumping stunt in Brighton when the Labour Conference was on., which caused great public outrage there and for which they were convicted. That Huntsman, Stuart Trousdale, is now Christofferson’s Huntsman and fellow JM at the Jedforest FH. Christofferson has directed £40,000 to the constituency being fought for the Tories by Simon Hart, CEO of the Countryside Alliance [Carmarthen West], which the strongly anti-hunt Nick Ainger is defending for Labour. Christofferson also reportedly made donations to David Cameron’s leadership campaign and Nick Herbert’s private office [both £5,000]. These sums are not included in the totals above. 

     

    ·         The Samworth family. Until his retirement a few years ago, Sir David Samworth was head of the Samworth Brothers meat products firm. He is a former Chairman of the Quorn FH and JM of the Cottesmore FH, and has donated nearly £56,000. He appears to have been a substantial Tory donor for longer than the Register has existed. Sir David’s wife was also a JM of the Cottesmore FH. Sir David’s son Mark, now in charge of the family business, donated £125,000 in April 2010.

     

    ·         Lord Peter Daresbury,  Director of numerous companies, with a large Cheshire estate, is Joint Master of the Sir Watkins Williams-Wynn FH. He has contributed £53,000. Daresbury is a former Chairman of the Master of Foxhounds Association [MFHA]. In 2004, a leaked email revealed that he had been castigated by Simon Hart, CEO of the Countryside Alliance, after Daresbury had apparently written to Hunt chairmen urging them to ask their local farmers to help more foxes breed so they’d have plenty to hunt. Daresbury has contributed to the Conservative constituency funds of Carmarthen West, where Simon Hart is Tory PPC.

     

    ·         The Vestey family.  Sir Edmund Vestey, another former MFHA Chairman, who died in 2007, had donated over £50,000 of his own money between 2001 and then. He was a Master of the Thurlow FH for more than 40 years. Hunting remains a family passion. Mr. and  Mrs. R.J.Vestey are now JMs of the Thurlow FH and Sir Edmund’s son Tim, is a JM of the neighbouring Puckeridge FH. A Vestey-family owned shipping company, Star Reefers, made donations totalling £73,500 to the Conservative Party in 2008 and 2009. In the 1990s, the League Against Cruel Sports claimed to have strong evidence that artificial earths for foxes had been constructed in Thurlow hunt country and that food was sometimes put out for them.

     

    ·         Sir John Craven actually lists ‘hunting’ among his recreations in ‘Who’s Who’, scorning the usual ‘country pursuits’ euphemism. He has donated £26,000. He was Chairman of Lonmin plc [formerly Lonrho] until he retired last year. He appears to have his country seat at Tetbury, Gloucs, but it is not known which pack he hunts with. However, as he is now Chairman of Fleming Family and Partners, he is presumably close to the Fleming brothers [qv], who are subscribers to the Heythrop.

    ·         Oliver Hemsley, a former JM of the Cattistock FH in Dorset, and CEO of the finance group Numis, gave £25,000 in 2008. Mr. Hemsley was, reportedly, once accused by a fellow hunter of causing the death of one of his horses, and injury to another, by over-furious riding.

     

    ·         James Haigh, MBE, Chairman of the Rockwood Harriers in West Yorkshire, has contributed £5,000.

     

    ·         Mark Andreae, the Joint Master of the Hampshire FH since 1991, has been comparatively stingy, contributing just £4,200. He is a wealthy farmer who used to own the magnificent Moundsmere Manor in the Hunt country. He sold this to a Tory mega-donor, Sir Irvine Laidlaw [£3 million +] in 2005. The Hampshire met there while Andreae was owner, and may have continued to do so. However, Mr. Laidlaw, a Monaco tax exile, has apparently not lived there. As I’ve been unable to confirm him as a hunt supporter, his giant donations are not included in my totals.

      

    Aristocratic hunters and strong hunt supporters have been identified as contributing generously to Conservative funds, though the multiple different names they tend to use may have caused some to be overlooked:-

     

    ¨       Lord Alexander Hesketh is the 3rd Baron Hesketh, and a former Tory Party Treasurer. He used to have his own Formula 1 team and motorcycle manufacturing company. His donations total £289,000. Educated at Ampleforth, which has an in-house hare-hunting pack, he comes from a family with deep hunting roots. He was the owner of Easton Neston house, with a very large estate, in Northamptonshire, until selling it in 2006.  He regularly played host to the Grafton FH. In 2002, the Telegraph reported that he and his butler had grappled with and removed a hunt saboteur who had gatecrashed the meet outside the house.

     

    ¨       The Rothschild family also have deep hunting roots, both here and on the continent. Between them they have donated £370,000 to the Conservative Party since 2001. The family had their own stag hunting pack in Buckinghamshire until at least the second decade of the 20th century. I have been able to discover little about actual participation in hunting of any of the present British side of the family. However, the Bicester FH meet regularly at Waddesdon Manor, one of the Rothschild seats now owned in part by the National Trust, and hunt the Rothschild-owned Eythorpe Park adjacent to the house.  In addition to the personal donations by family members, in 2005 Lady Victoria de Rothschild loaned the Party over £1 million, through a specially created non-trading company, possibly to try to keep the loan’s real source anonymous. This was legal at the time. Kate Rothschild, who has donated £5000, is married to Benjamin Goldsmith, the brother of Zak, of whom more below.

     

    ¨       Lady Charlotte Townshend, another former JM of the Cattistock FH, and her husband James, appear to have given almost £50,000 between them.  Lady Townshend is one of Britain’s richest women, with a 15,000 acre Dorset estate and ownership of a large chunk of West London. The Dorset property includes Chesil Beach and, in 1999, she reportedly scuppered a proposed agreement that it should become a National Nature Reserve because the Government was threatening to ban hunting.

     

    ¨       Quentin Wallop, the Earl of Portsmouth, a self-avowed hunt supporter associated with the Hampshire FH, has stumped up nearly £70,000.

     

    ¨       The Duke of Buccleuch has a fox hunt bearing his name in Scotland. Buccleuch Estates have contributed over £40,000 since 2004.

     

    ¨       Ralph Percy, Duke of Northumberland,  has, according to current Electoral Commission records, donated just £2,500, but the Observer claimed in 2008 that he had given £50,000 in the third quarter [not included in totals above as I cannot find it in the Electoral Commission records]. The Percy FH was founded by the Duke’s family and Lady Victoria Percy is a current JM. It’s Chairman, Charles Bucknall, has donated £2,500. In 2005, 14 mounted hunters from the Percy FH were branded ‘reckless and dangerous’ by the police after they broke away from a procession through Alnwick and galloped through the town centre causing fear and alarm among residents and shoppers.

     

    ¨       Sir Reginald Sheffield, [Samantha Cameron’s father], is a Baronet who owns two huge country estates. A well known supporter of hunting, he has contributed over £14,000 to his local constituency party, Brigg & Goole, in recent years.

     

    ¨       Charles Pelham, the Earl of Yarborough is a Master of the Brocklesby FH in Lincolnshire, has given more than £4,000.

      

    Three ‘celebrity’ hunt supporters have made substantial donations :- 

     

    ·         Frederick Forsyth, the novelist.  An outspoken supporter of hunting, he was a celebrity participant in the ‘Countryside March’ of 2002. His donations total nearly £65,000.

     ·         Sir Tim Rice, the lyricist, another hunting supporter and participant in the Countryside March, has donated over £35,000. He lambasted journalist Rod Liddle for attacking the Countryside marchers, saying, among other things ‘The real elitists in modern Britain are not rural hunting folk but the sophisticated metropolitan nexus… ‘ and also wrote ‘I believe the proposed ban is a serious threat to liberty’. 

    ·         Zak Goldsmith, currently Conservative PPC for Richmond Park. Although formerly a member of the Green Party, whose policy has always been strongly anti-hunt, Goldsmith has made his pro-hunt sentiments clear since switching to the Tories. One of the heirs to billionaire Sir Edward Goldsmith’s vast fortune, he has donated £330,000 in total. Goldsmith’s brother, Benjamin, who is married to Kate Rothschild, has made smaller, though substantial, donations also, but his attitude to hunting is not known for certain and thus they are not included.

     
     

    CAVEAT:  the author has made reasonable endeavours to ensure the accuracy of the information above and drawn on sources believed by him to be reliable. He is as certain as he can be that the donations ascribed to the persons above are accurate in amounts and did come from the persons above identified. He cannot, however, be entirely certain that all of the personal details [relationships, etc] are completely correct and wholly contemporary. No wrongdoing by the persons identified above is imputed as regards the donations. Where public domain allegations made against any of them in the past are reported above, the author believes that, though some of these may have been denied, he is unaware of any of them having been refuted.

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    Alan Kirby M.Sc, Protect Our Wild Animals [POWA] associate  3-5-10

     

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