The film records the reactions of a number of celebrities including former Doctor Who Colin Baker; actress Annette Crosbie; Time Team presenter Tony Robinson; and naturalist Bill Oddie; as they watch footage of traditional hunting. Former Hollyoaks star Gemma Atkinson is reduced to tears.
Two wildlife campaigners who waged a lengthy war against fox hunting have seen a court case against them dropped.
Husband and wife Simon and Jaine Wild, from Bognor, faced High Court action to ban them and other hunt monitors from large areas of West Sussex. More than 80 landowners backed the Crawley and Horsham Hunt’s bid to block the West Sussex Wildlife Protection Group and the Wilds from about 10,000 acres of land. But the claimants have now withdrawn the proceedings and have agreed to pay almost all the defence costs, expected to be in excess of £60,000.
The Wilds' solicitor, Victoria Pogge von Strandmann, of Fisher Meredith Solicitors, said the hunt dropped the case after unsuccessfully applying for an interim injunction on July 15 last year. She said it was then adjourned at the claimants’ request after two aborted trials in which the judge dismissed two of the grounds for it, nuisance and trespass, because they had “fundamental defects”. That limited the claim to one of harassment, which Mrs Wild and the other defendants denied.
Antony Sandeman, joint-master of the hunt, claimed that the protesters had changed their behaviour since the case was brought, rendering it pointless. He said: “The hunt has never sought to stop any legitimate scrutiny of its activities and as a result of the action the behaviour of activists has changed out of all recognition.
“We will, however, be continuing to monitor the behaviour of activists.”
In december last year there was a documentary on TV about the barbaric conditions of puppy farms in carmarthenshire, but because the council took no notice and offered no help there is to be a handing over of pettition and demonstration agains puppy farms in march, outside the council offices in carmarthen 2pm. it was meant to be on the 10th but the council chickened out, however it is certainly in that week and i will know the exact date no later than Monday. If anyone could come along we really need to swell the numbers big time and show the council that we wont put up with this barbaric practice anymore. Thank you ever so much - if you want to know more go to the puppy love - against puppy farms web site on www.dogs-r-us.org Please spread the word far and wide"
We are deeply concerned that the local councils inspect these places every year and STILL licence them .Your pet shop puppy could have come from one of these puppy farms. Below is the response from one of the authorities who licence places like this Thank you for your enquiry,If any of your associates wish to make formal statements about the conditions they witnessed, the Council will be pleased to accept them.Qualified Animal Health Officers inspect premises and where necessary,they are accompanied by a veterinary surgeon. The veterinary surgeons used by the licencees are also contacted if there are concerns about a premises or the dogs bred there. An assessment of whether animals are suffering or whether they need veterinary attention is made on each occasion. Premises are inspected without warning or by appointment. Records are examined to determine the extent of dog breeding at a licensed establishment and as they are the property of the licensee, it would be a matter for the licensee to decide whether they are made available to the public. The Council listens to the concerns and complaints made by its residents and visitors to the County and it responds accordingly. The Council is taking some legal advice about the content of last night's programme and I cannot comment on what was screened.
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Cruelty Exposed would like to congratualate the Daily Mail on thier puppy farm story.We would also like to thank http://www.dogs-r-us.org/ and members of the public who helped provide information on this sick trade.
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