UK (England): Hunt Sabs Attacked by Hunt Supporters Whilst Saving Foxes – Also Brian May’s ‘SAVE ME’

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Posted on March 20, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

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Planned attacks on saboteurs by Essex & Suffolk hunt supporters

Hunt saboteurs Association Press Release. 17th March 2013

On Saturday 16^th of March as part of a clearly planned attack saboteurs from the Essex and Suffolk group were attacked. Using sticks tipped with metal supporters of the hunt assaulted and beat the saboteurs aiming in particular for the person carrying the video camera, smashing it beyond use. Saboteurs were also kicked and punched in the head in the sustained attacked.

Following this incident the hunt chased a fox to earth into a badger sett and proceeded to dig into the sett in breach of both the Protection of badgers act 1993 and the Hunting act 2004. Saboteurs on the scene were again attacked with spades and multiple assaults were committed, resulting in many injuries such as pictured. Essex police responded to a 999 call with four vehicles and a helicopter and acted on the clearly visible injuries by arresting a saboteur for breach of the peace, although no charges were pressed. On request for action to their assaults they were told by police in attendance to report them to a police station later.

Lee Moon of the hunt Saboteurs Association stated:

“Faced with a clear breach of animal welfare law and numerous assaults to hunt saboteurs, Essex police responded by blaming the victims and ignoring the crimes against wildlife. They seem to be acting in the time honoured stance of turning a blind eye to hunt violence and animal cruelty. It’s about time Essex police started realising that times have changed and the public expects these criminal acts to be treated the same as if they were in the high street on Saturday.”

Above – UK Prime Minister David Cameron MP – PRO HUNT Supporter and person who prior to election vowed to have a vote in parliament to overturn the anti hunt legislation which is now giving more protection to UK wildlife.

Tories still working for repeal

Tory MPs are “actively working” behind the scenes at Westminster to drum up support for a repeal of the hunting ban before May 2015, a senior Minister has revealed. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson told the Yorkshire Post he is “absolutely clear” that there will be a free vote on repealing the controversial ban before the next general election – but that, as things stand, the pro-hunt lobby does not have enough support to win. The Coalition Agreement signed by the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats in May 2010 committed the newly-formed Government to holding a free vote on the hunting ban at some stage during the 5-year Parliament. But almost 3 years later, the issue has barely surfaced at Westminster. In an exclusive interview with the Yorkshire Post, Mr Paterson, a Tory right-winger and passionate advocate of fox hunting, said,

there is “more work to be done” to convince backbench MPs to vote for a repeal. “We’ve got a pretty busy programme with a lot of other issues,” he said. “But I’m absolutely clear it’s the right thing to do to have a free vote at the appropriate moment.” The problem for the pro-hunt lobby is that while many Tories want the ban repealed, the party also has a smaller number of mainly urban-based backbenchers who insist it should remain in place. With many – though not all – Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs opposed to repealing the 2005 legislation, the pro-hunters face an uphill struggle to win a free vote in the Commons. Mr Paterson, who was handed the environment brief in last year’s Cabinet reshuffle, said a group of backbench Tories have been tasked with drumming up support over the coming months.

Yorkshire Post Sat 2 Feb