From Pozega – ‘Alma’ and ‘Snow White’ Find New Homes in Italy.

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ALMA (Above) – ADOPTED – This beautiful young girl Alma has now arrived in Italy for the wonderful group Enpa who will find her a loving forever home. They previously found homes for our lovely Leggy and beautiful Piccola. Thank you Enpa for supporting our dogs once again.

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And Snow White (Above) has arrived in Italy to her lovely foster home.

We wish her lots of luck in finding her own forever home, but are so pleased she is now safe and loved in a home environment until that time.

Thank you Katherine for being Snow White’s sponsor while she waited for this opportunity

Links:

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Close_down_concentration_camp_Pozega/?fbss

https://www.causes.com/actions/1754082-saving-the-dogs-from-the-jkp-nas-dom-death-camp-at-pozega-serbia

http://inserbia.info/news/2013/05/serbia-activists-trying-to-save-dogs-from-the-cruel-and-painful-death-in-nas-dom-pound-in-pozega/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2013/05/23/serbia-uk-new-facebook-site-help-the-pozega-dogs/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/134641413389079/

Recent photos from the shelter:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10201145559942005.1073741826.1259885246&type=3

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10200937651941292.1073741827.1165592061&type=1

USA: Illegal Mistreatment of Pigs By Southern Quality Meats, Inc. (SQM), a Pontotoc, Miss.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed that illegal mistreatment of pigs took place inside Southern Quality Meats, Inc. (SQM), a Pontotoc, Miss., slaughterhouse, where a whistleblower took video footage showing pigs jabbed with electric prongs and other poor handling. One worker even put the prongs, which can carry an electric current, on one apparently stunned mother pig’s lower abdomen and/or genitals.

Newly released USDA records show that SQM had long been aware of its animal-handling problems and not only broke the law but also had trouble complying with the USDA’s directives once caught.

The Mississippi Department of Education has awarded contracts worth millions in taxpayer dollars to SQM to supply sausage to Mississippi schools. Federal funds subsidize the state’s school meal programs, too.

Please click the link below to watch the video and learn what you can do to help end this suffering.

WARNING – GRAPHIC VIDEO FOOTAGE OF WHAT EATING MEAT IS ABOUT.

https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy;jsessionid=8444D0622D142D39B7596B63BA246C7E.app304a?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=4903&autologin=true&utm_campaign=0713%20SQM%20Slaughterhouse%20Investigation&utm_source=PETA%20E-mail&utm_medium=General

Romania: City Hall of Pitesti starts capturing stray dogs – First abuses of the dog catchers.

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City Hall of Pitesti starts capturing stray dogs

First abuses of the dog catchers

Veterinarian with experience in killing dogs in the 2000’s now recovers his job back

 After 13 years since the inhabitants of Pitesti have no longer seen dog catchers strangling chained dogs and dragging them along the street pavements, last Monday the people in blue overalls to whom the City Council entrusted the task of capturing the stray dogs of Pitesti already reported their first victim: after chasing a dog until they pushed it under the wheels of a car, they practically let it lie there, in the middle of the street, in full traffic, after he had been hit by a car. The witnesses of this scene promptly asked for the intervention of AULIM, who came and picked the fractured-spine dog, which had been crawling to the edge of the street.

And yet, the victim of this incident was not only the dog broken into halves by the untrained and disinterested dog catchers, but also a human being, as well: a person who could not resist the sight of this scene had to be helped and taken home, where she was provided with medical care.

The Pitesti inhabitants pay out of their own pockets for the illegalities committed by the dog catchers.

If until the present the citizens of Pitesti has not had any financial contribution to the management of stray dogs, once this was something supported from private funds from Germany, now, for the capturing and killing of each stray dog, the Pitesti inhabitants pay out of their own pockets, either they like it or not. Besides, they even pay with their own money for the first illegalities committed.

The car numbered Ag 20 KRM that is used to capture the dogs is not inscriptioned, just like the dogcatchers’ equipments, too, and nobody knows their origin, since, once asked about them, even their users seem not to know where they come from. The car is hermetically closed, has no ventilation, the transport is not made in individual cages, and the tranquilized dogs are piled on one another. The contracting firm of this service has ”managed” to breach the provisions of at least three laws: Government Urgency Ordinance No. 155 on the approval of the stray dogs management programme, as subsequently amended and supplemented, Law no. 205/2004 concerning animals protection, and Council Regulation (EC) 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport.

Stefan Preda, the veterinarian employed by the Pitesti City Hall before 2001 to kill stray dogs, is now reinstated into his old position after 13 years of … waiting!

Stefan Preda has been well-known to the animal lovers for his ”diligent” work in the 2000’s, as well as for his quick answer, in 2001, when asked ”How could you kill 2000 dogs?”, when he corrected his interviewer by saying: “I beg your pardon, they were 4000, Madam!”, and accompanied this rectification with a satisfied smile.

Over the 2000’s, the dogs used to be injected with formol or poisoned by strychnine.

Considering how gladly he accepted this killing job of the stray dogs, after only 14 days (as per the operating rules for the public service, as adopted by the Local Council of Pitesti), we wonder whether financial satisfactions are the only ones that Stefan Preda may derive from that.

Twenty-one veterinarians from Pitesti signed an open letter against the euthanasia programme against stray dogs. “We strictly delimit ourselves from any professional fellow who may breach our professional deontological code and principle of morality in this respect”, considering that “any activities of stray dogs slaughter are inglorious and demeaning” and that “we cannot assimilate our profession as veterinarian to that of hired assassins”.

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Das Rathaus Piteşti hat das Einfangen der Hunde eingeleitet.

Die ersten Mißbräuche der Hundefänger.

Der Tierarzt mit Erfahrung im Bereich der Hundetötung in den 2000- Jahren bekommt seine Arbeitsstelle zurück

 Nach einer Zeitspanne von 13 Jahren, in denen die Einwohner der Stadt Piteşti keine durch Hundefänger erwürgte und in Schlingen auf der Straße gezogenen Hunde sehen konnten, haben die Leute in blauer Arbeitskleidung, welche durch das Rathaus mit dem Einfangen der Hunde in Piteşti beauftragt wurden, eine erstes Opfer gemacht: sie haben einen Hund so lange gehetzt, bis dieser durch ein Auto überfahren wurde und haben das Tier auf der Straße, im Verkehr, liegen lassen. Die anwesenden Menschen haben unverzüglich AULIM benachrichtigt und die Mitarbeiter dieser Einrichtung haben den Hund mit gebrochener Wirbelsäule, der inzwischen bis zum Straßenrand gekrochen war, übernommen.

Als Opfer fiel nicht nur der Hund, der durch die ungeschulten und uninteressierten Hundefänger in zwei gebrochen wurde, sondern auch Menschen: eine Person konnte nicht die Vorführung der Hundefänger aushalten und brauchte Hilfe, um nach Hause anzukommen, wo sie auch ärztlich versorgt wurde.

Die Einwohner aus Piteşti zahlen aus der eigenen Tasche die Gesetzwidrigkeiten der Hundefänger

Bis jetzt mußten die Einwohner aus Piteşti kein Geld für die Versorgung der Straßenhunde bezahlen, da die Kosten aus privaten Mitteln aus Deutschland gedeckt wurden. Jetzt sind aber die Bewohner dieser Stadt verpflichtet, ob es ihnen paßt oder nicht, aus der eigenen Tasche zu zahlen. Ferner zahlen sie schon für die ersten Gesetzwidrigkeiten.

Das Fahrzeug mit amtlichem Kennzeichen Ag 20 KRM, das zum Einfangen der Hunde benutzt wird, ist nicht beschrieben, die Ausrüstungen der Hundefänger sind auch nicht beschrieben, deren Zugehörigkeit ist unbekannt und, nachdem sie darüber gefragt wurden, scheint es, dass sich auch deren Arbeitgeber nicht kennen. Das Fahrzeug ist luftdicht, es gibt kein Lüftungssystem, die Beförderung erfolgt nicht in Einzelkäfigen, die ruhig gestellten Tiere werden gestapelt. Dem Unternehmen, das mit diesen Leistungen beauftragt wurde, ist es „gelungen”, die Bestimmungen, die wenigstens in drei Gesetzesvorschriften vorgesehen sind, zu missachten: Notverordnung der Regierung Nr. 155 über die Handhabung der Straßenhunde, mit nachträglichen Änderungen und Ergänzungen, Gesetz Nr. 205/2004 über den Tierschutz, EG-Verordnung 1/2005 des Rates über den Scutz von Tieren beim Transport.

Stefan Preda, der Tierarzt, der für das Rathaus bis 2001 zur Tötung der Hunde gearbeitet hat, wurde nach 13 Jahren… Wartezeit wieder in Amt gesetzt!

Ştefan Preda ist den Tierliebhabern für die intensive “Tätigkeit” in den 2000 – Jahren, aber auch für seine Antwort im 2001 auf die Frage “Wie konnten Sie 2000 Hunde töten?” “4000, liebe Frau!”, antwortete er mit einer zufriedenen Grimasse, bekannt.

In den 2000-Jahren wurden die Hunde mit Formalin geimpft oder mit Strychnin „behandelt“.

Da er die Arbeitsstelle, in der er sich für die Tötung der Straßenhunde kümmern darf, sehr froh, nach 14 Tagen (aufgrund der Betriebsvorschrift des öffentlichen Amtes, angenommen durch den Kommunalrat) angenommen hat, fragen wir uns, ob für Ştefan Preda nur eine finanzielle, oder auch eine andere Zufriedenheit vorhanden ist.

21 Tierärzte aus Piteşti haben einen offenen Brief gegen die Euthanasie der Straßenhunde unterzeichnet. “Wir grenzen uns von sämtlichen Kollegen – Tierärzten, welche den Berufskodex und die moralischen Grundsätze missachten, ab ” da “die Tätigkeit der Tötung der Straßenhunde unredlich und ehrlos ist” und, weil “wir den Beruf als Tierarzt nicht demjenigen als bezahlter Mörder gleichstellen können”.

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England UK: Live Animal Export Campaigners ‘Turn Up The Gas’ With A Clear Message.

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KAALE work with Compassion In World Farming (CIWF) to ‘turn up the gas’ regarding live animal exports from the UK (England).

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Live export investigation images are put onto the side of a derelict hotel wall, and also projected onto

the famous ‘White Cliffs of Dover’

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Above – the location for the images – the ‘White Cliffs of Dover’ – Photo: MJ

See also for video footage:  http://action.ciwf.org.uk/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=119&ea.campaign.id=23646&ea.tracking.id=05bb9ddb

All photos below by Val Cameron of KAALE.

http://www.kaale.org.uk

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Serbia: ‘Rosaline’ Has Been Saved From Pozega Pound; She Has A UK Forever Home Waiting – Can You Give Anything To Support Her Travel Costs ? – Urgent !

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13/11/13 Update – TARGET AND MONEY NEEDED NOW ACHIEVED – Further news to come soon !

NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED HERE

DONATIONS NOW ACHIEVED – AND CLOSED.

VIDEOS ABOUT POZEGA:
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****THIS DOG WAS SAVED FROM THE HORROR OF THE POZEGA TORTURE & KILL POUND****

JKP, Nas Dom (ironically translated to ‘Our Home’) is an infamous dog pound in Pozega, Serbia, referred to by activists as a dog concentration camp. It is funded by local government and dogs from 7 cities are caught and impounded within its walls to face unimaginable cruelty and death.

DOGS SUFFER THE INDESCRIBABLE AGONY OF STARVATION AT POZEGA – THEY ARE LITERALLY LEFT IN EMPTY CAGES WITHOUT FOOD TO SLOWLY STARVE TO DEATH.

The confusion, suffering and fear endured by these dogs is unimaginable. Many look like walking skeletons, some are too weak to lift their heads. Puppies die a slow and painful death while their emaciated and desperate mothers watch helplessly. Dogs cower in corners or curl into tight balls as they have no means to escape. Puppies eat their deceased litter mates in an attempt to stay alive. But those who do survive the starvation then face death through being beaten, strangled, or injected with T61 chemicals (without sedation or anaesthetic).

Even those rescued do not escape the torture. Before we can liberate a dog they are sterilised by an unqualified vet who butchers their bodies and sews them up with string instead of surgical thread. It is feared that no anaesthetic is used during surgeries. Many rescued dogs are on the brink of death due to the ruptures and infections caused by such procedures.

The alleged torture and abuse carried out by the Pozega staff is well documented and 17+ criminal charges have already been brought against the shelter, but still this facility operates and even now poor desperate animals are being caught and impounded within this death camp.

THESE ARE MAN’S BEST FRIENDS – LOYAL & LOVING
– BRUTALLY TORTURED & KILLED

Those impounded in Pozega are mainly street dogs, some were once cherished family pets now abandoned. Many of the recent rescues have serious health problems due to butchered sterilisations and untreated illnesses and infections. Some are fighting for their lives. From the 108 saved in the last 5 months, 11 have already lost the battle to survive since their release.

BELGRADE HUMANIMAL HAVE NOW RUN OUT OF FUNDS. WE CANNOT CARE FOR THE SURVIVING RESCUED DOGS WITHOUT DONATIONS.

Rescue costs include: Release fees, kennels or foster, additional food due to starvation, vet bills, including assessments, emergency operations, antibiotics etc., distemper serums, flea treatments, transport, inoculations & certifications.

WE CANNOT RESCUE ANYMORE DOGS UNTIL OUR DEBTS ARE PAID.

FOR DETAILS OF ADOPTION, VIRTUAL ADOPTION, OR DONATING ON A REGULAR ONGOING BASIS:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=172419672933581&set=a.172419669600248.1073741828.172012512974297&type=1&theater

VIDEOS ABOUT POZEGA:
http://youtu.be/ehkj3-L6W4o Warning – distressing images
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afWUo5GMB-c

PLEASE HELP US TO END THE CRUELTY AND ABUSE SUFFERED AT POZEGA.

Our Facebook campaign group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/134641413389079/

THE KILLING OF STRAY ANIMALS IS FORBIDDEN IN SERBIA by Serbian Criminal Law, Article 269/2006, the Decision of Serbian Constitutional Court IU 27/2007, and Serbian Animal Welfare Law 2009. Help us encourage Serbia to implement its existing legislation and bring them in line with the EU convention for the protection of pet animals, ratified in 2011.

Recent SPCAI article on the Pozega pound:
http://www.spcai.org/news-and-blog/blog/entry/shocking-cruelty-uncovered-at-animal-shelter-in-serbia.html

*****PLEASE SIGN THE PETITIONS:*****
http://www.peticije24.com/pomoc_psima_u_logoru_pozega
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http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/local-and-state-authorities-in-serbia-as-well-as-the-european-union-shut-down-the-horror-dog-shelter-in-pozega-serbia

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Bosnia and Herzegovina: URGENT Action Required – Stop Parlaiment From Changing Laws to Mass Kill Strays – Sign Petition Now !

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A dog which has been targeted during the last few days – Please sign petitions NOW

2 Petitions:

https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/bosnia-do-not-implement-kill-law

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/116/172/210/stop-bosnia-from-implementing-kill-law/ 

Thank you everyone for signing, but, please share the petition widely. 

The vote is on Thursday and we need as many signatures as possible.

Please see the recent post on In Memory of Vucko regarding a massacre in Bosnia that took place yesterday. This is what will happen to all the strays if the vote on Thursday to change the animal welfare law goes ahead!

http://inmemoryofvucko.org/2013/10/21/massacre-of-stray-dogs-in-kalinovik-bosnia/

Kind Regards,
Sandra Jensen
AWAB

In four days Bosnia-Herzegovina Parliament will vote on changing the Animal Welfare Act.

If these changes are implemented, it will not only be ineffective in dealing with the stray dog problem but will mean untold suffering for thousands of strays.

Please read the posts listed below especially BOSNIA ABOUT TO IMPLEMENT KILL LAW! where you will find details of how to help stop changes to the law.

We need your help URGENTLY. 

Please join the Facebook Event for latest news and updates: 

STOP BOSNIA FROM IMPLEMENTING KILL LAW

PLEASE SIGN THE PETITIONS!

RELATED POSTS ON THIS  

http://inmemoryofvucko.org/2013/10/21/massacre-of-stray-dogs-in-kalinovik-bosnia/   BLOG:

 

KILL-LAW DEBATE IN BOSNIA

BOSNIA ABOUT TO IMPLEMENT KILL LAW!

THE HORROR SHELTERS OF BOSNIA – SOMETHING MUST BE DONE!

Bosnia Killing Dogs – No Different to Romania!

BOSNIA! IMPLEMENT HUMANE STRAY-DOG AND CAT POPULATION CONTROL AND TREATMENT

Dog Shelters in Bosnia: A Complex Situation

Horror Camps for Animals in Bosnia

Concentration Camp for Man’s Best Friend

Concentration Camp for Man’s Best Friend PART TWO

Mass Graves Found Near Dog “Shelter”

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https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2013/10/02/bosnia-and-herzegovina-urgent-action-reqd-on-31013-bosnia-will-vote-on-whether-to-replicate-the-romanian-slaughter-law-and-allow-the-killing-of-homeless-animals-sample-letter-to-send-urgent/

 

 

UK (England) Hunting News. Pro Kill Conservatives and PM David Cameron Want To Make Attempts To Reverse the Hunting Ban.

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 England – Crawley & Horsham huntsman pleads guilty

On Feb 2nd 2013 Angmering Park, W. Sussex the Huntsman for the Crawley and Horsham fox hunt is caught setting his pack of dogs onto a fox. The terrified and exhausted animal was illegally hunted for over 15 minutes. The rest of the hunt was involved too and could be seen whooping and smacking their saddles. Based on the overwhelming evidence against him, Nick Bycroft pleaded guilty and was convicted for his crime. He was given a 12 month conditional discharge.  It was established in court that the judge sentencing was Bycroft’s neighbour but the CPS failed to challenge this.  Unfortunately no other members of the hunt who took part were prosecuted.

See the footage here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdT5G0exTLQ 

 

England – Hunters plead guilty to kill

4 members of the Middleton Foxhounds pleaded guilty of illegally hunting a fox.  The crucial evidence was obtained by members of the League’s Investigations Team in Dec 2012. The team videoed a fox taking refuge from the hunt in a stack of hay bales. The animal was trapped in the bales for over 25 minutes, with hunt staff using terriers, sticks and hounds to force the fox to flee into the open. Eventually it did attempt to escape, but was brought down and torn apart by the waiting pack of hounds. The huntsman could then be clearly seen, using his hunting horn to blow the traditional call for a kill. He then picks up the fox carcass and holds it over the hounds so that they could better attack and ‘rag’ it.  The 4 individuals charged were Huntsman Tom Holt, Whipper-in Shaun Marles, Terrierman Lee Martin, and Amateur Terrierman Brian Cuthbertson who all pleaded guilty of Section 1 Hunting Act offences, which is the hunting of a wild mammal with a dog.  Holt was fined £200, Marles was fined £100 and Martin was fined £100. All 3 had to pay a £20 surcharge and £85 in costs. Cuthbertson was granted a conditional discharge for 12 months and ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

 

England – Huntsman pleads guilty

In Yeovil Magistrates’ Court, on 12 Sept, David Parker, Huntsman of the Seavington Foxhounds, pleaded guilty to the Hunting Act 2004 offence which took place in Winsham, Dorset in Jan 2013. He was sentenced to pay a £500 fine, £500 costs plus a £50 victim surcharge. The evidence that led to this conviction was obtained by IFAW Wildlife Crime Investigators working as part of IFAW’s UK Enforcement Team, whose role is to gather evidence of illegal hunting to aid public or private prosecutions. They managed to film the hunt on the searching a scrub area from which a fox bolted. When the Huntsman was made aware of the presence of the fox by other people assisting him he then blew the horn and engaged the hounds in pursuing it, which is a breach of section 1 of the Hunting Act 2004 regardless of whether the fox is eventually caught in the end. The footage clearly shows the fox fleeing across the field, with the hounds following “on line” shortly after for several fields and then stopping at a spot where the fox probably hid underground. The huntsman then inspected the spot, other people joined him and some who carried spades started to dig, and eventually the huntsman and the remaining riders left. The whole recorded chase lasted more than 12 minutes and covered a distance of about a third of a mile. After all the evidence and footage was gathered the case was handed over to the RSPCA for consideration, who then successfully prosecuted the huntsman with the evidence IFAW monitors produced. 

Solicitor Jamie Foster, who represented Parker in court, condemned the RSPCA’s decision to prosecute. “Instead of trying to stop the hounds from chasing the fox, in a moment of madness David Parker blew his horn and encouraged them on.  “In the moral pantheon of criminal law it falls somewhere between littering and not paying your TV licence. Jamie Forster is the Countryside Alliance retained lawyer.

 

England – Ledbury huntsman in court

Following an operation by the League’s Investigations Team, footage was submitted to the RSPCA prosecutions department, who have served a summons on Will Goffe, huntsman for the Ledbury Hunt, for allegedly breaching the Hunting Act 2004.  A preliminary hearing took place at Worcester Magistrates Court on 3 October 2013. Having carefully considered the available evidence the RSPCA has decided there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that it is in the public interest to instigate a private prosecution in this case. This decision was taken having regard to the guidance to prosecutors set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors.

 

England – Gamekeeper kills dog

A Goudhurst man has appeared in court accused of killing a dog by driving over it with a golf buggy.  Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court heard how the incident came after months of arguments between gamekeepers at The Glassenbury Shoot, a Goudhurst gaming reserve, and the dog’s owner, Miss Salmon.  Gamekeeper Tony Reynolds, of Bedgebury Rd, Goudhurst, is accused of screaming “I’m going to kill you and all of your f*****g dogs” before deliberately running over and killing a long-haired white Alsatian dog. 

On July 4, Miss Salmon said she was walking her 3 dogs – a large boxer dog and 2 long haired Alsatians – when Reynolds appeared driving a buggy. Accelerating when he saw the dogs, Reynolds is alleged to have driven straight towards them, knocking a dog down and killing it instantly.  The prosecution said: “Miss Salmon put her arms out, yelling for him to stop, but he kept accelerating towards her before she jumped out of the way.”  Appearing in court, he was charged with criminal damage to property and use of threatening words and behaviour with intent to cause fear.  Reynolds denies that he intended to kill the dog and said he was speeding up to drive away because he knew the dogs were vicious !!.

He also denies using threatening words and behaviour.  Defence solicitor Mr Burrows said: “There is a history of the dogs attacking people and attacking 4×4 cars as well. As the defendant had 2 small puppies with him, he feared that both he and they would be in danger. “He took a sharp left turn and heard a thump. He has never denied he was the driver, but didn’t know what happened to the dog afterwards.”  Reynolds will appear at Sevenoaks’ Magistrates’ Court for trial on Jan 14.

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Despite all the national public support to keep hunting with hounds in the history books where it belongs, UK Prime Minister David Cameron may attempt to try and repeal the hunting act – a law passed by a British parliament in 2004.

http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Cameron-signals-return-fox-hunting/story-19933046-detail/story.html?ito=email_newsletter_thisiscornwall#axzz2hnPLF0sv

The following article is from the UK newspaper the ‘Telegraph’, or ‘Torygraph’ as it is nationally known.

This is a pro-Conservative paper which tends to support David Cameron; thus it may be biassed in the way things are reported.  It is a very one sided opinion to support animal killing.

From the Telegraph: 

Pressure mounts to ease the hunting ban

A full pack of hounds would be allowed to help kill foxes in England and Wales under a relaxation of the Hunting Act being considered by ministers.

10:00PM BST 13 Oct 2013

Under the proposals the law banning farmers from using more than two dogs to flush out foxes and shoot them would be scrapped allowing them to use a full pack.

The move, which is backed by a cross-party alliance of MPs, would be the first change to one of the most contentious pieces of legislation in modern times.

It is certain to reopen the furious debate between supporters of fox hunting and its opponents, who are bound to see any relaxation of the rules as reintroducing hunting “by the back door”.

Farmers say attacks on lambs have been on the increase, signalling that limited pest control measures allowed under the Act are not working.

Hill farmers, who suffered devastating losses last spring as a result of the late snow, say a change in the law is desperately needed to fend off a growing threat to their livelihood.

Rules already in place allow farmers to flush foxes out of their dens and shoot them in order to protect flocks but it is a criminal offence to use more than two dogs.

However MPs from the Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Labour and Plaid Cymru parties, are joining farmers groups in pressing the Environment Secretary Owen Paterson to scrap the limit.

The change, which is likely to require a vote in Parliament but not a fresh bill, would bring the law in England and Wales into line with that in Scotland.

It comes after a study demonstrated for the first time that deploying a full pack of hounds to flush foxes from cover can be almost twice as effective as using a pair of dogs.

The study also concluded that it could even improve animal welfare, because using a full pack of hounds can draw foxes out of their dens to be shot much more quickly rather than enduring a lengthy pursuit. More effective shooting could also reduce the use of snares, which have been condemned as cruel.

Last night the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs confirmed that it had been receiving evidence of an apparent growing threat to flocks from foxes and would study the research “with interest”.

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Although Mr Paterson, a long term supporter of lifting the hunting ban, has made no commitment to the change, a spokeswoman said he was “aware” of the calls from farmers.

The Coalition Agreement between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats contains a commitment to giving MPs a free vote on repealing the Act which was introduced by Tony Blair in 2004 after a gruelling stand-off between Commons and Lords.

But many Conservatives accept that they might not have enough support to secure a repeal and see amending the pest control provision as a way of helping farmers.

It could also help firm up Conservative support in rural areas affected by the HS2 rail plans.

But it comes at a time when Defra is already facing anger from animal rights protesters over the badger cull.

Farmers backing the calls said the losses last spring were the “last straw” and a spur for action.

In addition to the thousands of newborn lambs which became stranded and froze to death amid the late snow, some farmers lost up to 50 to foxes, which were themselves short of food because of the deep drifts.

The Federation of Welsh Farmers’ Packs – a group representing huntsmen who shoot foxes under the current law – commissioned the study to assess whether lifting the limit on dogs would make a difference.

A team led by Dr Jeremy Naylor, a vet and racehorse trainer, spent four months comparing the effects of pairs of hounds and full pack at 80 sites in Scotland.

David Thomas, the federation’s secretary, said that while many still hoped for a full repeal, the amendment could ease pressure.

“We feel that this is something that could be very easily done,” he said.

“It is necessary for sheep farmers, it is not going to cost the Government or the country any money at all, it is just a win-win situation.”

Roger Williams, the Liberal Democrat MP for Brecon and Radnorshire, said: “This is a debate that must be had.

“I hope that they take it seriously … I have received letters from constituents and across Wales about this.”

Glyn Davis, the Tory MP for Montgomeryshire, and himself a former farmer, said: “Whether you are in favour of a ban on hunting or not, if you accept that you can have dogs to flush foxes out, to limit it to two has no logic.”

Kate Hoey, the Labour MP for Vauxhall in London, said: “I think what this deserves is a very sensible and dispassionate look at the research and for some way of being able to allow the extra number of hounds to be used.

“Unless you are someone who does not believe that a fox should ever be killed I cannot understand why in terms of welfare this is not something that could be supported by a broad range of opinion.”

Jonathan Edwards, of Plaid Cymru, said: “I am very much on the left of the political spectrum, I don’t see this as a left-right fight.

“We have a duty as politicians to have laws that work.

“It seems common sense to me that we would use best practice.

“We need a reasonable debate rather than reacting gung-ho.”

Derek Morgan, chairman of the Farmers’ Union of Wales’s hill farming committee, added: “The hunting ban was aimed at what Labour saw as posh people on horses, but the people who have suffered most are working class hill farmers whose incomes are already well below the UK average.

“If Government increased the number of hounds we are allowed to use it would significantly reduce the number of lambs we lose.

“It’s a small step the Government can take to show they really support hill farmers and it would not change the basic principles of the hunting act.”

A spokeswoman for Defra said: “We have been receiving reports on increased predation of lambs by foxes and the burden this has placed on hillfarmers in what has already been a tough year.

“We will look at all research into this with interest.”

A spokesman for the Countryside Alliance said that while it would continue to campaign for a repeal, it understood the “urgent need for the only effective method of fox control in many upland areas to be reinstated.”

A spokeswoman for the League Against Cruel Sports said: “The Hunting Act is a successful piece of legislation and it works – ultimately we do not want to see it weakened.

“If the Farmers’ Union of Wales are supporting this do they not have anything better to do with their time?

“This would ultimately be changing the legislation quite considerably.”

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Photo – MJ (SAV) – and East Kent Hunt Sabs.  The reality of the alleged ‘Quick Kill’.

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SAV Comment –  if the majority of UK public opinion is currently anything to go by, David Cameron and his pro-hunting chums will not win the next UK general election in 2015; we keep our fingers crossed.

Even a free vote by elected MP’s is on very thin ice to win anything which return to hunting.  We have had nearly 10 years of the law banning hound packs now and that is how the vast majority of people wish to see it remain – banned !

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