In the House of Lords question today on hunting the peer Baroness Mallalieu the President of the Countryside Alliance criticises "night shooting which does cause a high degree of wounding". And also snaring.
Really? I have seen enough lamping of foxes in the past to say that I have never seen a shot fox wounded but always killed. Indeed the Government Minister at 5:40 states that "lamping if done correctly is the most satisfactory method".
But yet again the fox hunting lobby are happy to throw mud at any other form of control to try to justify their efforts to repeal the Hunting Act. Are they incapable of defending what they do without these scurrilous attacks on others? These people would sell out anyone in order to justify what they want. It is quite disgraceful. I hope that any Countryside Alliance members will follow this up.
As at some future time if and when the matter of lamping comes up in any discussion, in a anti-shooting political lobby, or in Parliament, or the Scottish Parliament, be assured that someone, somewhere will quote Baroness Mallalieu, the President of the Countryside Alliance, as saying, as above in July 2017 that lamping "does cause a high degree of wounding" then adding that because of this it is cruel and should be banned.
It is at 4:12 in the video in the news item.
Lord Mancroft says only hunting groups care about foxes - BBC News
Really? I have seen enough lamping of foxes in the past to say that I have never seen a shot fox wounded but always killed. Indeed the Government Minister at 5:40 states that "lamping if done correctly is the most satisfactory method".
But yet again the fox hunting lobby are happy to throw mud at any other form of control to try to justify their efforts to repeal the Hunting Act. Are they incapable of defending what they do without these scurrilous attacks on others? These people would sell out anyone in order to justify what they want. It is quite disgraceful. I hope that any Countryside Alliance members will follow this up.
As at some future time if and when the matter of lamping comes up in any discussion, in a anti-shooting political lobby, or in Parliament, or the Scottish Parliament, be assured that someone, somewhere will quote Baroness Mallalieu, the President of the Countryside Alliance, as saying, as above in July 2017 that lamping "does cause a high degree of wounding" then adding that because of this it is cruel and should be banned.
It is at 4:12 in the video in the news item.
Lord Mancroft says only hunting groups care about foxes - BBC News
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