January 2004: Boxing Day Numbers Grossly Overstated

A leading anti-bloodsports group Protect Our Wild Animals [POWA] believes that the Countryside Alliance has grossly overstated the number of hunt supporters attending Boxing Day Meets, in a further attempt to delude the public and decision-makers as to the strength of support for hunting.

Spokesman Alan Kirby said 'The figure of 275,000 claimed and widely reported as fact simply cannot be supported by independent reports from local newspapers. Analysing these, we reckon the true figure of actual supporters was at most 100,000.'

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