Cumbria
Hunt's Extremist Link
North West anti-hunt campaigners are demanding
that Tom Fell, director of the Countryside
Alliance (CA) for Cumbria, expels senior members
of the Coniston Foxhounds the hunts was filmed
supporting the Real CA who model themselvesf
on the Real IRA. (2004) |
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'Fox
Feeding Racket' Probed
The pest control claims of England's 'upland'
fell hunting packs - including the prestigious
Blencathra Fox Hounds, was exposed as fantasy
after the League Against Cruel Sports established
that foxes are being bred and fed for hunting
in Cumbria. (June 2002) |
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Dead Fox on Antis Doorstep
Hunt supporters dumped a dead fox on the doorstep
of a leading anti-hunt campaigner in Cumbria. Sadly
acts of mindless violence are nothing new in Cumbria,
in the early hours of 22 September 2002, supporters
of the Countryside Alliance march attacked and damaged
a car in Cumbria simply because it contained an anti-hunt
car sticker. (2003) |
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15.4.04
- Cumbria's
Pro-Hunt Fanatics
1996
- Cumbria Beagles Kill
Young Deer
February
2000 - Ennderdale & Eskdale Hunt - Hound killed on
road (North West Evening Mail 9.02.00)
December
1999 - Hounds killed on road (Source: Media Briefing 54)
January
1986 - Blencathra Foxhounds - Hunt secretary stated that
'roads presented a nightmare to hunt staff' and added
that hunt's 'best doghound' was killed on dual carriageway
at Thirlmere and another died on the A66 at Mungrisdale.
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