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The first U.K. conviction under the Hunting Act has been tossed. Tony Wright, huntsman for the Exmoor Foxhounds, was found guilty in August of last year of having used two hounds to flush foxes to be shot in February of 2005, and he was to have been fined £500 for his supposed transgressions.
The case was reversed this week, however, as Judge Graham Cottle said the law that forbids the hunting of animals with dogs was "far from simple to interpret or apply" and that Wright had clearly made a good faith effort to work within the law.
Since the Exmoor is one of only two fox hunts to have ever been prosecuted successfully, this reversal is a real blow to the nitwits, halfwits and fools at the League Against Cruel Sports who brought the action. To see the wildlife management theories of the League in practice, see >> "Animal Right Groups Starving for Logic".
Meanwhile, as the Countryside Alliance notes, "More people have been convicted of hunting rats under the Act than have been found guilty of illegal fox hunting."
So what now? Time to repeal the law ladies and gentlemen.
A law that only make a mockery, while doing ill, is a travesty. A legal travesty is a threat to Democracy, as it debases the coin of law and the state. Strike the law!
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The case was reversed this week, however, as Judge Graham Cottle said the law that forbids the hunting of animals with dogs was "far from simple to interpret or apply" and that Wright had clearly made a good faith effort to work within the law.
Since the Exmoor is one of only two fox hunts to have ever been prosecuted successfully, this reversal is a real blow to the nitwits, halfwits and fools at the League Against Cruel Sports who brought the action. To see the wildlife management theories of the League in practice, see >> "Animal Right Groups Starving for Logic".
Meanwhile, as the Countryside Alliance notes, "More people have been convicted of hunting rats under the Act than have been found guilty of illegal fox hunting."
So what now? Time to repeal the law ladies and gentlemen.
A law that only make a mockery, while doing ill, is a travesty. A legal travesty is a threat to Democracy, as it debases the coin of law and the state. Strike the law!
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