'Hunt ban is important'
RECENT reports of the level of support for traditional hunting have painted a somewhat confusing picture.
On one hand we are being told that it is more popular than ever, while on the other, we are being told the Hunting Act must be repealed.
If the Hunting Act 2004, which took out the cruelty by making it a crime to set dogs on wild mammals for sport, has resulted in increased popularity then why repeal the legislation?
The truth is that some do not accept the change to cruelty-free hunting and want to turn the clocks back to the barbarism of the past.
The European Court of Human Rights recently rejected a claim backed by the Countryside Alliance that the ban infringed an individual's human rights.
This ruling agreed with the UK High Court finding "that hunting with dogs was cruel and the bans in England, Wales and Scotland were justified as they aimed at preventing disorder, protecting health and morals, and the rights and freedoms of others".
With more than 130 people having been convicted for breaches of the Hunting Act, surely it is high time the minority who enjoy chasing and killing wild animals for sport accepted that repealing a law which would bring back their cruel sport is not an option.
The only option is to keep cruelty history.
Douglas Batchelor,
chief executive,
League Against Cruel Sports,
Surrey.
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