> UK > Recreation and Sports > Sports > Country Sports > Protection of Wild Mammals Bill-Scotland > News and Media

This category contains 49 sites:

• Ananova: Setback for bid to ban hunting - Opponents of fox-hunting have been dealt a blow after a Scottish Parliament committee refused to endorse an attempt to outlaw the practice in Scotland.
• BBC : New challenge to hunt bill - Supporters of the bill to ban foxhunting in Scotland are claiming it faces a new threat which could destroy it.
• BBC: Hunt Bill hits more trouble - The current Bill appears not to outlaw Scotland's 10 traditional mounted hunts.
• BBC: Hunt supporters lobby Labour conference - Glasgow.
• BBC: Hunt vote 'will assist' Scots ban - The MSP attempting to ban hunting with hounds in Scotland claims the successful vote in the House of Commons has "assisted" his campaign.
• BBC: Hunting bill falls at first hurdle - Elizabeth Quigley, Scotland political correspondent. Examination of the concerns associated with the Hunting Bill.
• BBC: Hunting bill hits major setback - Plans to ban fox-hunting in Scotland fail are branded too wide-ranging and unworkable by a parliamentary committee. Includes audio clip.
• BBC: Hunting bill MSP 'optimistic' - The MSP behind the bill to ban fox hunting in Scotland says he will be supported in parliament, despite a rejection in committee. Includes Video clip.
• BBC: MSPs consider anti-hunt bill - A bill to ban fox hunting north of the border starts its passage through the Scottish Parliament.
• BBC: Outbreak delays hunting bill - A decision by the Scottish Parliament on whether to ban fox hunting is delayed because of the foot-and-mouth crisis.
• BBC: Pro-hunt battle moves to courts - Supporters of hunting with hounds threaten court action as the Scottish Parliament votes for a ban. Video link.
• BBC: Safety warning for hunt ban MSPs - Officers responsible for policing the parliament said they met a group of campaigners who had made clear their intention to disrupt parliamentary business and harass MSPs.
• BBC: Vote supports hunting ban - The Scottish Parliament votes decisively in favour of pressing ahead with a bill to ban hunting with dogs.
• Evening News: Debate on your doorstep - Julie McCaffrey. "Whilst feelings are running high over foxhunting in the countryside, foxes living in Scotland's cities are destroyed without many of us being aware of it."
• Evening Standard: Scots give hope to fox-hunters - Patrick Hennessy, political correspondent.
• Guardian: Countryside campaigners march on Scottish parliament - Gerard Seenan. News coverage about the 15,000 people who took part in its March on the Mound demonstration in Edinburgh's Meadows to protest at the handling of countryside issues by the Scottish parliament.
• Guardian: Scotland bans fox-hunting - Kirsty Scott. Even its supporters say the bill is a tortuous piece of legislation, riddled with potential loopholes, but the intent is clear: mounted fox-hunting, fox-baiting and hare-coursing will be a criminal offence in Scotland punishable by a £5,000
• Guardian: Scottish hunts prepare for last hurrah - Kirsty Scott. A bill to ban mounted fox hunting in Scotland, the first part of the UK to prohibit the practice, is expected to become law some time next year.
• Independent: Pro-hunt lobby vows to step up protests over Bill - Anna Whitney. Countryside campaigners took to the streets of Edinburgh yesterday to highlight the plight of rural communities in the largest protest of its kind yet in Scotland.
• Independent: The mark of a civilised society is its tolerance of unpopular behaviour - Leader. Why it was a mistake for Holyrood, just as it would have been a mistake for Westminster to pass such legislation. Links to three stories.
• Scotland on Sunday: Freedom threatened by the tyranny of the majority - Katie Grant. "There are two ways to destroy freedom and we have seen them both over the past two weeks. One is the tyranny of the terrorist. The other, the tyranny of the majority."
• Scotsman Heritage: Scots supporters of fox hunting fear worst - "The formal conclusions of the Burns inquiry, which are due to be made to ministers by the end of next month, will be preceded by a report commissioned from the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute in Aberdeen by the Scottish executive. It is underst
• Telegraph: Bill should focus on hunting as 'sport' says MSP - By Tom Peterkin, Scottish Politics Correspondent. About the new amendment attempting to abolish mounted fox hunting, fox baiting and hare coursing for `sporting purposes' but still allowing gamekeepers, farmers and the Scottish hill packs to hunt with dog
• Telegraph: Hunting ban in Scotland is delayed by Tory Bill - Nick Britten, Scottish political correspondent.
• Telegraph: MSPs propose to allow foxhunting - but only under licence - Nick Britten, Scotland political correspondent.
• Telegraph: MSPs reject payout for hunt workers - By Tom Peterkin, Scottish Political Correspondent. Members of the Scottish Parliament's rural development committee voted six to five against an amendment proposing that the Scottish Executive subsidise those whose livelihoods will be destroyed when the B
• Telegraph: Scottish in clash over hunt ban - Nick Britten. "Supporters of the Bill to ban foxhunting in Scotland insisted yesterday that they would fight to force the legislation through despite the recommendation of a parliamentary committee to throw it out."
• Telegraph: This hunting Bill shows how bad Scotland's Parliament is - Leader. Fearing that the courts would not convict professionally conducted hunts if the charge was causing unnecessary suffering, the opponents of hunting have chosen instead to criminalise certain groups of people. Link to news story.
• The Courier News: "A black day for Scotland" says Master of Foxhounds - Anger at the Parliament's committee system being ignored, uninformed MSPs and rural jobs eliminated with no compensation.
• The Courier News: 'No compensation' shock as hunting with dogs is banned - Steve Bargeton, political editor. In a shock decision, MSPs rejected the right of those who will lose their jobs and livelihoods to receive compensation.
• The Herald: Executive must intervene with compensation - Leader. The real victims are the people who will lose their jobs and property interests without compensation because hunting will become a criminal activity. They are blameless. It is not market forces, but a change in the law that will deprive them of th
• The Herald: Fight moves to court as fox hunting is banned - Murray Ritchie and Robbie Dinwoodie. A challenge before the European Court of Human Rights is now inevitable.
• The Scotsman - Opinion - This Bill on fox hunting is a legislative mess - By Angus Glennie, Queens Counsel, about the serious legal problems with the current Bill.
• The Scotsman: 11th-hour reprieve for hunting as MSPs reject bill - Hamish Macdonell, Scottish political editor.
• The Scotsman: A vote for flawed and ambiguous legislation - Leader. The drafting of the bill is so muddled and imprecise that it is by no means clear whether it will do what its supporters say it will do. Links to four additional stories which include roll call votes and a list of the hunts.
• The Scotsman: Analysis: Flawed grand plan goes to dogs - Hamish Macdonell.
• The Scotsman: Fox-manglers rally for the tally-ho debate - Robert McNeil. "Mike Watson (Lab), proposer of the bill to ban the frightful hobby, seemed heartily tired of it."
• The Scotsman: Hunting ban - Continuing coverage of the ban including news, commentary and web resources.
• The Scotsman: Hunting ban within a year - By Hamish Macdonell, Scottish political editor. "Fox-hunting is to be outlawed within a year following a crucial vote in the Scottish parliament yesterday."
• The Scotsman: Hunting vote - Mark Conway. "If committees are to be ignored, then clearly they are not needed."
• The Scotsman: Hunting vote - Les Ward, Chairman Scottish Campaign Against Hunting with Dogs. "In a modern, civilised Scotland, there is no longer a place or justification for the cruel practice of deliberately using dogs."
• The Scotsman: Labour MSPs compromise bid to emasculate anti-hunting bill - Hamish Macdonell, Scottish political editor. "The amendment would not ban hunting but it would force ministers to take on the issue themselves and introduce new, unspecified, measures to prevent cruelty to wild animals."
• The Sunday Times: Scots hunters forced abroad - Jenny Shields. "Look at Ireland, look at France, they're in Europe and they can hunt. Why are we being dictated to?"
• The Times: How hunting was hijacked by the moral crusaders - Katie Grant, Saturday standpoint. Assumptions are dangerous things on which to base criminal law.
• The Times: Hunting Bill found guilty of cruelty to foxes - Magnus Linklater. "The Bill sets out to address the issue of cruelty. But it is not in fact about that, it is about the use of dogs. The two dont match up."
• The Times: Scotland to allow foxhunting on licence - Fraser Nelson, Scottish political correspondent.
• The Times: Scottish hunting Bill delayed - Parliament news.
• Times: A sad, bloody end to a great and colourful institution - Magnus Linklater. Comparison to the former Home Secretary Kenneth Bakers Dangerous Dogs Act to show that bad Bills make rotten law.
• Times: An 'utter betrayal' if Blair does not back Bill - Philip Webster, political editor. Tony Banks (MP West Ham) claims that the Governments credibility depends on its banning foxhunting. Links to three other stories.

Become a sponsor >>