Trail hunting to be banned
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butchstewie

Original Poster:

62,465 posts

230 months

Trail hunting to be banned as part of new animal welfare strategy

Be interesting to see what else is in the animal welfare strategy.

Lotobear

8,441 posts

148 months

..banning Halal slaughter hopefully....but probably not would be my guess

scenario8

7,485 posts

199 months

There’ll be more than a few Labour MPs looking at an uncomfortable time with their constituents with this news. And with the various representative and lobby groups. Quite the hornets nest to poke.

I’m aware the beeb mention it was a manifesto pledge.

Andeh1

7,424 posts

226 months

Of all the things that need focusing on, is this the priority?!

Sheets Tabuer

20,680 posts

235 months

I don't think the MPs will care, Labour aren't governing, they are conducting a class war.

butchstewie

Original Poster:

62,465 posts

230 months

Andeh1 said:
Of all the things that need focusing on, is this the priority?!
Probably not in overall terms.

But if you assume multiple briefs can be worked on concurrently I'd expect it's up there for whoever has the animal welfare brief.

carinatauk

1,540 posts

272 months

Sheets Tabuer said:
I don't think the MPs will care, Labour aren't governing, they are conducting a class war.
This I am afraid. The countryside sports bring in a lot of money, regretably soon be lost.

Biker 1

8,317 posts

139 months

Ban halal & kosher slaughtering practices immediately!!
As for the hunt: nothing more than class warfare.

motco

17,157 posts

266 months

Sheets Tabuer said:
I don't think the MPs will care, Labour aren't governing, they are conducting a class war.
That was my feeling too. If it doesn't suit the definition of a Labour voter's pastime, ban it! I have no axe to grind on the trail hunting subject, in fact I couldn't care less either way. I do disapprove of fox hunting as it was practised, but as so few foxes were actually killed it didn't figure highly in my priority list - cruel though it was.

M1AGM

4,090 posts

52 months

carinatauk said:
Sheets Tabuer said:
I don't think the MPs will care, Labour aren't governing, they are conducting a class war.
This I am afraid. The countryside sports bring in a lot of money, regretably soon be lost.
Yep. Next, game shooting.

BrettMRC

5,335 posts

180 months

This needs to happen ASAP, far too many hunts have been taking the piss - they treat everyone like dirt.

I'm tired of their violence, abuse and gang-like behaviour.


On the flip side, I'm totally anti the proposed changes to Firearms legislation.

NDA

24,114 posts

245 months

M1AGM said:
carinatauk said:
Sheets Tabuer said:
I don't think the MPs will care, Labour aren't governing, they are conducting a class war.
This I am afraid. The countryside sports bring in a lot of money, regrettably soon be lost.
Yep. Next, game shooting.
Yes to all of this.

Shotguns are going to be increasingly hard to licence.... because, 'toffs' who happen to fund the welfare state.

Generational farms being lost ... because of 'toffs' who grow our food.

Small businesses struggling due to high employment costs and punitive employment laws... because of 'toffs' who are growing the economy.

Fewer private schools and more pressure on struggling state schools... because of 'toffs' who are not on benefits.

Fewer rental properties (and higher rental prices) due to protections being removed from landlords .... etc etc

The socialists are utter cocks.

Sheets Tabuer

20,680 posts

235 months

M1AGM said:
carinatauk said:
Sheets Tabuer said:
I don't think the MPs will care, Labour aren't governing, they are conducting a class war.
This I am afraid. The countryside sports bring in a lot of money, regretably soon be lost.
Yep. Next, game shooting.
And fishing.

jan8p

1,827 posts

248 months

Sheets Tabuer said:
M1AGM said:
carinatauk said:
Sheets Tabuer said:
I don't think the MPs will care, Labour aren't governing, they are conducting a class war.
This I am afraid. The countryside sports bring in a lot of money, regretably soon be lost.
Yep. Next, game shooting.
And fishing.
We'll all have to take up knitting instead.

Oh, no, wait, we can't do knitting, knitting needles could be used as weapons so should be banned.

Slow.Patrol

3,538 posts

34 months

Biker 1 said:
Ban halal & kosher slaughtering practices immediately!!
As for the hunt: nothing more than class warfare.
Or at the very minimum, make it a legal requirement for the method of slaughter to be labelled.

oddman

3,611 posts

272 months

Fox population has halved since the hunting ban. Very little of this relates to the welfare of the species.

This is because gamekeepers have access to effective lethal measures of control (especially thermal and night vision) that weren't available before.

In addition keepers in hunt country now target foxes when before they were left for the hunt which is an unbelievably inefficient method of 'vermin' control.

I don't think they'll ban game shooting, I think they'll tie it up in so much regulation people will give up. Lead ban, shotgun certification and limits/regualtions of game bird release already having an impact.

Fishing is an odd one - probably the most cruel of all the fieldsports. The quarry is mostly domesticated ie. raised in captivity and released into a controlled environment; stick a spike in the quarry's face; drag it around until exhausted and then let it go so someone else can do the same thing. Not insignificant mortality from being caught even if recovered and released.

I shoot and fish so not having a go at anglers. Just pointing to the cowardice and hypocrisy of politicians.


BikeBikeBIke

12,676 posts

135 months

NDA said:
Yes to all of this.

Shotguns are going to be increasingly hard to licence.... because, 'toffs' who happen to fund the welfare state.

Generational farms being lost ... because of 'toffs' who grow our food.

Small businesses struggling due to high employment costs and punitive employment laws... because of 'toffs' who are growing the economy.

Fewer private schools and more pressure on struggling state schools... because of 'toffs' who are not on benefits.

Fewer rental properties (and higher rental prices) due to protections being removed from landlords .... etc etc

The socialists are utter cocks.
+1

AbbeyNormal

6,023 posts

178 months

Lotobear said:
..banning Halal slaughter hopefully....but probably not would be my guess
All religious slaughter right? Or just that one?

Lotobear

8,441 posts

148 months

AbbeyNormal said:
Lotobear said:
..banning Halal slaughter hopefully....but probably not would be my guess
All religious slaughter right? Or just that one?
No, Kosher as well - if that's okay with you?

AstonZagato

13,592 posts

230 months

BikeBikeBIke said:
NDA said:
Yes to all of this.

Shotguns are going to be increasingly hard to licence.... because, 'toffs' who happen to fund the welfare state.

Generational farms being lost ... because of 'toffs' who grow our food.

Small businesses struggling due to high employment costs and punitive employment laws... because of 'toffs' who are growing the economy.

Fewer private schools and more pressure on struggling state schools... because of 'toffs' who are not on benefits.

Fewer rental properties (and higher rental prices) due to protections being removed from landlords .... etc etc

The socialists are utter cocks.
+1
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