On Saturday 1st November, Declaration Day, hunts from across England and Wales will gather at mass gatherings at 10am.


People from the hunting shooting and fishing communities, and many others who support the freedom to hunt, will be signing the Hunting Declaration – an independent initiative. Signing the declaration commits them to refusing to co-operate with any hunting ban, and then submitting themselves to the legal consequences.


Foxhounds, lurchers, greyhounds, beagles, minkhounds, terriers and other hunting and working dogs will all be present at the gatherings.


Simon Hart, Chief Executive of the Countryside Alliance commented: “The mass gatherings on Declaration Day will give individuals the opportunity to make clear their intention to take part in peaceful but committed civil disobedience should a hunting ban ever be imposed. This nationwide show of strength and unity will send a clear message that we will not accept unjust law.


“We remain committed to and confident of a just outcome for hunting. However this event allows everyone to declare the lengths to which they are prepared to go for justice. This is not a step that anyone will be taking lightly, but many people feel that it is a legitimate act of protest in response to the threat of deeply prejudiced legislation”.

Get a grip; this is a liberal side-issue!

Prioritise:

1) If animal welfare is your thing I suggest targetting intensive farms not people who kill the odd fox in an odd way.

2) There ain't nothing wrong with hunting bunny rabbits with guns or dogs. It beats getting your meat from Mr Tesco.

3) I'm sure there are people a lot more deserving of your rather intense hatred than fox hunters.

A liberal side issue? So much for liberty being attained for 'all' living things ... So what the f*ck is the real issue? Don't all issues that prohibit the liberty of all life forms come into the agenda?

Ok, so its 'cool' for the rich and wealthy to enjoy themselves chasing a creature around the countryside as their sport? Christ on a *!*!*! cross! When ones goal is the extinction of a ruling class that exploits the underclasses (the fox, hare, rabbit included) .. Doesn't the culling of their favourite mentally retarded sport that helps to make them the bastards they are come into it?

Get real posters, the rich exploit the working classes as they exploit wildlife.

Try telling the fox, whose life is at stake that it's just 'a liberal side issue'!

Where's the compassion? Where's the feeling? Where's the courage to defend life?

I am opposed to hunting but the issue of hunting pales beside that of factory farming, and so it is factory farming which I focus my attention on. Factory farming is (in my opinion) much more cruel and certainly involves millions more animals than hunting does. Of course, this does NOT make hunting acceptable; only implies that focusing more of our time on factory farming may make more sense.