I have always thought that there is a cadre of individuals living in London who hate foxes – “they are pests” – and spend a considerable amount of time and energy trying to kill them, most often by poisoning as it is the easiest way …
NEWS AND OPINION: this story is an example of a foxhunter going on the attack to defend foxhunting. I think the man, Ed Swales, 55, a former army captain from rural Northumberland, got the idea from Ukraine who as the world knows went on the …
Here is an infographic on the ‘Labour government urged to crack down on foxhunting on MOD land.” It is self-explanatory. In the UK the MOD is being challenged by campaigners to meet the first test of a Labour manifesto pledge by banning fox hunting on …
This is another episode in the story of a foxhunter who supervised the throwing of a live fox to a pack of hounds on Christmas Eve. Thomas Ledbury, 38, was working for the Avon Vale hunt at the time. He was employed as a terrier …
As a freethinking animal advocate, I am delighted to read that the Labour Party in the UK has promised to end foxhunting for good within its first term after the forthcoming general election which Labour is expected to win with a substantial majority. Polls indicate …
NEWS AND VIEWS: The Times reports, as do numerous other media outlets and on social media, that a hunt in Dorset has been suspended and the police are investigating after drone footage showed that hounds ripped apart a live fox trying to escape while the …
In The Sunday Times today, in the letters to the editor section, there is a discussion on King Charles III’s endorsement of homeopathy, an alternative or complementary medicine which he favours. He has appointed Dr. Michael Dixon as the new head of the royal medical …
NEWS AND COMMENT: A-list celebrities who are animal advocates, namely Ricky Gervais, Twiggy, Sir Mark Rylance, Peter Egan, Amanda Abbington, Gemma Atkinson, the sailor Tracey Edwards, the television presenter Kirsty Gallacher, and the singer Shirley Kemp are urging the British government to ban children from …
This is another form of gratuitous violence against wild animals enjoyed by a small section of society in Ontario, Canada; the extremist sport hunters. They are a blood thirsty lot, aren’t they? Without morals and any vestige of sensitivity towards the sentience of animals. Their …
