Article: Animal-lovers' vote will be won by Ben ; Hannah Foster, Parliamentary spokesperson for the Conservative Party, is confused in her thinking My view is Hunting Act is unworkable, Points of view, June 6.

Article: Hunting law is, at best, unenforceable ; Like so much else emanating from his organisation, the recent letter from Douglas Batchelor, chief executive of the League Against Cruel Sports, is a work of fiction, Hunting Act backed by majority of public, May 11.
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  May 15, 2009 ;     279 words ......Cruel Sports, is a work of fiction, Hunting Act backed by majority of public, May 11...that the only people who criticise the Hunting Act are a "small minority whose barbaric...Wild Animals, is highly critical of the Hunting Act. Indeed, to quote from its website...

Article: Hunting Act full of holes, say MPs.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  August 15, 2006 ;     291 words ......Exmoor huntsman Tony Wright under the Hunting Act will worsen animal welfare in a number...welfare difficulties inherent in the Hunting Act: Why are only two hounds permitted to...forestry it means that the chase, which the Hunting Act is supposed to prevent, will actually...

Article: Repeal - the word is out on unjust act ; His weekend at opening meets around the country, there's one word that everyone will be talking about - repeal. When the Hunting Act came into force on February 2005 it still looked a distant dream. Now, however, in a changed political climate and with a firm Conservative commitment to a free vote on scrapping the Act, the odds on it being scrapped are shortening.
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  November 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......be talking about - repeal. When the Hunting Act came into force on February 2005 it...even more important occasion since the Hunting Act came into force. The sheer number of...convincing argument for repeal. In fact the Hunting Act is unique in that its effects are entirely...

Article: All-round support for repeal of act ; It is interesting the recent letters concerning the Hunting Act contain three calls for its repeal from three very different viewpoints.
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  May 13, 2008 ;     297 words ......interesting the recent letters concerning the Hunting Act contain three calls for its repeal from...a law banning all forms of cruelty, "Hunting act in need of repeal" (April 24). What...needs to be repealed and replaced with a Hunting Act Mk 2 which he declares to be inevitable...

Article: Defra didn't want me to let deer live ; I wholeheartedly support Hannah Foster's call for the unworkable Hunting Act to be replaced by legislation aimed at improving animal welfare, rather than the current mess, which is based on ignorance and prejudice My view is Hunting Act is unworkable, Points of View, June 6.
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  June 13, 2008 ;     237 words ......Hannah Foster's call for the unworkable Hunting Act to be replaced by legislation aimed...ignorance and prejudice My view is Hunting Act is unworkable, Points of View, June 6. When the Hunting Act came into force, I explained to Defra...

Article: Is the Hunting Act working, or should it be repealed? ; The big question
The Independent - London;  December 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ......of debate, Parliament introduced the Hunting Act, which was supposed to put an end to...still meet? The opening sentence of the Hunting Act reads: "A person commits an offence...insufficient resources properly to enforce the Hunting Act, and have officially deemed illegal...

Article: Police must continue to enforce hunt laws ; I was angry to read, that the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has issued guidance to police forces across the land that the Hunting Act is too difficult to police.
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  June 17, 2009 ;     358 words ......police forces across the land that the Hunting Act is too difficult to police. How dare...forget (least of all the police) that the Hunting Act is a very popular piece of legislation...representatives, and we, the people, expect the Hunting Act to work as parliament intended. We ...

Article: Police must not let hunts break the law ; I was angry to read that the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has issued guidance to police forces across the land that the Hunting Act is too difficult to police.
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  May 26, 2009 ;     337 words ......police forces across the land that the Hunting Act is too difficult to police. How dare...all the police, should forget that the Hunting Act is a very popular piece of legislation...representatives, and we, the people, expect the Hunting Act to work as Parliament intended. We also...

Article: Hunting act low priority for police ; I am unhappy at the failure of Devon and Cornwall police to properly enforce the Hunting Act 2004. They regard it as a low priority. Regrettably, the Oxford University Press (OUP) also appears to consider hunting with dogs for sport to be of little importance.
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  July 26, 2008 ;     197 words ......Cornwall police to properly enforce the Hunting Act 2004. They regard it as a low priority...reference manual. I regret to note that the Hunting Act 2004 has been omitted from the 2008...excellent publication. I suspect the Hunting Act has also been omitted from the police...

Article: We need to reassess this unworkable act ; It is interesting to see that hunting opponent Helen Weeks now appears to accept that the Hunting Act is flawed, Police must continue to enforce hunt laws, Echo, June 18.
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  June 20, 2009 ;     234 words ......Weeks now appears to accept that the Hunting Act is flawed, Police must continue to enforce...strengthen it. It is clear that the Hunting Act is unworkable and needs to be looked...admit it. We need a free vote on the Hunting Act. The options are reform, repeal and...

Article: 'Hunting Act puts lambs at risk'.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  November 29, 2005 ;     251 words ......farming organisations called for the Hunting Act 2004 to be amended in Wales. As the...NFU Cymru renewed concerns that the Hunting Act 2004 does not allow for effective pest...concern that within the terms of the Hunting Act 2004, hunts and farmers will be unable...

Article: Hunting act is a bad law
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  March 10, 2007 ;     183 words ......David Cameron and the repeal of the Hunting Act, it seems she has completely missed...to remain on the statute books. The Hunting Act was pushed through the parliamentary...been allowed in the first place. The Hunting Act was motivated by pure prejudice and...

Article: The hunting act is a waste of everyone's time ; I Would like to thank the Grimsby Telegraph for highlighting the Home Office's figures revealing that no member of a hunt in Humberside has been found guilty of breaking the Hunting Act laws.
Grimsby Telegraph;  March 3, 2008 ;     258 words ......has been found guilty of breaking the Hunting Act laws. Three huntsmen, in two incidents...appeal. Judge Graham Cottle said the Hunting Act was: "Too difficult to interpret and...hunt within the law", which leaves the Hunting Act in tatters and confirms the original...

Article: Hunting act a waste of time and resource
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  May 11, 2009 ;     70 words ......bombarding me with his thoughts on my letter regarding the Hunting Act, let me assure him that I am neither pro or anti...point out to him, yet again, that I think that the Hunting Act is a waste of police time and resources, and, for...