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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.
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- Express & Echo (Exeter UK)
- Article date:
- May 15, 2009
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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.
In his letter, Mr Batchelor claims that the only people who
criticise the Hunting Act are a "small minority whose barbaric
sport has been resigned to the history books".
Mr Batchelor should be well aware that a rival anti-hunt
organisation, Protect Our Wild Animals, is highly critical of the
Hunting Act. Indeed, to quote from its website: "The truth is, the
Hunting Act is flawed".
It has also gone on record stating an area where the Hunting Act
is "an anomaly" and "should ...