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@AnimalRising
You’ve ended up looking even sillier than usual. The race is still on, the crowd even more united. Well done
@MerseyPolice
!
Oh, a free PR tip: don’t overplay the number of people you’ve got coming to support your protest either.
#tinynumber
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North Northamptonshire, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Dorset and Fenland have also all voted for motions to support local farmers and growers.
Each have also committed to keeping meat and dairy on the menu.
Our campaign is growing, more are set to join this year, watch this space!
Well done Cornwall!
We need more local authorities to do the same and support our farmers.
#NoFarmersNoFood
#NoFarmsNoFood
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🐶Huge crowds gather in Essex at one local Boxing Day hunt meet. This is just one hunt of many reporting an even higher turnout than usual this year.
✍️Protect the future of lawful hunting with hounds, sign up ➡️
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Hundreds of thousands turn out for Boxing Day meets
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Just one of over 200 Boxing Day hunt meets that took place across the countryside this morning.
Bringing local communities together and supporting local business.
Thank you ! 👏🐶🐴
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Newcastle University Students’ Union has been praised over its move to prioritise food sourcing from local farmers and suppliers. Rather than implementing illogical bans on meat, like some unions have, this motion will actually help cut food mileage.
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Always a huge turnout for the local Boxing Day hunt meet in Ledbury 😍
To help us to protect the future of lawful hunting with hounds, please sign up to
#ActionForHunting
here 👉🏻
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Another huge turn out for the Boxing Day hunt meet in Monmouthshire ⬇️
Help us protect the future of lawful hunting with hounds, sign up to
#ActionForHunting
here 👉🏻
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Thank you to the hundreds of people who have sent us pictures and videos from Boxing Day hunt meets today! Turnout has been even higher than usual in so many places.
The countryside is coming together 💪
Sign up to
#ActionForHunting
here 👉🏻
Another packed out Boxing Day hunt meet earlier today, this time in Kent 🐶
👏Thank you everybody who has been subscribing to our campaign and supporting our work today!
Protect the future of trail hunting. Sign up to
#ActionForHunting
here 👉🏻
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🗣 “It’s concerning that a vehicle can get so close to a major government building to spray it with an unknown substance. The so- called protestors should also clean up their mess, rather than relying on a tax payer funded clean up operation.”
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Red meat produced in Britain is among the most sustainable in the world.
Knowing where your food comes from and how it is produced is far more important than whether it is animal or vegetable.
#BuyLocal
#BEEF
The Big British Beef Battle!! Come on I dare ya, give it a watch 🤷🏾 And not just the first 5 minutes 😉
@Channel4
@zandlandfilms
#BEEF
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‘Channel 4 has been accused of a massive conflict of interest for screening two films attacking the meat industry after it made a seven-figure investment in a vegan food company.’ 👇
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The Countryside Alliance is spearheading this campaign.
Portsmouth, Fenland, Dorset, North Northamptonshire and Suffolk have already voted to keep meat and dairy on the table, while supporting local farmers. Others are set to follow
Find out more➡️
Cornwall Council recently pledged to support Cornish farmers by passing a ‘landmark’ motion to support local farmers and local farm foods. Other local authorities should do the same. Support our farmers and locally grown food.
#NoFarmersNoFood
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Cambridge Uni banned red meat in 2016. It said: "It is hard to imagine any other interventions that could yield such dramatic benefits in so short a span of time.” Bold claim. So we asked them how many flights they'd been on since then: 17,000+
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BREAKING: Hunt sab JAILED
In the small murky underworld of hunt sabs, Paul Allman is considered one of its chief bully boys and ‘the face’ of sabbing by some.
Now he’s in prison where, for now, he can’t harm the public.
Story here:
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Breaking: A dangerously out of control hunt saboteur caused a horse to rear up in front of children.
This incredibly reckless behaviour represents the threat hunt saboteurs and their warped followers pose to the public ⬇️
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Please sign our
#UnlockInn
petition. Let's get pubs trading safely again and help secure their future. Lift the restrictions on selling takeaway alchohol, scrap the substantial meal requirement and increase financial aid if closing pubs beyond Easter 👇 ✒
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"Rather than helping Extinction Rebellion (XR) further cement their status as one of the most annoying, publicity hungry outfits in the UK today, you can help do your part for our environment by supporting British farmers instead."
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Hundreds of people haved sign up to the
#UnlockInn
campaign. A number of MPs have agreed their support, including
@AndrewRosindell
,
@gregsmith_uk
,
@HeatherWheeler
and
@Alex_Stafford
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Click here to lobby your MP now:
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What a crowd for the Ludlow Hunt’s Boxing Day meet 👏🏻 A huge number out supporting this year - incredible!
To help us to protect the future of lawful hunting with hounds, please sign up to Action for Hunting here 👉🏻
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Cambridge University purchased 645 flights to Boston in 3.5 years at a cost of ��503, 941.26. JUST 1 return flight from London to Boston produces 1.58 tonnes of Co2 alone. Yet, they think banning burgers is more important in reducing their Co2. Nonsense.
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Wow, what a fantastic video ! ⬇️
Wonderful scenes from the
#BoxingDay
meet for the Bicester Hunt with Whaddon Chase which was held in Winslow, Buckinghamshire, earlier today. Many thanks to Sam Nash for sharing this great footage.
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You love to see it ❤️
Superb Times front page photo tomorrow and an even better caption beneath🗞
People came out in droves to support local hunts and their high streets for Boxing Day!
Protect the future of lawful hunting with hounds, sign up to
#ActionForHunting
here 👉🏻
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Bear Grylls has said he is "embarrassed" for previously promoting a vegan lifestyle, saying he was "wrong" for thinking it was good for the environment 👇
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A lovely big crowd for the Cowbridge Hunt Boxing Day meet yesterday 🐶
To help us to protect the future of lawful hunting with hounds, please sign up to Action for Hunting here 👉🏻
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🐶The Tivyside Hunt set off from their meet in Pembrokeshire 🏴
Listen out for the 📯!
#Glorious
To help us to protect the future of lawful hunting with hounds, please sign up to Action for Hunting here 👉🏻
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👏A big crowd gathered in Brigstock, Northants for the annual Boxing Day hunt meet this morning.
Lots of support for the Pytchley with Woodland Hunt and the local pubs!
✍️Protect the future of lawful hunting with hounds, sign up ➡️
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You bet!: Today hunts across the country will ride through towns and villages in front of thousands of supporters as they shake off the latest threat - bureaucracy 👇
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👏A massive thank you to all those of you who have joined us as members in the last 48 hours.
As we face ever greater challenges, we need to continue to grow in membership to counter them.
Join us today 👉
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Cambridge University purchased 549 flights to San Francisco in 3.5 years at a cost of £606,588.06. JUST 1 return flight from London to San Francisco produces 2.59 tonnes of Co2. Yet, they think banning burgers is more important in reducing their Co2. Let that sink in.
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‘Labour warned to end its assault on Boxing Day hunts as Tory Defence Secretary Grant Shapps slaps down attempts by activists to thwart annual event on Ministry of Defence land’
🗞Mail
✍️Sign up to our Action for Hunting campaign➡️
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On Boxing Day, the Countryside Alliance had one mission: to dominate the news media, promoting and defending the rural the way of life. Thankfully, with a well-oiled machine, we were able to reach millions of people through our coverage ⬇️
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Ouch…
Chris Packham sacked by bird charity for being too ‘political’
Raptor Rescue cut ties with the presenter, claiming he was dividing its membership with his campaigning
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You may have seen an advert just now on ITV during
#LoveIsland
for a plant based , fake meat product. If you care about climate change, be sure to buy local, 🇬🇧 beef. Farming can become climate neutral by 2040 without cutting beef 🥩
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On today’s Sunday Telegraph front page 👇🐶
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Is it any wonder members of the public contact the police when they witness people behaving erratically in the countryside dressed like this?
The threat hunt saboteurs clearly pose to the public, must be treated seriously by police.
Footage shared exclusively with ITV News has revealed the moment armed police officers stopped fox hunt saboteurs in Lincolnshire - ITV News Wales and West of England Correspondent
@rupertevelyn
reports.
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‘The Worcestershire Hunt Boxing Day meet in saw hundreds enjoy the traditional rural spectacle with many youngsters getting into the spirit of the festivities’
Why would Labour want to attack rural communities like this by pursuing a ban on trail hunting?
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Buccleuch Foxhounds duo found not guilty
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@AnimalRising
@MerseyPolice
Also a BIG well done to the Mail on Sunday for helping to scupper your plans
#properjournalism
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A hunt saboteur has been ordered to pay compensation after spitting at a member of the Fitzwilliam Hunt in Stilton on Boxing Day 👇
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WATCH: Hunt Sabs aren’t animal lovers at all, as this video demonstrates. Given their antics in recent weeks, including abusing a young mum outside her own home in front of her kids, this is incredibly significant & timely footage 👇
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Breaking: A hunt saboteur has been convicted by a jury of using edited footage to falsely bolster his claim that a farmer had assaulted him on the farmer's land.
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The Essex and Suffolk hunt were one of many across the country yesterday that attracted big crowds.
Popular festive meets are a cherished family tradition for so many people.
Thank you for your support ! 👇👏
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Witness the moment when two well-known “hunt monitors” verbally abused a female senior citizen and hunt supporter who feared she was going to be physically attacked...
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@LukePollard
“Labour wants to return to fight the culture war of 20 years ago. This shows that the party hasn’t progressed at all and that underneath Keir Starmer’s veneer it is still about the politics of misplaced envy and class war.”
‘Labour vows to fully ban hunting’
It is utterly bizarre, but unfortunately not surprising, that Labour is still making hunting its priority in the countryside.
🧵 1/n
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A tiny number of anti-hunt activists failed to rally support for their alternative parade an hour after the Southdown & Eridge Boxing Day hunt meet.
They cancelled, but the hunt are contributing the donations they received at their meet to a local food bank instead.
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That's DONKEY'S years! World's oldest donkey 'Bubbles' celebrates turning 60. Happy Birthday Bubbles! 🎂
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Thank you to the thousands of people who have signed up to our Action for Hunting campaign and a big welcome to all our new Countryside Alliance members who have joined since Boxing Day!
Protect the future of lawful hunting with hounds, sign up here 👉🏻
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A great photo of young supporters at The Albrighton and Woodland Hunt’s annual meet, which features in the Telegraph today👇📸👏
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🚨Very concerning remarks today by
@JulieJamesMS
, who sadly expressed no regard for the many benefits shooting brings to Wales, not least conservation and employment.
📺 Our
@CAevs
speaks from outside the Senedd👇
✍️Protect shooting TODAY:
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More headlines from Boxing Day.
Well done everyone👏One hunt of hundreds out being cheered on by the countryside.
🗞PICTURES: Hundreds line streets for Powys market town's Boxing Day hunt
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There’s been huge amounts of coverage today. Despite the bad weather, so many people have come out to show their support for the
#BoxingDayMeet
in their local community! 🎄
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Well done Bristol students, 57% of whom voted against a ridiculous motion to ban meat and dairy in favour of plant-based alternatives 👏💪
Another loss for
@plantbasedunis
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No one should have to be subjected to the unlawful and selfish activities of violent, masked saboteurs.
It is appalling to see Chris Packham praising their behaviour publicly.
Will the BBC continue to risk their reputation?
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🚨BREAKING: Extreme animal rights activists who raided a pheasant farm to try to release the birds ended up killing hundreds of chicks.The 23 year old farmer discovered dead chicks with hundreds of birds huddled together after the raid 👇
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‘As many meets take place in towns and villages again this year, we are reinforcing the importance of spectators supporting their local, rural businesses which, since covid and as a result of the cost of living crisis, have been suffering’ 👇
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It was a Boxing Day to remember for residents living in a North Yorkshire care home who received a special visit from some excitable pups as part of a tradition which has spanned over 30 years🐶
🗞Middleton Hunt hounds delight The Abbey home residents
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Hundreds of people descended on Pleasington to support the annual Holcombe Hunt, on Boxing Day 🐶
Trial hunting brings our rural communities together 🤝
🗞 Hunt comes to Pleasington
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Jim, if you want to advance electorally in the countryside you are going to need to drop the obsession with hunting and focus on real rural issues.
This is just one Boxing Day hunt meet of well over 200 from today.
The countryside votes 🗳
The Government needs to do far more to shut the door on loopholes that allow people to break the law.
It's time to consign trail hunting to the history books, and as the party of animal welfare,
@UKLabour
will put an end to it once and for all.
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A man has been convicted by a jury after he used edited footage to falsely bolster his claim that a farmer had assaulted him on the farmer's land.
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The Cotley Harriers have thanked Chard residents for the huge support they have shown at their latest event ⬇️ 🐶
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Countryside workers stage demonstration against BBC Springwatch presenter Chris Packham claiming his anti-game shooting campaign is threatening their jobs 👇
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@plantbasedunis
How many students actually voted for it though? Thankfully there are SO many wonderful outlets across Birmingham that serve delicious meat and dairy products, which don’t discriminate against people based on their dietary choices and support 🇬🇧 farmers❤️
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The public have understandably had enough of these incredibly dangerous people.
It’s right the police take reports of hunt saboteur activity seriously 👍
🗞Dangerous’ saboteur given Asbo-style ban from attending hunts
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He’s been pretending to revel in the appalling coverage in the media, while sharing images of the horrible incident. Tiernan and those like him are not driven by love of animals, but hatred of people & politics ⬇️ from
@GuidoFawkes
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As over 250 hunts prepare to meet today, new research warns that Labour’s failure to address real rural concerns could cost it dearly at the next General Election.
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Thank you for taking this position. The theft of pigs, as well as trespass, is deeply concerning for farmers and rural communities.
For clarification, does this mean Mitsubishi will not be shown as a sponsor on tv, as and when this documentary is broadcast ?
Mitsubishi Motors in the UK is a proud sponsor of Documentaries on C4 but occasionally the subject matter can cause upset.
“How to Steal Pigs and Influence People” has the potential to cause distress therefore we will not be associated with it.
Please see our statement below:
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In his bid to stay in the public eye, the former AutumnWatch presenter and former patron of Raptor Rescue (see below) is becoming ever more divisive. He fails to point out that fox hunting in Ireland is legal.
But Gary you are not ‘rural people’ are you ? The vast majority of people , including people who live in rural locations , are sick of your sadistic illegal killing of wildlife . Stop lying - you don’t represent ‘the countryside’ you are diminishing minority of savages which the
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‘The festive meet is one of the highlights of the hunting calendar for people in the community and is an event members look forward to each year’🐶
PICTURES: Hundreds line streets for Powys market town's Boxing Day hunt ⬇️
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Reducing carbon is laudable, but banning beef at university isn’t the right approach. British beef farmers adhere to the highest environmental & ethical standards. Uni’s should source their beef locally & not take choice away from their students 👇🍔
Burger ban to save the planet?
Beef is coming off the menu at
@GoldsmithsUoL
to help tackle climate change.
A move supported by
@GreenpeaceUK
, who say we all need to do more to fight the "climate crisis".
@RagsMartel
went to the University.
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Good to see
@KentPoliceRural
taking action to prevent saboteurs from blocking members of the public from carrying out lawful activity. Harassment must never be tolerated.
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Breaking: North Yorkshire council vote on whether to ban trail hunting on council owned land, as proposed by Cllr Rich Maw:
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Rich Maw’s divisive, time wasting motion FAILS. A victory for common sense and rural communities.
Thank you North Yorkshire!
A senior North Yorkshire councillor has talked about abuse they have encountered from the anti- hunt lobby. His comments came during a debate on whether to ban lawful trail hunting on council owned land.
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⚠️Shocking scenes here. Many thanks to the police for their swift response.
We need firm action to prevent animal rights extremists like this 👇
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Consumers are free to make their own decisions about what they eat. The reality is the vast majority of people want to eat meat and do so. Thankfully British livestock production is among the most sustainable in the world 🇬🇧 2020 is the year to shout about it !🗣
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We revealed recently that some of those pushing an anti-meat agenda, are contributing vast sums in Co2 emissions via excessive ✈️ travel, which is worse. It will be called out. 2020 is the year for shouting about the benefits of buying sustainable 🇬🇧 meat.
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The Countryside Alliance has urged the public to support farmers this week by buying their produce, rather than ‘feeding the egos’ of Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists.
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🗣Today's announcement from Boris Johnson, for a shared rural network fast-tracked within 100 days, will be music to ears of many rural people. It would provide much needed coverage, boosting our rural economy, and connecting communities👇
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Online ads from companies are encouraging people to buy sky lanterns as a way of showing support for the NHS. Sky lanterns are dangerous & can cause untold damage to crops & animals. Please consider donating that money to the NHS directly instead 👇
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👨⚖️A militant vegan has been sentenced for harassing & targeting a Dorset sheep farmer.
⚖️Court grants farmer restraining order against extremist Emma Christoforakis
🗣We say “Our farmers must be protected from these militant animal rights bullies”
👇
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JUST IN: Pleased to see that councillors at Peterborough's full Council meeting have voted DOWN a motion instructing the authority to outline its opposition to the annual Festival of Hunting, which is now proudly in its 133rd year. Thank you to those councillors.
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🐶Fantastic to see hounds ‘in full cry’ today at
@TheGameFair
arena.
Watch as the hounds pick up the artificial scent laid by a hunt trail layer. Look at them go!
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"While we may have more still to endure, better days will return. We will be with our friends again. We will be with our families again. We will meet again."
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Cambridge University purchased 221 flights to Singapore in 3.5 years at a cost of £317, 047.98. JUST 1 return flight from London to Singapore produces 3.26 tonnes of Co2. Yet, they think banning burgers is more important in reducing their Co2. We beg to differ.
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Rightly, the mission now is to swiftly vaccinate our most vulnerable. Prolonged lockdown will have a detrimental impact on pubs and many in hospitality. If forced to shut until the summer, without sufficient support, the impact could be devastating.
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Good morning and Merry Christmas! 🎄
If you're still wondering where your local pack will be meeting tomorrow, take a look at our Boxing Day meets map 👉
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🔈This ‘activist’ at the Vegan campout, which was held at the Newark showground (which is supposed to promote farming), equates farming practises to the holocaust and rape. Sickening. What were the organisers thinking ? 👇
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“Thousands of hunting enthusiasts turned up to see the horses and hounds, as crowds lined the streets and applauded as the horses and hounds rode off to follow the trail.”
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Residents in Harrogate staged a peaceful protest against previous "unjust attacks on their livelihoods" as BBC presenter Chris Packham arrived in town
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Thank you for sharing your fantastic photos of festive meets from around the country today.
The support has, yet again, been amazing!
Much more to come, but for now a great photo from Tiverton this morning where families gathered to greet the hounds⬇️📸
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BREAKING: Unsettling moment mother, 31, confronts masked mob of 'animal rights activists' led by convicted thug as they block drive to her rural home with Range Rover.
A very significant piece. This highlights the horrendous behaviour of Hunt Sabs.
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Labour urged not to bring forward further hunting legislation but instead “right the wrongs of the past” and end its “running attack on rural communities”.
🗞Evening Standard
✍️ Sign up to Action for Hunting here ➡️
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Good luck to all those who officially start their new roles today as we we mark the first day of the 2018/19 season. Whether it be the start of a career in hunt service, a promotion, a move to a different pack or taking on the role of a Master, we wish you all well!
#happyhunting
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Cambridge University purchased 257 flights to Hong Kong in 3.5 years at a cost of £540,446.42. JUST 1 return flight from London to Hong Kong produces 2.88 tonnes of Co2 alone. Yet, they think banning burgers is more important in reducing their Co2. Nonsense.
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🚨 We are pleased to see robust action taken against Paul Allman, considered by many as the face of UK hunt saboteurs.
We will continue to be vocal about the very serious danger hunt saboteurs pose to the public.
🗞 Saboteur given Asbo-style ban .
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Labour warned against strengthening hunt laws amid Boxing Day parades
It comes as tens of thousands of people are set to gather for Boxing Day hunt parades 🐶
🗞Independent
✍️Sign up to Action for Hunting here:
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