BBC: Vote supports hunting ban
- The Protection of Wild Mammals Bill, sponsored by Labour backbencher Mike Watson, now goes forward for line by line scrutiny in committee.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1553028.stm

BBC : New challenge to hunt bill
- Supporters of the bill to ban foxhunting in Scotland are claiming it faces a new threat which could destroy it.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1563921.stm

The Scotsman: Labour MSP's compromise bid to emasculate anti-hunting bill
- Hamish Macdonell, Scottish political editor. "The amendment would not ban hunting but it would force ministers to take on the issue themselves and introduce new, unspecified, measures to prevent cruelty to wild animals."
- http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/index.cfm?id=108709

The Scotsman: Hunting vote
- Mark Conway. "If committees are to be ignored, then clearly they are not needed."
- http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/index.cfm?id=108777

The Scotsman: Hunting ban within a year
- By Hamish Macdonell, Scottish political editor. "Fox-hunting is to be outlawed within a year following a crucial vote in the Scottish parliament yesterday."
- http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/scotland.cfm?id=109152

The Scotsman: Fox-manglers rally for the tally-ho debate
- Robert McNeil. "Mike Watson (Lab), proposer of the bill to ban the frightful hobby, seemed heartily tired of it."
- http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/scotland.cfm?id=109179

Scotland on Sunday: Freedom threatened by the tyranny of the majority
- Katie Grant. "There are two ways to destroy freedom and we have seen them both over the past two weeks. One is the tyranny of the terrorist. The other, the tyranny of the majority."
- http://www.scotlandonsunday.com/comment.cfm?id=SS01037205

Telegraph: Bill should focus on hunting as 'sport' says MSP
- By Tom Peterkin, Scottish Politics Correspondent. About the new amendment attempting to abolish mounted fox hunting, fox baiting and hare coursing for `sporting purposes' but still allowing gamekeepers, farmers and the Scottish hill packs to hunt with dog
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2001%2F09%2F28%2Fnhunt28.xml