Observer: Anger over prince's role in deer cull
- Antony Barnett, public affairs editor. Animal rights activists are angry that for the first time animals culled on Forestry Commission land are being sold directly to supermarkets.
- http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,680220,00.html

Telegraph: Spaniards are prejudiced - and all the better for it
- Daniel Johnson in Madrid. Why the English should be as tolerant of foxhunting as the Spanish are of bullfighting.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/04/17/do1702.xml

Time Europe: Going In for the Kill
- Helen Gibson. A run-through of the animal rights arguments for banning hunting proving that it's not about preventing cruelty, it's class war.
- http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/1,13005,901020401-219940,00.html

BBC: 'Summer of discontent' launched
- The CA's Richard Burge claims that politically, the countryside is tinder-dry from the scale and depth of distrust and anger rural people feel at this moment.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1925148.stm

BBC: Labour MPs back hunting ban move
- Labour MPs support the government's decision to use the Parliament Act, if necessary, to force through a law to ban hunting with dogs.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1937260.stm

Guardian: Hunt compromise on offer, says minister
- Anne Perkins and Patrick Wintour. Alun Michael claims he doesn't want a bill representing the views of one interest group, but a practical and effective piece of legislation.
- http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,677031,00.html

Telegraph: Nation is evenly split on hunting, says new poll
- Andy McSmith, chief political correspondent. How the results of a NOP poll from March 22-24 is encouraging the Countryside Alliance and their plans for a summer of discontent.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/04/03/nhunt03.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/04/03/ixhome.html

Telegraph: Hunts 'to sue Government if ban infringes human rights'
- Charles Clover, environment editor. Based on European human rights law, the CA may seek punitive as well as compensatory damages from the Scottish Executive.
- http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/04/04/nhunt04.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/04/04/ixhome.html

Telegraph: Hunt rebuke by BBC governors
- Tom Leonard, media editor. The BBC governors over-rule the BBC's own head of programme complaints.
- http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/04/06/nbbc06.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/04/06/ixhome.html

Telegraph: Huntsmen start 'summer of discontent'
- Robert Uhlig, farming correspondent. The nationwide "summer of discontent" campaign was lauched yesterday with the delivery of an open letter to the rural affairs minister and rallies held at Government offices across Britain.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/04/13/nhunt13.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/04/13/ixhome.html

Telegraph: Beckett is barred from conference over hunting ban
- Daniel Foggo. The conference itself, intended as a forum for dialogue with government representatives on environmental issues such as housing, animal welfare and the rural economy, has been postponed.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/04/14/ncount14.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/04/14/ixhome.html

Telegraph: Hunts show anger at Blair
- Nicole Martin and PJ Bonthrone. Members of the Union of Country Sports Workers brought Parliament Square in Westminster to a near standstill.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2002%2F04%2F23%2Fnhunt23.xml