Telegraph: League Against Cruel Sports accused of starving deer on its own sanctuary
- According to the league's own (anti-hunting) deerstalker, the deer should be humanely culled to avoid the suffering of individual deer. According to Douglas Batchelor, nature (starvation, disease and hypothermia) should be left to control excessive deer p
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/24/ndeer24.xml

Evening News: Extremists attack Fat Lady's shop
- Mark Smith. Two Fat Ladies star Clarissa Dickson Wright's shop in the Grassmarket has been vandalised by animal rights extremists. Her outspoken views in support of fox hunting have made her a target for animal rights extremists in the past but this is th
- http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1236622002

Times: Ministers still cannot shoot straight on hunting
- Aidan Harrison. Why any Bill published with a title along the lines of "The Protection of Wild Mammals..." will be a lie.
- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,482-477541,00.html

Telegraph: Militant group declares 'war' on hunt ban
- Daniel Foggo. The spokesman for the Real CA, a hardline splinter group, announced the decision at a summit meeting held two days previous that when the terms of the new Bill are deemed to be a 'hostile', then the response of the group will escalate to the
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/17/nhunt17.xml

Telegraph: Queen's Speech gives hope to hunt campaigners
- The mood among Countryside Alliance supporters was upbeat as a record 15,000 crowd turned out yesterday for its annual fund-raiser at Cheltenham racecourse.
- http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/16/nalli16.xml

CNS News: UK To Push Ahead With Hunting Restrictions, Possible Ban
- Mike Wendling, London Bureau Chief. Parliament continues to appear preoccupied with hunting ahead of all other issues. USA.
- http://www.cnsnews.com/ForeignBureaus/archive/200211/FOR20021113g.html

Financial Times: The Queen's Speech: Parliamentary showdown on hunting with dogs expected after Christmas
- John Mason. Alun Michael, rural affairs minister, ix expected to announce the government's proposal on hunting with dogs before the Commons rises for the Christmas holiday. The parliamentary showdown will take place after Christmas, the government said.
- http://search.ft.com/search/article.html?id=021114000750

BBC: Hunt groups say 'no middle way'
- Pro- and anti-hunt groups in the South West have been considering what has been announced in the Queen's Speech.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2465385.stm

BBC: Ban hunting, MPs urge
- The reactions of all sides to the Queen's Speech: the League Against Cruel Sports, the Countryside Alliance and the Middle Way Group.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2474323.stm

Times: Tribunals seen as answer to hunt ban issue
- Valerie Elliott, countryside editor. Alun Michael, Rural Affairs Minister, is to meet some Labour MPs next week. One of his arguments is to point to the legal muddle created by the hunting ban in Scotland and new concerns about animal welfare as more foxe
- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,173-479676,00.html

Telegraph: Hunt supporters in final campaign to prevent ban
- Charles Clover, environment editor. The alliance, in a "Declaration of Cohesion" said after yesterday's Queen's Speech: "A partial ban on legitimate hunting has no evidence to support it, is based on prejudice not good sense, and would be f
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/14/nhunt14.xml

Telegraph: Police refuse to prosecute Scots hunt
- Tom Peterkin, Scotland political correspondent. A police spokesman said: "The matter was discussed with the procurator-fiscal and it was concluded that no crime had been committed."
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/14/nhunt114.xml

Guardian: Fight for outright ban left to MPs
- Lucy Ward, political correspondent. The wording of the speech suggests that, as campaigners predict, the government is unlikely to put forward legislation paving the way for an outright hunting ban.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,839381,00.html

Times: Rural workers mount human rights challenge
- Anthony Browne, environment editor. The Union of Country Sports Workers representing gamekeepers and huntsmen is seeking a judicial review to overturn the Scottish ban on hunting with dogs on the grounds that it is illegal discrimination.
- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,172-478556,00.html

Telegraph: Peer behind Bill to ban foxhunting praises shooting
- Tom Peterkin, Scotland political correspondent. Lord Watson of Invergowrie, the MSP behind the foxhunting ban, was accused of hypocrisy yesterday after he extolled the virtues of shooting game and stalking deer.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/13/nshunt13.xml

Telegraph: Field sport foes will sit in judgment on local hunts
- Francis Elliott, deputy political editor. The proposed law will ban hare coursing and staghunting, allow rat and rabbit hunting, and use tribunals, chaired by senior legal figures and including members from animal welfare and countryside groups, to rule o
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/10/nhunt110.xml

Telegraph: McCartney's freed foxes overwhelm local farms
- Daniel Foggo. A former member of the League stated that five or six foxes at a time were released on to Sir Paul McCartney's land, and once 15 or 16. With no rabbit habitat in the dense, coniferous wood the foxes dispersed to the neighbouring land on whic
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/10/nhunt10.xml

Telegraph: Campaign to show real hunt enthusiasts
- Peter Foster. The Countryside Alliance's new advertising campaign features a plumber, a student and a gay couple. The campaign is aimed at challenging the stereotypical perceptions of hunting that supporters say are peddled by opponents who want the sport
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/01/nhunt01.xml