Observer: Foxes stir the soul of a nation: Saddam doesn't
- Clive Aslet. After marching in both, the editor of Country Life compares the Countryside Liberty and Livelihood march with the anti-war march.
- http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,801072,00.html

Observer: Fox-hunting celebrities named in militants' hit list
- Paul Harris. The Urban Alliance with the support of Class War is circulating a property hit list in an attempt to disrupt the Countryside Alliance March. ALF is also thought to be involved.
- http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,784115,00.html

Guardian: Hunting debate gets teeth into Plato, Aristotle, Harry and Pepper
- Steven Morris. The Rev Andrew Linzey, vegan professor of ethics, theology and animal welfare (funded by the IFAW) attempted to explain to the Government's Consultation why hunting was morally wrong while it was acceptable for him to have cats which hunted
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,789822,00.html

Derbyshire Evening Telegraph:
- A beacon was lit on a hilltop overlooking Carsington Water last night to mark the beginning of a week of protest, and many of the spectators will be on the 60-plus coaches which will travel on Sunday from Derbyshire to the march in London. Some local supp
- http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=64361&command=displayContent&sourceNode=63913&contentPK=2607776

Derbyshire Evening Telegraph: Is there a middle way on hunting?
- As the six-month public consultation on hunting with hounds draws to a close, East Midlands Conservative MEP Roger Helmer explains he is against a ban and Chris Williamson, leader of Derby City Council and executive member of the League Against Cruel Spor
- http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=64361&command=displayContent&sourceNode=63913&contentPK=2552991

Guardian: Another country
- Leader. There is absolutely no doubt that they are widespread and passionately held feelings, and no government should allow grievances to continue to fester in this way. Mr Blair needs to reflect and respond. He should not pretend that the mood will just
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,3604,797609,00.html

Telegraph: Hunting protest masks deeper divisions
- Robert Uhlig, farming correspondent. FMD was the turning point: almost a year since the last of 2,030 outbreaks of foot and mouth was recorded, little appears to have been done to address the most likely cause of the epidemic. Only two sniffer dogs and a
- http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/16/nhunt16.xml

Telegraph: Prisoners of the hunting war
- W.F. Deedes. A fox chased by hounds and, if caught, suffering instant death is unacceptable because the fox is being pursued by the wrong sort of people. A fox flushed from its cover by dogs, shot at, perhaps wounded and suffering a lingering death is acc
- http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/16/nhunt116.xml

Economist: Riding for a fall
- Foxhunting is already banned in Scotland, but because of the pest control loophole the hunts continue pretty much as before.
- http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=1337668

Economist: Charge of the green welly brigade
- Balancing the depression in agriculture and the aftermath of the government's disastrous handling of the foot-and-mouth outbreak last year with the advantages of living in the countryside.
- http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1337410

Economist: Why the countryside is angry
- Rural people say they want "liberty and livelihood" from the government. They can't have both.
- http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=1337315

Telegraph: Estate owners vow to defy ban on hunting
- David Harrison, environment correspondent. The landowners, who lead hunts on their own estates, told The Telegraph yesterday that they would join the growing rebellion against the Government's proposed ban.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;?xml=/news/2002/09/15/nhunt115.xml

Telegraph: Hunt ban will end in chaos, say police
- David Bamber, home affairs correspondent. The Government's plans to ban or restrict hunting with hounds would cause chaos in rural areas and put an unacceptable strain on the police, senior officers are warning ministers, due to the practicalities of prio
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/15/nhunt15.xml

Telegraph: There is no third way in the hunting debate
- Leo McKinstry. Potential problems with a regulatory system for hunting.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/09/15/do1502.xml

Telegraph: Ignore marchers' anger at your peril, Mr Blair
- David Harrison, environment correspondent. The government's chief adviser on the countryside, Ewen Cameron of the Countryside Agency, will warn Tony Blair this week that rural frustration will spill into civil disobedience if he ignores concerns raised du
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/29/nhunt29.xml

Telegraph: Britain evenly split on foxhunting
- David Derbyshire. While 50 per cent of the people questioned in a Telegraph/YouGov poll believed that hunting should be criminalised, 48 per cent favoured tighter regulations or keeping the status quo. (Links to three additional stories on the same day.)
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/28/nhunt28.xml

Telegraph: A march against bad law
- Leader. It is a conservative case - that long-established traditions should be respected - and a liberal case - that activities of which we may not approve should nevertheless be tolerated. The question here is not, "What do you think of hunting?&quo
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/09/14/dl1401.xml

New York Times: Blood Sport as Politics
- John Mortimer, attorney and author of the Horace Rumpole stories. There is no worse tyranny, wrote John Stuart Mill, than that of a majority. The test of democracy is not that the majority should always get its way but how far minorities are respected. Wi
- http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/24/opinion/24MORT.html

BBC: Disease fox numbers disputed
- A study claiming fox numbers were not influenced by a hunting ban during the foot-and-mouth outbreak last year is disputed.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2236915.stm

BBC Newsnight: Fox Hunting
- New research to be published in the magazine Nature purports to show that banning hunting will have no significant impact on fox numbers. Gavin Esler was joined by Simon Hart of the Countryside Alliance and Dr Rob Atkinson of the RSPCA which paid for the
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/archive/2239475.stm

BBC: Hunt plans ready 'in weeks'
- With the end of the public hearings in London, proposals designed to help MPs resolve their disputes over hunting with dogs will be unveiled "in a matter of weeks" according to Alun Michael.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2252176.stm

BBC Breakfast: Countryside in crisis?
- The message that the British countryside is in crisis is one which is often repeated - but how true is it? Watch video case studies plua a Forum in which Dave Ward from the League against Cruel Sports and Mal Treharne from the Countryside Alliance debate
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/2266127.stm

BBC Breakfast: Fox hunting debate
- The programme has been looking at the concerns of those who live and work in the country all week. Monday focused on the decline of rural services, Tuesday was the impact of cheap imports on British farmers. Thursday was the farmers' complaints against su
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/2268897.stm

BBC: Hunting debate begins far from countryside
- Campaigners for and against hunting with dogs give evidence at a three-day public hearing in London which will pave the way for legislation. Audio clip.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2245728.stm

BBC: Hunting debate sparks war of words
- The Countryside Alliance clashes with the RSPCA over a future hunt ban, as both sides listen to evidence on the second day of a public hearing.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2248093.stm

BBC: Capital set for 'biggest ever' march
- Organisers of the rural Liberty and Livelihood march in London on Sunday say they expect a turnout of at least 250,000 people.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2269021.stm

BBC: Public schools join countryside march
- Top public schools are allowing their boarders to travel to this weekend's countryside march in London but Prince Harry will not be among them.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2263519.stm

BBC: Pro-hunt beacons lit up
- Beacons start a week of protests by countryside campaigners.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2262912.stm

Telegraph: 'Something must be done. Rural life is eroding away'
- Robert Uhlig, farming correspondent. Marchers will be protesting the deterioration of housing, schools, post offices, shops and public transport as well as the possibility of a ban on hunting.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/17/nhunt117.xml

Telegraph: Blazing beacons start the protest
- Nicola Woolcock. Monday night's beacons, bonfires and rockets from Land's End to Scotland marked the start of a week of activity.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/17/nhunt17.xml

Guardian: Hunters get fired up for march on London
- Tania Branigan. The international rocket relay fires off the buildup to the March on Sunday.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,793639,00.html

Times: Tribunals may rule on right to hunt
- Valerie Elliott, countryside editor. Alun Michael, the Rural Affairs Minister, is considering local tribunals to oversee hunting. Hunts could apply for permission to hunt for the purposes of pest or population control, and possibly social and economic rea
- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,173-411928,00.html

Sunday Times: I'm willing to risk jail for foxhunting
- Otis Ferry. The son of rock star Bryan Ferry explains why he believes so passionately in the countryside way of life, including hunting.
- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,176-415109,00.html

Times: Blair goes to the country to woo angry rural voters
- Valerie Elliott and Melissa Kite. Mr Blair has agreed that Ewen Cameron, the Government's rural advocate, should join next Sunday's countryside march to listen to the wider grievances of country people.
- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,170-417041,00.html

Guardian: Country alliance lays down gauntlet
- Patrick Wintour, chief political correspondent. Views on the upcoming public hearings by participants.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,787627,00.html

Telegraph: Hunting ban will not lead to fox boom, says study
- Roger Highfield. Prof Harris, chairman, says the Mammal Society has made the first scientific study into the impact of hunting on fox numbers and it shows that hunting plays no role in regulating fox numbers and indeed all forms of fox culling are less im
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/05/nhunts05.xml

Guardian: Hunting ban did not lead to fox increase
- James Meek. Stephen Harris's research for the IFAW and RSPCA claims that foxes regulate their own numbers and therefore hunting is unnecessary. The Countryside Alliance claims the research is flawed.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,786096,00.html

BBC: Hunt ban left foxes 'unaffected'
- Helen Briggs. Stephen Harris claims the hunting ban during the UK's foot-and-mouth outbreak had little impact on fox numbersm which is totally at odds with what the Countryside Alliance, National Farmers' Union and farmers have actually been seeing on the
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2235775.stm

Nature: No fox boom after ban
- John Whitfield. Overview of Stephen Harris's research claiming that fox numbers regulate themselves by causes such as starvation, making hunting unnecessary. Opposing views on the research are provided by Jonathan Reynolds. Link to full research article.
- http://www.nature.com/nsu/020902/020902-4.html

Telegraph: Saboteurs target hunt supporters' homes
- Matt Born. The Urban Alliance published the addresses and telephone numbers on their web site of more than a hundred prominent hunting supporters encouraging protesters to "target" them where they live.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/03/nhunt03.xml