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Guardian: Scots take stock a year after hunt ban
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Gerard Seenan. "Things are done in the countryside for a reason. You can't just come in and change it and expect there to be no consequences."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/hunt/Story/0,2763,1007264,00.html
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Scotland on Sunday: Capercaillie face fox snare threat
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Jeremy Watson. The European Union, which has put £2.5m into a capercaillie protection programme in Scotland, has urged the Scottish Executive to reduce the death toll of the capercaillie from the huge rise in the number of fox snares being set by gamekeepers legally to protect the red grouse.
http://www.scotlandonsunday.com/scotland.cfm?id=12402003
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Telegraph Outdoors: Scottish fudge
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Justin Cartwright. Describes the effect on foxes of the new pest-control laws in Scotland requiring hounds to drive foxes to guns, as shown by a day's hunting with the Duke of Buccleuch's Hunt.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/outdoors/main.jhtml?xml=/outdoors/2003/02/08/ofox08.xml
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Telegraph: Challenge to ban on foxhunting is rejected
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Tom Peterkin, Scottish political correspondent. The challenge by two members of the Union of Country Sports Workers to overturn the Scottish foxhunting ban by claiming that it infringed human rights failed yesterday when a judge ruled that the legislation was legitimate. The decision will be appealed.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/06/21/nscfox21.xml
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Telegraph: Hunting ban 'in breach of human rights'
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Auslan Cramb, Scotland Correspondent. Two hunt enthusiasts began a legal challenge yesterday against the ban on fox hunting, claiming their human rights had been breached. Gerard Moynihan QC, appearing for Scottish ministers contesting the action, said that international laws guaranteeing participation in cultural life did not apply in this case.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/01/15/nhunt15.xml
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