Tag: Fox hunting
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Elephant rescues, fox hunting, trees, Peter Mandelson, and Kuala Lumpur house keys
Elephants Two more Thai elephant rescues to bring tears to your eyes. We first see all three elephants in chains, two of them repeatedly swaying their heads in stereotypical behaviour indicating depression and despair caused by their confinement and cruel mistreatment. That behaviour continues but dwindles during the long journeys to the wonderful Lek Chailert’s…
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Annunciation
Annunziata Rees-Mogg, brother of Jacob, has made an announcement. Her name is Italian for annunciation, usually taken to refer to the appearance of the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary. As if that family did not already have enough of a sense of its own importance. People who want to see an end to trail…
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British Wildlife magazine February 2025 on lead shot; fox hunting and more protest news
Volume 36, Number 4 There is invariably a superb photo on the cover, but this issue also has the text “An End in Sight for lead Ammunition?”, which is the opening editorial piece by Ruth Cromie. We have known about the toxicity of lead for over 2,000 years and its very severe effects on wildlife…
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Church & State
I have been procrastinating with this post – it is a huge subject and not always easy to write about (nor read – I am not pulling my punches here, supporters of the church and royalists might want to look away). It is a summary of much that I have said before, but I do…
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For fox sake
I have become really tired of writing about fox hunting. I see so many awful reports of extreme cruelty every week but I cannot keep saying the same thing over and over again. Not only has nothing changed, it seems things are getting worse. I quote directly from Protect the Wild who have reported “the…