February 2002 News and Media Protection of Wild Mammals Bill-Scotland

Kirsty Scott. Even its supporters say the bill is a tortuous piece of legislation, riddled with potential loopholes, but the intent is clear: mounted fox-hunting, fox-baiting and hare-coursing will be a criminal offence in Scotland punishable by a £5,000

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• The Scotsman: A vote for flawed and ambiguous legislation - Leader. The drafting of the bill is so news and media muddled and imprecise that it is by no news and media means clear whether it will do what its news and media supporters say it will do. Links to four news and media additional stories which include roll call votes and news and media a list of the hunts.
• Telegraph: This hunting Bill shows how bad Scotland's Parliament is - Leader. Fearing that the courts would not convict professionally conducted 2002 hunts if the charge was causing unnecessary suffering, the opponents 2002 of hunting have chosen instead to criminalise certain groups of 2002 people. Link to news story.
• The Scotsman: Hunting Ban will not End Problems - Hamish MacDonell. Discusses the problems of enforcement, compensation and the bill as amended, as hunting itself was not made illegal.
• Telegraph: Foxhunting Bill delay 'insulting' - Tom Peterkin, Scottish political correspondent. 2002 february 2002 Foxhunting Bill delay \\'insulting\\' february By Tom Peterkin, 2002 Scottish Political Correspondent (Filed: 08/02/2002) february 2002 THE MSPs behind the february 2002 Scottish foxhunting ban were yesterday accused of bringing 2002 the february S
• The Herald: Executive must intervene with compensation - Leader. The real victims are the people who news and media will lose their jobs and property interests without news and media compensation because hunting will become a criminal activity. news and media They are blameless. It is not market forces, news and media but a change in the law that will news and media deprive them of th
• Guardian: Scotland bans fox-hunting - Kirsty Scott. Even its supporters say the bill february is a 2002 tortuous piece of legislation, riddled with february potential loopholes, but the 2002 intent is clear: mounted february fox-hunting, fox-baiting and hare-coursing will be 2002 a criminal february offence in Scotland punishable by a £5,000
• BBC: Pro-hunt battle moves to courts - Supporters of hunting with hounds threaten court action as the 2002 Scottish Parliament votes for a ban. Video link.
• The Herald: Fight moves to court as fox hunting is banned - Murray Ritchie and Robbie Dinwoodie. A challenge before february the European february Court of Human Rights is now february inevitable.
• BBC: Hunt Bill hits more trouble - The current Bill appears not to outlaw Scotland\\'s 2002 10 traditional mounted hunts.

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