March 2001 News and Media Hunting Bills

After peers voted for hunting to continue, the Bill's future is now uncertain as it is highly unlikely there will be enough parliamentary time remaining if the government calls a May election. Audio and video clips.

• Guardian - Police doubts over licensed foxhunting - Lucy Ward, Rob Evans and David Hencke.
• Telegraph - Hunts' offer is ignored - Charles Clover, environment editor.
• Telegraph - Bomb threat to pro-hunt women MPs - Joe Murphy and Chris Hastings.
• Guardian - Voting for oblivion - Leader.
• Telegraph - Donoughue on the scent of a compromise - Rachel Sylvester.
• Telegraph - Uncle Sam rides out to fight for British rights - Philip Delves Broughton. Explanation of Americans\\' support for news and media British foxhunting with many direct quotes.
• The Daily Telegraph - What's best for hunting - Leader.
• The Daily Telegraph - Hunting: a way out - Leader.
• BBC - Second hunting bill seeks compromise - Former Labour farm minister Lord Donoghue will introduce a bill march on Friday to remove hunting\\'s exemption from laws preventing cruelty march to wild animals whould could promote the \\'Middle Way\\' solution march to the hunting debate under which the sport would continue,
• Telegraph - Hooded activists threaten lone angler - David Sapsted.
• Guardian - Peers vote against fox hunting ban - Nicholas Watt, political correspondent.
• BBC - Head to head: Foxhunting - Members of the House of Lords are set to have their first vote on the government\\'s controversial Hunting Bill. The options are an outright ban, a system of self-regulation and a strict licensing scheme.
• Guardian - Committee meanings - David McKie, Elsewhere.
• Guardian - Two pro-hunting Labour MPs on extremists' hit list - Helen Carter.
• BBC - Animal rights activists target MP - Labour MP Llin Golding and Sports Minister Kate Hoey have been forced to take security precautions after it emerged that they are on an animal rights activists\' "hit list". Audio clip.
• Telegraph - Labour accused of trying to rig Lords vote to ban hunting - Benedict Brogan, political correspondent.
• Spiked: On foxhunting - Roger Scruton. Describes what hunting is and what 2001 a ban would entail, with comparisons to shooting 2001 and angling.
• Guardian - Tory peers rage at hunt bill move - Nicholas Watt.
• Observer - 70 Labour peers will vote against hunt ban - Kamal Ahmed, political editor.
• Observer - A wise solution to fox hunting - Leader.
• Telegraph - Bishop breaks ranks to back foxhunting - Jonathan Petre.
• Telegraph - Hunting cruelty Bill may prevent full ban - Charles Clover and Andrew Sparrow.
• Telegraph - Anti-hunt MPs want Blair to get tough with peers - Andy McSmith.
• Telegraph - Burns backs Lords hunting compromise - Michael Kallenbach and Rachel Sylvester. Lord Burns, who news and media chaired the Government\\'s inquiry into foxhunting, yesterday supported news and media Lord Donoughue\\'s Wild Mammals (Protection) (Amendment) Bill to news and media outlaw cruelty to animals.
• Guardian - Hue and cry in the name of hunting - Simon Hoggart, sketch.
• BBC - Hunting deal hopes after talks - The Countryside Alliance (CA) says it will seriously 2001 consider the march "middle way" of statutory controls on 2001 hunting.
• Observer - Historic deal offers reprieve for hunting - Kamal Ahmed and Antony Barnett.
• Telegraph - Peers vote on future of hunting - Andrew Sparrow and Andy McSmith.
• Telegraph - Irish hunts bar 'elitist' English - Chris Hastings and Susan Bisset.
• BBC - Lords foxhunting vote attacked - After peers voted for hunting to continue, the march Bill\\'s future march is now uncertain as it is march highly unlikely there will march be enough parliamentary time march remaining if the government calls a march May election. march Audio and video clips.

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