Posted on 11/24/2004 8:03:52 AM PST by scouse
Farmers take action on hunt ban
A campaign of non co-operation has been launched by South West farmers incensed at the ban on hunting. In north Devon, two farming families have decided to end co-operation with utilities companies in protest at the hunting ban.
They claim they are exercising their right to restrict access to their land because the government is denying them the right to hunt.
Fox hunting will be banned in England and Wales from next February.
Pat and Raymond Ford are withdrawing permission for an overhead electricity line due to be built across their land at Alverdiscott, near Bideford.
Mrs Ford said: "We are very sad that we have come to this situation.
Geoffrey Cox at Witheridge has written to the water companies, Western Power Distribution, BT, Devon County Council and environment ministry Defra.
The letters say that access to his farm is prohibited unless prior written permission is sought.
Confusing message
But if vehicles are allowed in, they will have to be disinfected and pressure washed according to a strict interpretation of government guidelines.
Mr Cox, Master of the Taw Vale Beagles Hare Conservation Group, said it was because the law sent a confusing message to young people.
He said: "They can go out in a field and get stoned on cannabis, but they can't watch a few beagles chasing a fox around a field.
"I think that is completely wrong because that is not the way I have tried to bring my children up."
A number of other Devon farmers say they are considering similar action.
Peter Anderson of the League Against Cruel Sports said: "They believe they are above the law. They're threatening to inconvenience the public and they aren't going to be thanked for it by the public."
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/devon/4038209.stm
Published: 2004/11/24 12:29:39 GMT
The Devonites have a long history of not agreeing with the powers to be in London.
In fact many of my ancestors got so ticked off, they left Devon/England and came to America.
Good for them. The Left is full of hypocrites. It's time people started "calling" them on it.
Hopefully, there will arise a leader from these good people, one who will bring Britain back to her glorious roots.
Brilliant news. Cut off all Environment Agency access for a start (the EA are the most overpaid useless idle lefty govt teat-suckers on the face of the planet)
If my memory of history is correct, Devon is where the Peasants' Revolt began in 1381. Is there another Wat Tyler in the offing?
When I was a kid (here we go...) the local furriers would purchase pelts from the locals who ran trap lines. I don't know anybody who traps anymore.
Sounds like an opportunity for fox-hunting tourism!!!!
Clearly you people need a pack of good crossbred foxhounds and a professional huntsman.
Oh, they'll complain about the deer they just hit with their car when it chose the wrong moment to vault in front of their minivan/SUV. But they don't connect the problem with their failure to allow their neighbor, the bowhunter, to stakeout a portion of their property to nail Bambi before he overpopulates. Environmental disconnect.
From what I recall..the farmers themselves don't hunt..they hake big bucks..leasing out their lands to the various Hunts..for many farmers the payments are what enables them to be profitable..
"The main areas of revolt were brought under control: York, Devon, Berkshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Sussex, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Huntingdonshire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Kent, Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Surrey, and Middlesex."
The revolt came from many areas. I sure that Devon had its fair share.
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