UK: Saboteurs to employ hi-tech anti-hunt equipment such as hidden cameras (foxhunt wars)

The Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | October 31, 2009 | Louise Gray

[Stoat]

As the new hunting season begins today, animal rights activists are threatening to disrupt meets as "observers", as well as joining hunts undercover.

The saboteurs will film constantly using new telescopic lenses so hunts can be monitored from a distance. They will also use hidden cameras in clothing and time-delay devices dotted around the countryside.

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Hunting was banned in 2005 but since then the number of people taking part in the sport has continued to increase, with 50,000 mounted followers expected this year compared to 40,000 in 2004.

This year there are expected to be a further 50,000 supporters following the hunt on foot or in cars in order to put pressure on any new Government to overturn the law.

The Tories have said that if they win the election, they will allow a free vote on repealing the ban.

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However Douglas Batchelor, Chief Executive of the LACS, said activists and the police will be working together this year to gather as much evidence as possible.

“Our hunt observers have undergone further training this year and have been provided with high-tech equipment to enable them to collect quality evidence that we can then pass to the police,” he said. “We are absolutely determined that we will see a dramatic increase in prosecutions this season, and hunters should be very aware that we will stop at nothing to bring them to justice.”

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[Stoat]

My apologies for the severe editing of this article...this was done in order to remain in compliance with Free Republic rules pertaining to the posting of articles from the UK Telegraph.

 

[Stoat]

However Douglas Batchelor, Chief Executive of the LACS, said activists and the police will be working together this year to gather as much evidence as possible.

Animal-rights 'activists' and the Police working together.....sounds rather chilling.  Hopefully this is merely a poorly-worded sentence or an overly boastful quote.

[This_far]

One group rallies to ‘protect’ the foxes, while another fights off foxes at the risk of penalty for violating animal rights.

(I substituted ‘foxes’ for Wolves... )

[manc]

I bet the wording is correct.

We have a bunch of radicals working with the police.

Now the police are supposed to be chasing the loony layabout fanatics instead of those who work all week .

It just shows yet again how the country is being destroyed.

Side note.
Ever noticed how these animal rights folk, save the world lot are working on their agenda but have no problem moving into a house which is helping urban sprawl?
I mean even in north east FL we have those loons who move here and then get their agenda going but they forget how that big house in that gated community helped to destroy the animals environment, killed animals while knocking down the trees etc?

[Vanders9]

I think he is trying to imply that with the changing of the law, the police are now on “his” side. Actually, of course, they are on the side of the law.

I find the whole business bizarre. Hordes of very dedicated, very committed, very sincere people expend enormous amounts of energy and money to battle a bunch of upper class people in strange costumes galloping around killing vermin in a rather brutal way. Meanwhile, in South America, gangs of government sponsored hit squads patrol the big cities shooting down street urchins who clutter the place up, and in western Africa, chattel slavery is still legal. Chattel slavery organised on racial lines too.

The world’s priorities are strange indeed.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Shoot(or stab, bludgeon, incinerate, etc.), shovel and shut up doesn’t just work in America.

Give it a try across the pond, it’ll work wonders...