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16 September 2003. Hunting People at the
Opening of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Most Kent packs were represented. Nick Onslow, a local hunt
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Hunting People at the
Opening of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Most Kent packs were
represented. Nick Onslow, a local hunt
supporter, said: Click on the thumbnail to
see the larger image
16 September
2003.
Around 60 hunt supporters gathered to greet Alistair Darling
when he attended the opening of the High Speed Channel Rail
link on Tuesday 16th September. Their purpose was to make
ministers aware that hunting is a way of life everywhere in
this country, including the highly populated South East.
They displayed placards reminding ministers that 59% of the
public don't want a ban on hunting. They also reminded the
Minister that the obsessive pursuit of a hunting ban by
Labour backbenchers has nothing to do with animal welfare
and everything to do with a prejudiced attack on the hunting
community.
"Until the East Kent Hunt's recent open afternoon many
people did not realise that hunting took place in Kent when
there are, in fact, five packs of foxhounds, three of
beagles and a mink hound pack that regularly meet in the
county. We are sure that the MP's who are so desperate to
ban hunting are not aware that hunting is an issue across
the entire country."
"There is an irony in Tuesday's events and the high speed
link. At the most conservative estimate a ban on hunting
would be a high-speed link to the dole queue for 8000 people
and to oblivion for 20,000 hounds."