Badger Cull Protesters To Target Shoots

[paulus 26]

it would seem the unwashed are planning to vent there anger on shooting estates

 

Badger cull protesters 'threatening West Country pheasant shoots'

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Western Daily Press

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By Marcus Denby

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Animal rights activists who came to the West Country to disrupt the badger cull are now threatening Exmoor pheasant shoots.

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   Dr Brian May has been one of the more high profile protesters, but some feel more radical antis could cause trouble on pheasant shoots

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  By Marcus Denby
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  Animal rights activists who came to the West Country to disrupt the badger cull are now threatening Exmoor pheasant shoots.
  ​Dr Brian May has been one of the more high profile protesters, but some feel more radical antis could cause trouble on pheasant shoots
  Dr Brian May has been one of the more high profile protesters, but some feel more radical antis could cause trouble on pheasant shoots
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  Saboteurs who set up camp in the badger cull zone in West Somerset in late August have, in some cases, turned their attention to shooting estates, solicitor Jamie Foster told a seminar on shooting sports this week.
  He said in the past the shooting community had been spared what he called "some of the excesses" of the animal rights movement, which had been directed at fox hunting and stag hunting.
  But he went on: "The badger cull has drawn some undesirable people down to Somerset and when they can't find the marksmen some of them are deciding to make a nuisance of themselves on shooting estates."
  Mr Foster said estates that found their activities disrupted by the antis should respond in a way that matched the level of disruption or obstruction. He said: "Shooting is a lawful activity. Anyone trying to prevent you undertaking a lawful activity on your land will be committing aggravated trespass.
  "It is very important to realise, in relation to the antis, that aggravated trespass is a crime. You can use reasonable force to remove anyone from your land if you have asked them to leave and they have refused."
  He said if the police were present they should take steps to remove trespassers.
  But Mr Foster, a solicitor with Taunton-based Clarke Willmott, who specialises in rural issues and country sports, warned that police might also revoke an individual's shotgun licence if in ejecting trespassers they were thought to be behaving "intemperately".
  He recommended taking legal advice if anyone found themselves being threatened by police with the revocation of their shotgun licence in such circumstances.
  "I have acted in a number of cases recently and suggested to the police officer that they should not revoke an individual's licence and that has been enough to prevent it being revoked," he said.
  Exmoor is one of England's most important areas for shooting sports, specialising in high bird pheasant shoots – seen as the most challenging and most desirable by guns, who pay significant sums for a day's shooting. With the pheasant season, which began on October 1, now in full swing any disruption of commercial shoots could be damaging.
  The most recent figures available show that game shooting on Exmoor was worth £22 million a year to the local economy in 2006. Updated figures are expected to show those earnings have grown significantly.
  Last year, when the League Against Cruel Sports called on the Exmoor National Park Authority to restrict pheasant shooting on the moor, national park leaders rejected the suggested out of hand.
  The Somerset badger cull, which officially ended on October 6, has been extended to cull more badgers.
  Read more: http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Badger-cull-protesters-threatening-West-Country/story-19958669-detail/story.html#ixzz2kjjHKXsr
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Saboteurs who set up camp in the badger cull zone in West Somerset in late August have, in some cases, turned their attention to shooting estates, solicitor Jamie Foster told a seminar on shooting sports this week.

He said in the past the shooting community had been spared what he called "some of the excesses" of the animal rights movement, which had been directed at fox hunting and stag hunting.

But he went on: "The badger cull has drawn some undesirable people down to Somerset and when they can't find the marksmen some of them are deciding to make a nuisance of themselves on shooting estates."

Mr Foster said estates that found their activities disrupted by the antis should respond in a way that matched the level of disruption or obstruction. He said: "Shooting is a lawful activity. Anyone trying to prevent you undertaking a lawful activity on your land will be committing aggravated trespass.

"It is very important to realise, in relation to the antis, that aggravated trespass is a crime. You can use reasonable force to remove anyone from your land if you have asked them to leave and they have refused."

He said if the police were present they should take steps to remove trespassers.

But Mr Foster, a solicitor with Taunton-based Clarke Willmott, who specialises in rural issues and country sports, warned that police might also revoke an individual's shotgun licence if in ejecting trespassers they were thought to be behaving "intemperately".

He recommended taking legal advice if anyone found themselves being threatened by police with the revocation of their shotgun licence in such circumstances.

"I have acted in a number of cases recently and suggested to the police officer that they should not revoke an individual's licence and that has been enough to prevent it being revoked," he said.

Exmoor is one of England's most important areas for shooting sports, specialising in high bird pheasant shoots – seen as the most challenging and most desirable by guns, who pay significant sums for a day's shooting. With the pheasant season, which began on October 1, now in full swing any disruption of commercial shoots could be damaging.

The most recent figures available show that game shooting on Exmoor was worth £22 million a year to the local economy in 2006. Updated figures are expected to show those earnings have grown significantly.

Last year, when the League Against Cruel Sports called on the Exmoor National Park Authority to restrict pheasant shooting on the moor, national park leaders rejected the suggested out of hand.

The Somerset badger cull, which officially ended on October 6, has been extended to cull more badgers.

Read more: http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Badger-cull-protesters-threatening-West-Country/story-19958669-detail/story.html#ixzz2kjjHKXsr
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[gonetoearth 5,144]

Dr. Lol. Fooking witch doctor Ive allway said there should be an anti anti flying squad they turn up we turn up. And all you need to do is wear hi vi with security on the back form an orderly line and kettle them. , Braindead Should be charged with in sighting public disorder

[paulus 26]

Dr. Lol. Fooking witch doctor Ive allway said there should be an anti anti flying squad they turn up we turn up. And all you need to do is wear hi vi with security on the back form an orderly line and kettle them. , Braindead Should be charged with in sighting public disorder

its not the first time he has crossed a line but..................................................it would seem money talks

[oohmydog 82]

If you put a bellman on him ,he might pass as a working Bedlington

[paulus 26]

If you put a bellman on him ,he might pass as a working Bedlington

[WILF 47,547]

In two words.......f**k em !

[Dubba 72]

They did ours a couple of weeks ago in Gloucester, f****d up every drive.

[Lab 10,979]

Need to turn up mob handed to upset the shoots surely. I'd just tell the guys that the wages won't be paid because of them and that should soon get the message across!!

[colint5 47]

If you put a bellman on him ,he might pass as a working Bedlington

id rather put my hands round his f*ckin neck

[MAIN MAN 277]

that may fella is a right c**t

[Pedwar 320]

Shooters were warned the antis would turn thier attention towards them after they'd got hunting banned, they didnt side with us then so its thier turn now

[ChrisJones 7,975]

Caution is needed. It's easier to lose an SGC than get successfully prosecuted for trespass.

[MIK 4,763]

the lentil crunchers would be brave to up set some of the shoots up this way

[Lab 10,979]

Shooters were warned the antis would turn thier attention towards them after they'd got hunting banned, they didnt side with us then so its thier turn now

You mean 'some' didn't.

[Born Hunter 17,798]

I'm sure any that want to cause trouble can soon be rounded up with the use of a few bikes and enthusiastic 'beaters' LOL. Know the law and exercise your rights...............