Letters
LISTEN HERE
 Jessica Goyder is the latest musician to put her singles on our site. Listen here
| THE INSIDER
 Get the lowdown inside the corridors of power in Oxfordshire here.
| SEND AN OBITUARY
Send us a tribute to someone who has passed away
| ON YER BIKE
 Get the view from the gutter with cycling group Cyclox in Oxfordshire
|
|
|
|
Appalling treatment of hunt monitors
I have just watched a short programme on BBC1 in which a camera crew recorded hunt monitors following the Heythrop Hunt.
The intimidating manner of the hunters and their underlings towards the hunt monitors was incredible.
One of the hunt monitors, Penny Little, even had her car viciously kicked by a hunt supporter riding in an open-top motorised buggy.
Are these buggies taxed, insured and roadworthy for use on the open road?
It was only in recent years that the hunting fraternity discontinued the age-old custom of smearing blood from the dead fox on to children's faces to initiate them into their brutal sport.
They eventually realised that this barbaric action depicted them in their true light.
What the hunters are waiting for now is the reinstatement of David Cameron's political party so that they can get the fox hunting ban repealed.
One thing that the filming did show, however, was the fact that Penny Little and her monitor friends have more guts than all the hunters and their underlings put together.
George Morton,
The Moors,
Kidlington,
4:46pm Sunday 30th March 2008
Print 
Email this 
CommentPosted by: Adrian Appley, Bromley on 11:19pm Sun 30 Mar 08
I totally agree with George Morton's remarks about the way hunt monitors are treated by hunt supporters. Hunting really is a magnet to the degenerate sadists that infest this country and it is high time the police forgot their blatant double standards and upheld the law. They and the hunters are a disgrace to the country.
I totally agree with George Morton's remarks about the way hunt monitors are treated by hunt supporters. Hunting really is a magnet to the degenerate sadists that infest this country and it is high time the police forgot their blatant double standards and upheld the law. They and the hunters are a disgrace to the country.
Posted by: arthur on 6:39am Mon 31 Mar 08
If you townies dont like what happens in the Country, dont go there.
If you townies dont like what happens in the Country, dont go there.
Posted by: louise worvill, glous on 8:15am Mon 31 Mar 08
You all feel the behaviour towards the hunt moniters is appaling and people that follow the hunt are a disgrace. You spend a day in the country with penny little shoving the camera at you then you will realise they are not there to protect the foxs just to provoke the people supporting the hunt.
The person on the road worthey quad had his reasons for what he did.
You all feel the behaviour towards the hunt moniters is appaling and people that follow the hunt are a disgrace. You spend a day in the country with penny little shoving the camera at you then you will realise they are not there to protect the foxs just to provoke the people supporting the hunt.
The person on the road worthey quad had his reasons for what he did.
Posted by: P.Kent, Essex on 9:07am Mon 31 Mar 08
George Morton - I ivite you to spend a day in our part of the country then you will see Hunt Monitors(sabs) for what they really are like. I can assure you you will be appalled of what they get upto with out the help of a BBC film Crew.
George Morton - I ivite you to spend a day in our part of the country then you will see Hunt Monitors(sabs) for what they really are like. I can assure you you will be appalled of what they get upto with out the help of a BBC film Crew.
Posted by: alan page on 11:55pm Mon 31 Mar 08
Who poses a bigger threat to the community at large?
Fox hunters or drug dealers?
If the answer is the latter then why criminalise the former?
Who poses a bigger threat to the community at large?
Fox hunters or drug dealers?
If the answer is the latter then why criminalise the former?
What are these links for?
If you liked this article and would like to share it with others on the web who might be searching for good content we've made it easy for you to do it.
At the bottom of all articles, you'll see links to six sites. These sites - commonly called 'social bookmark' or 'social news' sites - have large communities of web users who share and rate interesting, useful and fun things on the web.
Clicking the links will automatically add the address of the story you are reading to one of these sites, letting you share it with others. Each site will ask you to register to share stories. Registration is free and once a member, you can store, recommend and search for stories that interest you.
More on Digg
More on del.icio.us
More on Furl
More on reddit
More on NowPublic/
More on Yahoo!
