Hunt group boasts of electoral success
Press Review 9 May 2005
A pro-hunting organisation claimed yesterday that it removed 29 pro-ban MPs at the general election.
James Paice - Shadow agriculture secretary
Interview 23 April 2005
Shadow agriculture secretary James Paice talks to ePolitix.com about the role of rural issues in the election campaign.
Hunt activists gear up for election battle
Press Review 29 March 2005
Pro-hunting activists are trying to unseat anti-hunt MPs in key marginal constituencies.
Minister received 'pro-hunt death threat'
Press Review 7 March 2005
Animal welfare minister Ben Bradshaw has told the Times he received a death threat from hunt extremists.
Hunts to test ban enforcement
Press Review 21 February 2005
Campaigners will test police willingness to enforce the ban on hunting with hounds in the remaining three weeks of the season, sources close to the Countryside Alliance tell the Telegraph today.
Michael says hunt protests were legal
News Article 20 February 2005
Rural affairs minister Alun Michael has played down weekend protests against his anti-hunting law.
Hunting ban
Policy Consultation 18 February 2005
Comment from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Animal Defenders International and the Association of Chief Police Officers.
The final meet: Hunting ban enforced
Press Review 18 February 2005
The curtain came down on hunting with hounds on Thursday and 150 meets across the country rode out for the final time before the activity was made illegal at midnight.
Hunters vow to fight on after court defeat
Press Review 17 February 2005
Fox hunters have vowed to fight on against the ban on their activities, despite a Court of Appeal decision yesterday that the government's legislation is sound.
Hunt ban draws near
Press Review 14 February 2005
Many of Britain's hunters are expected to flout the ban within days of it coming into force this week.
Court rejects hunt ban challenge
News Article 28 January 2005
The High Court has ruled against a legal bid to prevent the ban on hunting taking effect.
Hunting ban 'unlawful', say campaigners
Press Review 26 January 2005
The High Court was told yesterday that the ban on hunting is unlawful.
Hunt battle moves to courts
News Article 25 January 2005
Lawyers for the Countryside Alliance were in court on Tuesday arguing that the use of the Parliament Act to force through a hunt ban was illegal.
Hunters saddle up for legal challenge
Press Review 25 January 2005
Pro-hunting campaigners have filed a human rights challenge to the Hunting Act, claiming yesterday that by criminalising the activity, ministers have "unjustifiably and disproportionately" breached minority rights.
Goldsmith to defend hunt ban
Press Review 24 January 2005
The attorney general is to defend the government's Hunting Act in person at the High Court tomorrow.
