Wildlife abuse isn't 'fair' (From Oxford Mail)
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Wildlife abuse isn't 'fair'
10:00am Friday 29th July 2011 in Letters
I WAS dismayed to learn that Blenheim Palace has again hosted its annual game fair where thousands of people are indoctrinated into the abuse of our wonderful wildlife.
The website advertised so-called country ‘sports’, including falconry, ferrets, gundogs, shooting and hounds and hunting.
Hunting with hounds of course is an illegal activity, although this seems to have escaped their notice.
It is a sad reflection on our society that in 2011, so many people still choose to indulge in recreational violence against sentient creatures.
SUSAN SMITH Banbury Road Oxford
OxT says...
1:49pm Fri 29 Jul 11
Hunting with hounds of course is an illegal activity, although this seems to have escaped their notice."
It appears to have escaped your notice that there is an and in there, it doesn't say hunting with hounds, it just says hounds are there, and as far as I am aware there is nothing illegal about having hounds or having people come and see them.