Please
wait to be asked to
act by the Countryside
Alliance or a Hunting
Association (E.G. The
Master of Foxhounds
Association) before
doing any of the things
marked with square brackets
[ ]
- Donate
all that you can
to The Countryside
Alliance, which is
leading the
campaign (Donation
Form).
-
IF
YOU CARE FOR THE
FUTURE OF THE FOX
POPULATION OR FOR
RESPECT FOR THE
LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
AND ARE NOT A MEMBER
OF A POLITICAL PARTY.
PLEASE JOIN ONE
NOW. PLEASE CHOOSE
ONE THAT HAS A MAJORITY
OF MPs/CANDIDATES
OPPOSED TO THE ABOLITION
OF HUNTING. IF YOU
ARE A MEMBER OF
THE LABOUR PARTY
PLEASE RESIGN UNTIL
IT HAS SUCH A MAJORITY
You can join for
a few tens of pounds
on line by clicking
on: Conservatives (who have said
that they will introduce
a bill to repeal
the ban) OR Liberal
Democrats if
a Conservative has
no chance.
If
you are a member
of a political party
or trade union where
a majority of the
politicians it sponsors
support the abolition
of hunting, please
resign until it
has such a majority. (Do you really want
to support a political
party or trade union
that wants to ban
hunting and eventually
force people out
of work for dislike
of a culture? What
might they ban next---shooting,
fishing?)
In order to make
your effort fully
effective IT IS
VITAL TO WRITE to
the PM or email
him via his
website , your
MP/ Candidates (of
any Party) and your
LOCAL CONSTITUENCY
ORGANISATION and
,where applicable,
the General Secretary
of your Trade Union;
telling them what
you have done and
why you have done
it.
If you are not
already a member, please
fill in this form to join the force
leading the fight
to repeal the Hunting
Ban, to protect
all Field Sports
and their infrastructure
and to support the
Rural Culture of
the UK----- The Countryside
Alliance.
-
Support
all other organisations
that have pledged
to seek the reversal
of the unjust
laws and petty
fogging regulations which act against
Hunting or
other aspects
of the freedoms
and livelihoods
associated with
the Countryside
in particular and,
more generally,
with any part
of our nation.
-
JOIN
THE "GRASS
ROUTES NETWORK"
AND HELP YOUR CONSTITUENCY
COORDINATOR
(eMail this link with your post code
to get his/her name
and telephone number)
- Please vote in all
elections of any type
(Local etc.) and ask
your friends to vote.
VOTE AGAINST CANDIDATES
THAT SUPPORT THE
UNJUST LAW AGAINST
HUNTING PERSONALLY
OR WHO SUPPORT A
POLITICAL PARTY
WHOSE LEADER SUPPORTS
IT OR IS LIKELY
TO BE TOO WEAK TO
STAND UP TO THE
ANTI-HUNTING LOBBY.
- Get
involved in your local
community through
your village,parish,
district or county
council. Please do
not leave it to others.Do
not assume things
will turn out for
the best, they will
not!
- Call on your councillors,
MPs, MEPs. Visit their
surgeries, invite
them to your farm,
fishing club, hunt
kennels, pont-to-point,
shoot, food fair,
or other rural enterprise.
Do not forget candidates
for imminent elections.
- STAND
BY TO:
[ WORK
ON OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS.]
- [ Write
to your local
paper with some
news about how
the cessation
of Hunting has
had adverse effects
on foxes, other
wildlife or any
aspect of the
Countryside or
Country Life.
You cannot leave
it to others as
they won't do
it either. Politicians
read local papers
and take note
what they say.They
do however reflect
the mood of the
people and our
opponents are
ready to exploit them.]
- [ Monitor broadcasts,
newspaper articles
and letters and
respond when they
get it wrong.]
- [Continue to attend
as many demonstrations
in your area as
you can.]
[INFLUENCE
POLITICIANS]
- [ Write
to the PM and
your MP by name
at The House of
Commons.Get,
say, 10 of your
friends to write
similar letters
or start a petition
to your MP,
collect them yourself
by a deadline,
stamp them yourself
and post them
progressively.]
- [Write
to all the councillors
and candidates
of all parties
that are now
representing
or standing
in your Ward.
To find their
names and addresses
go to your District/Unitary
Council's website,
such as www.yourdistrict.gov.uk.
All politicians
must be made
to realise that
Hunting Ban
is bad politics
(i.e. loses
more votes than
it gains.) It
is noteworthy
that in several
elections there
was a pronounced
"swing"
against anti-hunting
local politicians
in non-metropolitan
districts. Political
messages do
rise from local
government political
organisations
to national
HQs.]
- Support your local
Foxhunt. Join
your local Hunt's
Supporters Club, go
to meets, attend fund
raising events etc.
(find your Supporters
Club by looking at these
maps to find the
name of your local
Hunt. Look in your
telephone directory
to find the telephone
number. Leave a message
on their answerphone
including a request
to be telephoned with
the address/number
of the Secretary of
the Supporter's Club.)
Persuade others to
join your local Hunt
Supporters Club
- Volunteer to help
actively Contact
the Countryside Alliance
Tel: 0171 582 5432 Email:
info@countryside-alliance.org and volunteer
to:-
- Join a telephone
tree
- Attend an MP's
Surgery
- Debate on Radio/TV
- Help to spread
the message in
schools
- Help on a stand
at a local Show
etc.
- Put up a poster
- Take part in
a leaflet campaign
- Join
your County Wildlife
Trust Volunteer
to help with a Bio-Diversity
Action Plan.
- Join
the RSPCA. Telephone:
01403 264181 to ask
for a joining form.
Do not be put off
by the fact that it
is putting its considerable
"weight"
behind various animals
rights "band-wagons"
at present: for instance,
attempts to ban zoos,
circuses, Field Sports
etc. A growing body
of opinion within
the Society is having
some success in taking
it back to its original
policy of concentrating
all its resources
on Animal Welfare.
That is to stop it
diverting any of its
money into essentially
political matters,
such as a ban on Fox
Hunting or any other
Field Sport. Please
join the growing Countryside
Animal Welfare Group within the RSPCA.
- If you are not
already a member,
join the National
Trust
- Join
the Friends Of the
National Trust (FONT).
Print out this form,
fill it in and post
or FAX it to FONT.
The Executive of
the National Trust
has become dominated
by members opposed
to Hunting. They
have led the "rank
and file" to
vote to ban Deer
Hunting on its land
in Exmoor. This
has been done in
direct contravention
of the wishes of
some of the people
who gave their land
to the Trust and
of many tenants
and their neighbours.
A charity (such
as the Trust) is
responsible for
the proper stewardship
of its property.
In the case of land
this implies taking
account of long
term as well as
immediate effects.
FONT is a growing
body of active members
of the Trust who
are having some
success in gaining
acceptance that
in imposing this
ban the Trust has
acted beyond the
limits of proper
stewardship. Their
aim is to reverse
this quasi-political
ban, which has not
been shown to be
capable of benefiting
the Trust's property
in the long term.
FONT also aims to
ensure that the
wishes of donors
to the Trust, and
of its tenants and
neighbours are respected.
FONT also intends
to be in a position
to forestall any
further acts of
improper stewardship.
- Persuade others
to join the organisations
listed above
- Persuade others
to volunteer to help
actively
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