Labour Supports Bloodsports

http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_shooting/ALL/1703//
Posted 20 November 2007
Although Labour succeeded in pushing through a ban on hunting with
dogs, the government is trying to appease bloodsports enthusiasts by
its wholehearted support for the production each year of some 40
million pheasants and partridges to be shot for 'sport'.

At its recent Party Conference, Labour vice chair and Reading West MP
Martin Salter hosted a reception for pro-shoot lobby group, the
British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). Salter was
recently made a BASC 'Centenary Patron'. Ministers who gave pro-shoot
speeches at the event included the Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe;
Rural Affairs Minister, Jonathan Shaw; and Home Office Minister Vernon
Coaker.

Another Labour Party key figure who supports the shooting lobby is
Animal Welfare Minister, Jeff Rooker. He is in charge of overseeing
the 2006 Animal Welfare Act, which promises greater protection for
many animals. However, pro-bloodsports enthusiasts are determined to
misuse the Act and through it legitimise the mass production of
pheasants and partridges for the shooting industry.

In Labour’s 2005 Charter for Shooting, the party stated ‘We have gone
beyond our existing commitment not to place “restrictions on the
sports of angling and shooting”. We want to take action to encourage,
develop and enhance these fine sports …’.

ACTION:
Please write to your MP
http://www.writetothem.com/
 of whichever party to register your disgust with Labour’s promotion
of shooting, and ask your MP to contact Hilary Benn (Secretary of
State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs) to demand an end to the
mass production of birds to be shot for sport. 
Get involved in our ‘Labour Supports Bloodsports’ Weekend of Action on
15 & 16 December. We are asking supporters to set up street stalls in
their local area and canvas support for our campaign to ban the
breeding of birds for sport, using our new leaflet.
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/images/pdf/leaflets/labourshooting.pdf
 Contact us with the title ‘shoot weekend of action’ if you would like
to set up a stall in your area. 
Click here for more background on the shooting industry. 
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/CAMPAIGNS/pheasant/ALL/1345//
Click here to watch our latest undercover investigation into pheasant
breeding battery cages. 
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/f/CAMPAIGNS/blog//4//?be_id=99
Click here to read our report on Gamebird Battery Cages and the Animal
Welfare Act.
 http://www.animalaid.org.uk/images/pdf/battery08.pdf
Click here to read what pro-shoot MPs have to say. 
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_shooting/ALL/1704//











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On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:16:40 +0000, Gloria 
wrote:

>Labour Supports Bloodsports

Yes. Stealing the Tories bloodstained clothes.



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>http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_shooting/ALL/1703//
>Posted 20 November 2007
>Although Labour succeeded in pushing through a ban on hunting with
>dogs, the government is trying to appease bloodsports enthusiasts by
>its wholehearted support for the production each year of some 40
>million pheasants and partridges to be shot for 'sport'.
>
>At its recent Party Conference, Labour vice chair and Reading West MP
>Martin Salter hosted a reception for pro-shoot lobby group, the
>British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). Salter was
>recently made a BASC 'Centenary Patron'. Ministers who gave pro-shoot
>speeches at the event included the Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe;
>Rural Affairs Minister, Jonathan Shaw; and Home Office Minister Vernon
>Coaker.
>
>Another Labour Party key figure who supports the shooting lobby is
>Animal Welfare Minister, Jeff Rooker. He is in charge of overseeing
>the 2006 Animal Welfare Act, which promises greater protection for
>many animals. However, pro-bloodsports enthusiasts are determined to
>misuse the Act and through it legitimise the mass production of
>pheasants and partridges for the shooting industry.
>
>In Labour’s 2005 Charter for Shooting, the party stated ‘We have gone
>beyond our existing commitment not to place “restrictions on the
>sports of angling and shooting”. We want to take action to encourage,
>develop and enhance these fine sports …’.
>
>ACTION:
>Please write to your MP
>http://www.writetothem.com/
> of whichever party to register your disgust with Labour’s promotion
>of shooting, and ask your MP to contact Hilary Benn (Secretary of
>State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs) to demand an end to the
>mass production of birds to be shot for sport. 
>Get involved in our ‘Labour Supports Bloodsports’ Weekend of Action on
>15 & 16 December. We are asking supporters to set up street stalls in
>their local area and canvas support for our campaign to ban the
>breeding of birds for sport, using our new leaflet.
>http://www.animalaid.org.uk/images/pdf/leaflets/labourshooting.pdf
> Contact us with the title ‘shoot weekend of action’ if you would like
>to set up a stall in your area. 
>Click here for more background on the shooting industry. 
>http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/CAMPAIGNS/pheasant/ALL/1345//
>Click here to watch our latest undercover investigation into pheasant
>breeding battery cages. 
>http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/f/CAMPAIGNS/blog//4//?be_id=99
>Click here to read our report on Gamebird Battery Cages and the Animal
>Welfare Act.
> http://www.animalaid.org.uk/images/pdf/battery08.pdf
>Click here to read what pro-shoot MPs have to say. 
>http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_shooting/ALL/1704//
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First, it is ridiculed;
Second, it is violently opposed; and
Third, it is accepted as self-evident. 
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