2,000 support Bassaleg hunt (From South Wales Argus)
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2,000 support Bassaleg hunt
3:10pm Friday 26th December 2008 in News
The Tredegar Farmers' Hunt in Bassaleg
AROUND 2,000 people turned out to support the traditional Boxing Day hunt by the Tredegar Farmers' Hunt in Bassaleg today.
In Abergavenny, the Monmouthshire Hunt attracted 1,000 supporters. Buy Saturday's Argus for a full report and more pictures.
Comments(15)
gatty
says...
4:00pm Fri 26 Dec 08
ban it for ever.
Stonebridge
says...
5:28pm Fri 26 Dec 08
Oscar Wilde.
Orson Cart
says...
6:21pm Fri 26 Dec 08
Foxhunting, the unspeakable pursuing the inedible.
Cheers Orson.
Stonebridge
says...
6:36pm Fri 26 Dec 08
Wikipedia gives:
...Wilde, in his 1893 play 'A Woman of No Importance', once famously referred to "the English country gentleman galloping after a fox" as "the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable."
This is also confirmed by Britannica.
So it looks like we were both wrong. ;) But near enough. :)
D Taylor
says...
9:07pm Fri 26 Dec 08
gatty wrote:It's a great tradition and still very popular judging from the size of the turn-out to watch the hunt live. I doubt that anything was killed but if it was it would have been shot under the present law. Don't forget that foxes are officially vermin.
what a sick way to spend the christmas hoildays killing for fun...
ban it for ever.
Basil.Fawlty
says...
10:50pm Fri 26 Dec 08
dead man walkin
says...
10:53pm Fri 26 Dec 08
D Taylor
says...
12:49am Sat 27 Dec 08
Basil.Fawlty wrote:It's the law that says they're vermin not me. As I'm sure you well know the hunt is not allowed to hunt foxes or most other mammals with dogs. So the people riding out today were simply keeping up a tradition rather than going to kill anything. You are just spouting silly prejudices.
Correct first three! As for D. Taylor, what a sad existence. You could say that some criminals are vermin - would you like to mount a horse wearing a silly red coat and chase them to their deaths? I think not. Wake up and have some compassion for other living creatures.A ban is a ban and anyone flouting it should be jailed!
D Taylor
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12:52am Sat 27 Dec 08
D Taylor wrote:Oh, and I should have pointed out that so far as I know the Tredegar Hunt is law abiding and was not breaking any law by riding out today.
Basil.Fawlty wrote:It's the law that says they're vermin not me. As I'm sure you well know the hunt is not allowed to hunt foxes or most other mammals with dogs. So the people riding out today were simply keeping up a tradition rather than going to kill anything. You are just spouting silly prejudices.
Correct first three! As for D. Taylor, what a sad existence. You could say that some criminals are vermin - would you like to mount a horse wearing a silly red coat and chase them to their deaths? I think not. Wake up and have some compassion for other living creatures.A ban is a ban and anyone flouting it should be jailed!
nehpets snave
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10:20am Sat 27 Dec 08
FiremanPhil
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4:24pm Sat 27 Dec 08
it would be nice if got on a horse with a rockweiler and hunted down those snooby a*s h***s.
bran man
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12:39pm Sun 28 Dec 08
perhaps we should look at hunting scum bags next time.... Like FiremanPhil and his Rottweiler!
dead man walkin
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7:23pm Mon 29 Dec 08
thatcherslovechild
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3:33pm Tue 30 Dec 08
D.G.
says...
11:38am Wed 31 Dec 08
Vermin should be dealt with by an exterminator with a licence, not a borderline sociopath getting kicks and giggles.
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