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MY agricultural working class grandparents worked in
hunt kennels all their lives and lived in tied cottages. During periods of
unemployment, three of their six children died in infancy. If anti-hunt
politicians had been in office then, the three survivors, including my father,
could have been born penniless, homeless and followed their siblings to a
premature grave.
Is it any wonder I am infuriated by smug, self-righteous politicians who know nothing about country life yet want to abolish hunting with hounds? These sanctimonious denunciators of a traditional countryside activity which fulfils a vital role in the rural economy couldn’t care less about the devastating impact a ban would have on men and women whose livelihoods and homes depend on what is, after all, a legitimate field sport governed by stringent rules to ensure the quarry has a fair and sporting chance of escape, as seven out of eight hunted foxes do. It is even more galling to learn that wealthy MSPs who intend forcing hunt staff out of their employment and houses have no compunction about voting themselves massive pay increases, attended by luxurious life-styles, while the victims of their proposed ban face uncertain futures and don’t know where they could be working - if at all - or living this time next year. Derek Parker, Johnstone. Reprinted from the Scotsman on Sunday
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