MY SUPPORT TO A BEAUTIFUL MAMMAL - THE BROWN HARE

 LEPORIDAE

enigmatic graceful

the puncher in the grassland

a symbol of peace

rebirth and resurrection

sensual and to be 

revered

seen to be Humankinds

response to God’s

ordering of the universe

beauty to be left 

untouched

GET TALKING - MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD TO PROTECT WILDLIFE

 IT IS THE LONG RUN IN TO THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION - SO DO THE TALKING AND SPEAK TO THE CONSTITUENCY CANDIDATES

I have elicited some thoughts from the last newsletter from the Cornwall Wildlife Trust and follows on conveniently from the conversation and points made by Protect the Wild in their last post. Comments were about those people in authority who have the power to decide. In previous posts DEFRA have two members of the upper chamber in their midst. Both landowners that may have interest in game shooting.

I think all aspects of wildlife should be outside the political spectrum but that would be naive and I can only hope. I am sure there are wildlife supporters who dislike the present government and some will still vote for it. As the trust indicates the run up to an election gives activists and voters opportunity and time to persuade their candidates that wildlife does matter for all of us and not the selected few.

THE ARROGANCE OF THE HUNTERS WHO THINK THEY CAN GO ANYWHER

	Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Permissive path closed because of Quorn Hunt trespass Notorious hunt ignored requests from landowner and refused to turn back ELIZA EGRET FEB 10   READ IN APP   Woodside Farm in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, has closed a permissive footpath after the Quorn Hunt, along with the Cottesmore Hunt, trespassed on the farm's land. A permissive path is a path over private land, voluntarily opened to the public by a landowner, who can withdraw access at any time (for more information see our page on Rights of Way and the Law). The farm announced at the end of 2023: "It is with regret that we have had to close the permissive path due to trespass and damage to our land. On Monday 18th December 2023, riders and hounds of the Quorn Hunt (and visiting Cottesmore Hunt) came over the land at Woodside Farm without consent from us. When riders were confronted, they refused to stop and continued to ride over field margins and crops alike, as well as forcing their way through hedgerows. Following this, quad bikes from the hunt came through the permissive pathway as well as riding over the grass field..." Arrogance The behaviour of the Quorn Hunt means that the general public has lost its permission to walk over the land, too. The land owner continued: "We are aware that this is not the first time that the Quorn Hunt has used land in the area without permission, but [we] will not tolerate access onto land without consent. We are sorry that the activities of a few affect everyone who has previously used the permissive path in a respectful manner." It is a sad fact that hunts all over the country act like they are above the law, trespassing wherever they like with entitled arrogance. Protect the Wild regularly reports on hunt trespass incidents, such as when the Mendip Farmers Hunt hounds rampaged through an animal park, when a pregnant alpaca named Ruby was attacked and killed by dogs from the Tiverton Staghounds, or when Dartmoor Hunt hounds terrorised animals living at the Farm & Feral Animal Sanctuary in south Devon. The Quorn Hunt itself is notorious for trespassing wherever it likes. Only a few weeks ago, on 15 January, Field Farm Animal Sanctuary wrote: "The Quorn Hunt trashed across our neighbouring fields, spooking our horses multiple times, at one point they lost one of their dogs, followed by a total loos of control of their dogs, they almost caused a car crash on Wysall Road. I made them very aware we are an animal sanctuary and to keep away, they didn't care. I myself almost got injured by one of the horses as the rider lost control as the horse reared up... this was an extremely frightening experience. Shortly after this the dogs ran off again as they lost control of them and they mauled a fox which possibly was one of the foxes we have released back into the wild..." Photo by Michael Starkie on Unsplash These same hunts insist that they are trail hunting within the law, that their hounds are following an artificial scent laid in advance of the hunt. Of course, it is completely absurd that they even try arguing this: after all, if they were following a human-laid trail, why would they ever trespass on land that they have no permission to be on? The fox hunting industry insists that it is an upholder of 'rural tradition' and is supported by rural people. But this is just as much of a myth as trail hunting. Upgrade to paid Losing rural support The Quorn, formerly the favourite hunt of the then Prince Charles, is often in the news. During the pandemic this was the hunt that infamously breached national lockdown regulations after taking to fields as part of a 70th birthday “surprise” and is the hunt that formerly employed disgraced huntsman Ollie Finnegan who was convicted of illegal hunting three times in a year. Nottingham Hunt Sabs said of the Quorn Hunt: "The Quorn are completely entitled and believe they can go where they please which is why so many of the local landowners hate them. It's a lie that country folk support hunting." That's a message being repeated across the country. And while we might be losing the use of permissive footpaths because of the selfish acts of hunting staff, there is at least a silver lining: more and more rural landowners are standing up to lawbreaking and arrogant hunts and denying them access to their land. Hunting is an archaic bloodsport that has no place in modern society. Younger generations in England and Wales won’t stand for men in red coats getting their kicks out of such brutality. Fox hunting will be consigned to the history books – we have no doubt about that – but we all need to work together to make that happen as fast as possible. Together we can end fox hunting for good. To read the Hunting of Mammals Bill, click here. To sign our petition calling for a proper hunting ban through the implementation of the Hunting of Mammals Bill, click here. Upgrade to paid Help us support activists on the ground! Our content is free but if you choose to take out a paid subscription you’ll be helping activists on the ground take direct action to protect wildlife. Every penny we receive tops up our Equipment Fund to support those in the field. 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SOME MORE THOUGHTS FROM PROTECT THE WILD BY CHARLIE MOORES

 

This is following an article posted by Protect the Wild from Charlie Moores.

MY OWN THOUGHTS ON THIS ARE:

The post is useful because it makes the point of highlighting what really needs tackling in our countryside and in our society in general. Firstly landowners and blood sports enthusiasts are well connected and have too much power. Secondly who  creates legislation but powerful people of the same ilk. Lastly it seems that governments intentions are not opposed to the ‘shootinghuntingclasses’ and the killing is allowed to go on.

The last piece, in bold, at the end of Charlie Moores post indicated the crux of the matter and the difficulty we have to oppose hunting. But it is not a lost cause.

Protect the Wild post follows so please read on;

As Protect the Wild's Charlie Moores has previously pointed out, the Royal Agricultural University's alumni include "some heavyweight estate owners and lobbyists for hunting and shooting." Moores continued:

"As well as actively being part of blood sports, alumni are well-placed to ensure the killing goes on... Foxes have actually never been classified as vermin, but it is legal to kill them all year around – and that’s down to landowners and farmers who make and pass legislation in the Houses of Commons and Lords. And the RAU can count on a raft of relatively recent graduates to allow the ‘fun’ to continue..."

Much like the Tory government, which claims to care about the conservation of the UK's wildlife while driving badgers towards local extinction and allowing water companies to destroy rivers, the university is keen to cultivate a facade of a reputation, stating to the public that it "[enables] communities locally, nationally and across the world to thrive in harmony with nature."

• The establishment's motto is Arvorum Cultus Pecorumque‘ - ‘Caring for the Fields and the Beasts’. But as the university repeatedly shows, its students and graduates are grave dangers to nature, not the guardians they want to depict themselves to be. While the university churns out graduates like the ones discussed here, Britain's wildlife will never be truly safe from harm.

FROM THE LOG PILE TO THE POWER OF SEVEN PLUS

FROM THE LOG PILE 

TO THE POWER OF SEVEN PLUS

SUPPRESSED BY A TENT FOOTPRINT

take away the tent footprint cover where 

wood chips were scattered to suppress 

now allowed to feel seasonal changes

of sunlight  humidity and temperature rise

and like magic rising from the woodchips

toadstools      edible or otherwise ours to

wonder-at and investigate on another day

FROM THE LOG PILE TO THE POWER OF SEVEN PLUS

FROM THE LOG PILE 

TO THE POWER OF SEVEN PLUS

NOT DEADMANS’ FINGERS

log blackened by time and decay

is still a living entity with a flatmate too

in the form of fairy fingers that erupt 

through its roughened skin as though searching 

for air or to share pores for another generation

candlesnuff fungus is a good name for me

with the importance to sustain invertebrates