ANTI-HUNTING LAW WOULD BE DEFIED !

Grey River Argus, 19 February 1949, Page 3

ANTI-HUNTING LAW WOULD BE DEFIED !

LONDON, Feb. 17

The Lord Lieutenant or Gloucestershire, me Luxe or jjeauioct, at ' a protest inetimg in Bnsiui saia tnat if -•u.iiuincac parsed the proposed bill 4 .0 stop uioOa sports mere would De u '.vxuespreau aenanco oi the law. He miu; ' nij uxues Oi iox-liunting think that uy a stroke of the pen the.', •<an inakv us give up tne spom oui forefathers enjoyed ror hundreds, oi years then they are completely ignorant of tne b-itisn character. lie pitied the village policemen who were to De given the job of serving summonses upon a whole hunt. If the bill became law it would be imuossime to ask farmers to stand by and watch foxes kill their chickens and do nothing about it. The Duke ended bv criticising the actress, Yvonne Arnaud, who is president of the League tor the Prevention of Cruel Sports, tho body chifely responsible for promoting the bill against hunting. "Although Miss Arnaud may be at the top of the tree as an actress,” said the Duke, “she cannot be expected to know how spoit should be conducted.” Speaking for the Gloucestershire branch ot the National Farmers’ Union, Mr John Bennett said that if the anti-hunting bill became law, farmers and their sons and daughters would be much discouraged, and would not put their full energy into their wor'-