Charlie Pye-Smith leads a panel in Dulverton on Exmoor to talk about how successive Westminster governments, starting with Tony Blair’s government in 2004, have failed the moor’s iconic deer.
For Charlie Pye-Smith’s book, Rural Wrongs, visit RSSurtees.com/product/ruralwrongs/
To watch all of #FieldsportsBritain, episode 740, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain740
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The Westminster government wants to ban trail hunting. We are out with the Vale of White Horse hunt on Ladies’ Day to see what really happens at a trail hunt, and why people enjoy it. Spoiler alert: no foxes were even mildly alarmed in the making of this film. Find
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubFb-8geD6U Labour sided with the miners during their strike in the 1980s, as many miners turned to their rich tradition of hunting with lurchers to feed their families. Then 20 years later the same Labour banned hunting with dogs. Now there’s talk of strengthening the ban further, threatening centuries of
How Tony Blair failed Exmoor’s deer
Charlie Pye-Smith leads a panel in Dulverton on Exmoor to talk about how successive Westminster governments, starting with Tony Blair’s government in 2004, have failed the moor’s iconic deer. For Charlie Pye-Smith’s book, Rural Wrongs, visit RSSurtees.com/product/ruralwrongs/ To watch all of #FieldsportsBritain, episode 740, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain740 More on hunting with
