From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Small protest at first hunt of season A small group of saboteurs has descended on a hunt meeting in West Kent and tried to disrupt it. Around 20 men and women, all wearing black balaclavas and black combat uniforms arrived at the Old Surrey Burstow & West Kent Hunt in Chiddingstone about half an hour after it started, with the intention of protesting against the blood sport on the first official day of the fox hunting season. The saboteurs ran past a large police presence outside a farm in Chiddingstone where the hunt started. They then ran across a field and into a wooded area to try to catch the hunt. The 400 protesters, who anti-hunt demonstrators said would hold a rally before the hunt, did not materialise. However, a handful of protesters waving placards gathered outside the farm an hour after the hunt left. They waved placards saying Ban The Bloody Hunt and Born To Be Free - Not Hunted, and a life-size effigy of a horseman in riding clothes, with the ghost face mask from the horror movie Scream was hung by a rope from a tree. The Animal Rights protesters shouted "scum" as cars carrying hunt supporters passed by, but there was no violence. Rally organiser, Deborah Marshall, of Surrey Anti-Hunt Campaign, a group set up to stop the Old Surrey Burstow & West Kent Hunt, says they have not been able to stage their protest before the start of the hunt because the time of meet was moved forward to avoid the saboteurs. Around 50 huntsmen on horses and 70 supporters on foot set off on the hunt. They were totally unopposed when they left and said they hoped they would be able to complete the hunt without it being marred by confrontations with the hunt saboteurs. Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
