British Hunters Seek to End Fox-Hunt Ban
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Defeated in Parliament, supporters of fox hunting went to court Friday to try to overturn a legislative ban on their more than 300-year-old sport and vowed a campaign of civil disobedience in the run-up to next year's general election.
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MPs are into the final week over a possible ban on hunting with dogs in England and Wales. What do you think?
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LONDON: Supporters of fox hunting stormed Britain&#39;s parliament yesterday and scuffled with police at a mass rally, but failed to prevent lawmakers from moving closer to a ban of the blood sport.
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HAMISH ROBERTSON: In Britain, the pro-hunting lobby is not giving up without a fight, after the Government forced a bill through Parliament that bans fox hunting.
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Queen Elizabeth II is not amused by an impending ban on fox hunting in England and Wales, and she has told Prime Minister Tony Blair of her concerns.
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Supporters of fox hunting took their battle to the courts after Britain's Labour government capped a seven-year debate by ramming through a ban of the centuries-old blood sport.
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Fox-hunting in England and Wales faced extinction as a defiant House of Commons prepared to invoke special powers to ram through a ban on the controversial blood sport.
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A protestor is taken away by police outside the House of Parliament in London Sept. 15, 2004. More than 10,000 British pro-hunting protestors held a major rally outside the house of Parliament on Wednesday as lawmakers debated on a ban on fox hunting.
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Supporters of fox hunting stormed Britain's parliament and scuffled with police at a mass rally, but failed to prevent lawmakers from moving closer to a ban of the blood sport.
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Britain s well-heeled farmers, furious over a proposed law to ban fox hunting, have blocked British military from using their land for training exercises, the Daily Telegraphy reported on Sunday.
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The ban on fox hunting is driven by the Labour Party's desire to stamp out "the old order" dominated by the country's landowning upper classes, a Labour MP wrote in The Sunday Telegraph.
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Tens of thousands of hunters and their hounds raced through the countryside on horseback Saturday, opening a fox-hunting season that could be one of Britain's last.
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The League Against Cruel Sports says it will challenge attempts to delay a ban on hunting with dogs.
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Recently the British House of Commons has adopted a legislation to ban fox hunting in England and Wales.
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Britain's minister for rural affairs Alun Michael pulled out of an official visit to avoid a showdown with 200 protesters gathered to protest a looming ban on fox hunting.
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Fox hunters furious at a ban on their  ancient pursuit vowed on Friday to harass Prime Minister Tony  Blair's government with a civil disobedience campaign in the  run-up to next year's expected British election.
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Peers are preparing to debate government plans for a ban on hunting with dogs in England and Wales.