Battles loom after ban on fox hunting
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The government faced looming battles with supporters of fox hunting in both the courts and the countryside after ramming through a law banning the centuries-old 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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The state of Louisiana is on the skirmish lines of a growing fight waged by animal-rights groups, lawmakers and courts over the treatment of animals in relation to sports.
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More than 250 hunts will meet legally the day after the ban on hunting with dogs comes into force, campaigners say.
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Hunts in England and Wales meet for the first time since a ban on hunting was forced through Parliament.
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Facing a ban on their age-old sport, fox hunting enthusiasts have vowed to rally outside the House of Commons in a show of defiance to lawmakers.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s government used fast-track rules to begin pushing a bill through the Parliament that will ban fox hunting with hounds, a traditional pursuit in the British countryside.
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As the UK debate on hunting with hounds rages on some people are travelling to France where the hunting tradition is still strong.
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Supporters of fox hunting lost a key court appeal to have the government overturn a ban on hunting with dogs in England and Wales, two days before it takes effect.
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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
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Defeated in Parliament, British hunting supporters looked to the courts Friday to uphold their right to chase foxes. Some hunting supporters have threatened to disobey a new hunting ban after it takes effect on Feb. 18.
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Three hundred fox hunts begin as the government decides whether to push through an outright ban on hunting in England and Wales.
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Britain's Prince William went fox hunting, six weeks before the controversial centuries-old bloodsport is to be banned forever, a spokeswoman said.
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LONDON -- In the second major security breach in London this week, five fox hunting enthusiasts stormed onto the floor of the House of Commons yesterday to disrupt a debate on banning the centuries-old sport.
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LONDON - Five protesters burst into the House of Commons during a debate on banning fox hunting Tuesday, while thousands of hunting enthusiasts massed in a noisy demonstration outside - some of them clashing with police in riot gear.    The protesters, wearing white T-shirts, managed to reach the floor of the Commons chamber and run toward the central box where government ministers and opposition leaders speak...
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A ban on fox hunting with dogs in England and Wales appeared inevitable after an overwhelming majority of MPs in the House of Commons rejected last-ditch compromises on the blood sport.
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Thousands of country folk were heading for the streets of Britain's capital to join a pro-hunting rally, angered at government plans to ban the hunting of foxes with hounds.