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
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Pro-hunt campaigners are preparing a legal challenge to the Parliament Act, which was used to force through a ban on hunting with dogs.
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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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The House of Commons was poised to ram through a ban on fox hunting in England and Wales, against the backdrop of angry protests from thousands of hunt supporters outside parliament.
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Hunt supporters say they will continue efforts to overturn the ban on hunting, which comes into force on Friday.
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Fox-hunting supporters are preparing a five-year campaign on three battlefronts to overturn the ban on the sport imposed last week by the House of Commons.
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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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A demonstration by pro-hunt campaigners is being held outside Peter Hain's home in south Wales.
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Facing a ban on their age-old sport, enthusiasts of fox hunting rallied outside the House of Commons on Wednesday in a show of defiance to lawmakers determined to outlaw the pursuit.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is reportedly not amused by an impending ban on fox hunting in England and Wales, and she has said so to Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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Ending years of bitter argument, Britain  finally banned the centuries-old pursuit of fox hunting on  Thursday -- but only after a last-minute attempt by the  government to delay its demise until after the next election.
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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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By Frank Urquhart  A MAJOR crackdown on the "barbaric" and illegal sport of hare coursing has been identified as one of the main priorities for a pioneering taskforce, established to combat wildlife crime in the north-east of Scotland.
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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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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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People take part in hunts across Wales, two months before a ban is due to come into force.
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Hunts in England and Wales meet for the first time since a ban on hunting was forced through Parliament.