Fell and Moorland WTC
Always remember your terriers
On Dec 8th Mr Ron Hillcote ( terriers) and Mr Alan Tyre (lurchers) will down to give an evenings talk, at the Belgrave Social Club, Claremount .Halifax. 7.30 pm
COMMEMORATIVE PLATE AND MUG
The plate and mug that we are working on has been completed.
The Plate is a limited Edition. THIS IS NOW SOLD OUT.
This will be Plate number3 that we have produced
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THE HUNTING ACT 2004
This Act applies to England & Wales (not Scotland or Ireland) and places specific legal requirements on those who engage in terrierwork. It permits the use of a SINGLE DOG BELOW GROUND TO FLUSH OUT wild mammals, "solely for the purpose of preventing or reducing serious damage to game birds or wild birds being kept or preserved to be shot".
So when this type of damage occurs it is perfectly legal to use a dog below ground.
However if this type of damage occurs then it becomes illegal to use a dog below ground.
Quite where this sits in relation to the Labour Party's 1996 Manifesto Committment that "We recognise the need for pest control, but are totally opposed to killing for sport" is something of a mystery 
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Amongst other things the Act also requires WRITTEN PERMISSION TO BE CARRIED. In order to ensure its members are fully aware of the law and are able to continue their lawful and necessary activities without fear of malicious prosecution, the JRTCGB in conjunction with the National Working Terrier Federation have produced 20,000 post cards. These cards summarise the legal requirements under the Act and once completed also serve as a written authorisation. They have been widely distributed at shows and Game Fairs across the country and are also reproduced below.
Should you wish to reproduce further copies for your own use, simply place your cursor over the image, "right click" on the image and do a "save as" on the drop down menu, this will save each image onto your PC. Four postcards will fit onto a standard A4 sheet.
POST CARD - FRONT
POST CARD - BACK
PLEASE REMEMBER - AT PRESENT THIS THE LAW AND NO MATTER HOW WRONG, OR RIDICULOUS IT MAY SEEM.... PLEASE ACT WISELY AT ALL TIMES !!!!
Tail Docking Still OK for Working Dogs
Strict exemption will allow docking of working dogs to continue
An attempt to ban all docking of dogs tails failed by 11 votes at the Report Stage of the Animal Welfare Bill in the House of Commons last night, after a concerted lobbying campaign inside and outside Westminster by a coalition of organisations.
The Countryside Alliance, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation and the
Under the Bill a vet will have to certify that the dog is likely to work in security, search and rescue, pest control or lawful shooting activities later in life and docked dogs will have to be identity chipped before three months of age. Defra have not yet announced the documentation that will be needed to support certification, but it may include the production of a firearms certificate or a counter signatory system similar to that for shotgun certificates.
Simon Hart, Chief Executive of the Countryside Alliance said: “There could not be a better example of the importance of co-ordinated lobbying by a coalition of organisations. Our campaign revealed that contrary to the claims of the animal rights lobby there was no majority of public support for a total ban and there were senior vets who argued that the welfare of working dogs was best protected by allowing the practice to continue.
“Working with the Government we produced a compromise that will be practical for the shooting community and which, crucially, gave MPs confidence that only working dogs would continue to be docked.
“But this vote could not have been won without the input of thousands of ordinary working dog owners making the case to their MPs up and down the country. Constituency lobbying of MPs by the voters who elect them is always more effective than even the best
“This vote was far too close for comfort and the lesson for the shooting community is clear: lobbying and campaigning does work, but we must become more organised, motivated and effective to fight for shooting at
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Terrier Man Attacked
Seven people were arrested after the incident, which happened as the East Sussex and Romney Marsh Hunt held a trail hunt on Monday.
Hunt members said that a group of 30 saboteurs, many wearing balaclavas and carrying fence posts and bricks, had turned up to their meet.
They said that the victim, a farmer in his late twenties, had been following on a quad bike when he became separated from the rest of the 25-strong hunt.
He was allegedly pulled from his machine and set upon by a group of seven saboteurs.
The farmer was taken to Conquest Hospital in Hastings and later transferred to Hurstwood Park Hospital, Haywards Heath, where he remained in a serious but stable condition last night.
James Hallett, a spokesman for the hunt, said: "These people call themselves hunt monitors but they were being very aggressive.
"Two of our supporters went back to try to help but one of those was also hit and bruised and another lady's horse was hit."
A spokesman for Sussex Police said that officers were called to farmland in
Broad Oak, near Rye, at 11.40am on Monday to reports of clashes between anti-hunt protesters and supporters.
She said that five men and two women, five from London and two from Hertfordshire, had been arrested on suspicion of a public order offence and remained in custody.
The lad who helps out with the terrier work was beaten by these so called animal rights people.
They have no interest in animal welfare and are just Thugs, be aware they are out there,so keep on your toes.