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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1563921.stm
Supporters of the bill to ban foxhunting in Scotland are claiming it faces a new threat which could destroy it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1553028.stm
The Protection of Wild Mammals Bill, sponsored by Labour backbencher Mike Watson, now goes forward for line by line scrutiny in committee.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1357807/Bill-should-focus-on-hunting-as-sport-says-MSP.html
By Tom Peterkin, Scottish Politics Correspondent. About the new amendment attempting to abolish mounted fox hunting, fox baiting and hare coursing for `sporting purposes' but still allowing gamekeepers, farmers and the Scottish hill packs to hunt with dogs for pest control.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/fox-manglers-rally-for-the-tally-ho-debate-1-576628
Robert McNeil. "Mike Watson (Lab), proposer of the bill to ban the frightful hobby, seemed heartily tired of it."
http://www.scotsman.com/news/hunting-ban-within-a-year-1-576668
By Hamish Macdonell, Scottish political editor. "Fox-hunting is to be outlawed within a year following a crucial vote in the Scottish parliament yesterday."
http://www.scotsman.com/news/hunting-vote-1-576307
Mark Conway. "If committees are to be ignored, then clearly they are not needed."
http://www.scotsman.com/news/hunting-vote-1-576570
Les Ward, Chairman Scottish Campaign Against Hunting with Dogs. "In a modern, civilised Scotland, there is no longer a place or justification for the cruel practice of deliberately using dogs."
http://www.scotsman.com/news/labour-msp-s-compromise-bid-to-emasculate-anti-hunting-bill-1-576397
Hamish Macdonell, Scottish political editor. "The amendment would not ban hunting but it would force ministers to take on the issue themselves and introduce new, unspecified, measures to prevent cruelty to wild animals."
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