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• Guardian: Scots take stock a year after hunt ban

  http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jul/28/hunting.ruralaffairs
  Gerard Seenan. "Things are done in the countryside for a reason. You can't just come in and change it and expect there to be no consequences."

• Scotland on Sunday: Capercaillie Face Fox Snare Threat

  http://www.scotsman.com/news/capercaillie-face-fox-snare-threat-1-1380813
  Jeremy Watson. The European Union, which has put £2.5m into a capercaillie protection programme in Scotland, has urged the Scottish Executive to reduce the death toll of the capercaillie from the huge rise in the number of fox snares being set by gamekeepers legally to protect the red grouse.

• Telegraph: Challenge to ban on foxhunting is rejected

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1433636/Challenge-to-ban-on-foxhunting-is-rejected.html
  Tom Peterkin, Scottish political correspondent. The challenge by two members of the Union of Country Sports Workers to overturn the Scottish foxhunting ban by claiming that it infringed human rights failed yesterday when a judge ruled that the legislation was legitimate. The decision will be appealed.

• Telegraph: Hunting ban 'in breach of human rights'

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1418903/Hunting-ban-in-breach-of-human-rights.html
  Auslan Cramb, Scotland Correspondent. Two hunt enthusiasts began a legal challenge yesterday against the ban on fox hunting, claiming their human rights had been breached. Gerard Moynihan QC, appearing for Scottish ministers contesting the action, said that international laws guaranteeing participation in cultural life did not apply in this case.

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