Obituary
 18th
February 2005 sees the death of foxhunting in this country, which has
been a tradition, a way of life, and a source of income for innumerable
rural inhabitants.
The ban is the most serious threat to farriery since the advent of mechanized
farming and will undoubtedly cause substantial damage to our industry
and members.
Just as a previous Government decimated the mining industry and its respective
supply industries, so this Government has caused incalculable damage to
the farming industry and its respective supply industries, together with
rural economies and the rural populace, and it is of great sadness that
the legislation has been passed without a full understanding of the mechanisms
involved by those who dictate the legislation.
I am sadly aware that in the coming weeks and months very many horses
will be butchered as a result of their redundancy just as the railway
horses and vanners were slaughtered with the advent of motorized goods
delivery vehicles.
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