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They shall tally-ho no longer.(banning of fox hunting in Great Britain)(Brief Article)

National Review

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* They shall tally-ho no longer. Prime Minister Tony Blair, responding to the baying of his Labour party, is close to outlawing hunting with dogs--a longtime bugbear of the urbanized Left. Foxhunting, a centuries-old sport, appeals to mostly rural members of all classes, from dustmen to dukes. It is not, despite what Labour's class warriors insist, the preserve of pink-coated, gout-ridden Tory aristocrats. And even if it were, why should that matter? Banning hunting is not even about animal welfare: Several thousand hounds will have to be gassed, and what will ...

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