Cottesmore Hunt Appeal Oakham Town Council Ban
BY CHARNWOODGREENS ON NOVEMBER 30, 2015
What’s Happened to the Cottesmore Boxing Day Meet in Oakham?
For 80 years, the Cottesmore Hunt has met on Boxing Day in Cutts Close, Oakham – but in a decision that was greeted with shock by the Cottesmore Hunt and celebration amongst Leicestershire and Rutland’s Animal Rights community, Oakham Town Council have voted to ban the gathering this year.
However, the Cottesmore Hunt have launched an appeal against the decision, which they have termed a “wholly unexpected development” and there is now an urgent petition to press Oakham Town Council to keep the ban in place.
Where do the Charnwood Green Party stand on Fox Hunting?
The Charnwood Green Party wholly supports the Green Party National Policy for Animal Rights, which is categorically against the tradition of Hunting with Hounds.
Green Party Policy AR422: To extend the 1911 Protection of Animals Act to protect both captive and non-captive animals from unnecessary suffering. This will be used to prohibit hunting with hounds, shooting, snaring, coursing and various other abuses of our animal population. The Green Party is fundamentally opposed to all blood-sports. We oppose the killing of, or infliction of pain or suffering upon, animals in the name of sport or leisure, and will work to end all such practices.
What can I do to help?
You can sign the petition to keep the ban on the Cottesmore Hunt meeting in Oakham at change.org
Further reading …
- Leicester Mercury article on the Cottesmore Hunt ban
- Leicester Animal Rights Open Letter to Oakham Town Council
