Simon Heffer

Gunning for game-shooting

Simon Heffer on the latest front in the war against field sports

issue 27 August 2005

The first fortnight of the shooting season has not been as auspicious as it might have been. This is not just because the grouse themselves are in short supply. It is also because, having put on to the statute book a crass, pointless and probably unenforcable law against the killing of vermin with hounds, the animal rights fascists are now turning their attention to the killing of birds with guns.

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