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Rochdale Road, Halifax AFTER reading the vitriolic claptrap served up by Peter Bunce ("Hunting: how can they defend it?", Your say, January 26) the first thing that occurred to me was that the name sounded familiar and after a quick look through some papers I confirmed by thoughts.
It seems that Mr Bunce is a well-known protester and animal rights activist.
As for his extended quotation from the Burns Report giving a different meaning to my shortened but accurate reference, that is nonsense.
If there is no evidence of cruelty, or anything else for that matter, then there is no case to answer. This is a basic principle of English law.
I will grant Mr Bunce a knowledge of gross distortion and misinformation; after all they are the stock in trade of the anti-hunting and animal rights lobby.
They also rely heavily on the ignorance of a largely uninform-ed public so I invite anyone who would like to know more, whatever their views, to come along to the game fairs and country shows this summer and ask questions and meet the people, horses and hounds involved.
To close I refer to Mr Bunce's comments on anti-social behaviour. Animals occasionally getting on to rural roads is to be expected and one should drive accordingly.
Gesticulating, abuse-screaming, rent-a-mob thugs are not acceptable but seem part and parcel of the anti-hunt movement, as do criminal trespass and damage.
Will Mr Bunce and his cronies condemn this sort of behaviour or do they consider it "peaceful protest" and condone it?
C J Horsman
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