I do not especially like that practice, but is he seriously suggesting that we should legislate because, due to some bizarre tradition, huntsmen wish to blood children's faces?
I would have had more respect for the huntsmen involved if they had shown some decency in their attitude to the people, who felt as strongly as the conservationists did.
Huntsmen were in agreement that there was no difference in terms of cruelty between upland or lowland hunting.
His impression was that the nominated members would either be the dogs of war or the kennel huntsmen.
I will tell you why huntsmen do not want to go drag hunting, even if that would employ their horses and hounds.
In recent years, there have been scores of cases in which hounds and huntsmen invaded private gardens, property and farmland.
Under this legislation, some people, such as huntsmen and those who work in kennels, are specifically being put out of work.
Where the master or the huntsmen could not foresee the risk of marking taking place, they would be safe from prosecution.
