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Telegraph: Jumping into a thicket
Leader. It is fair to say that, if the principles of avoiding cruelty and recognising utility that the Bill enunciates were pursued in good faith by the proposed registrar, the great bulk of hunts and most forms of hunting would survive. That good faith is called into question, though, by the Government's declaration that it will definitely ban hare-coursing and stag-hunting, because they fail the tests, and permit rabbiting and ratting, because they pass them.
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Guardian: Government hunts for a compromise
Michael White, political editor. If passed by both Houses of Parliament, which are as divided as the wider public, the hunting bill would ban hare coursing and stag-hunting while protecting angling and shooting as well as falconry. Ratting with terrier packs and rabbiting will be allowed under the bill, not least because alternatives such as poisoning and trapping are deemed more cruel. Rats are a threat to people and livestock, ministers point out.
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Guardian: Pink coats left dangling on a golden thread
Simon Hoggart. MP's take advantage that Alun Michael's Hunting Bill continues to allow rabbiting and ratting, and turn on Mr Michael.
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