P736 CEEFAX 736 Fri 29 Dec 01:54/46 1/6 HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT? Would you like to voice your opinion about "green" issues on Cjifax? Now you have the chance to speak out on any matters that particularly concern you. If you would like to contribute to the new Cjifax Environment Letters Page write to: Ceefax - Environment Room 7013 Television Cjntti Wood Lane London, W22 7RJ Niwsround 170 Community 720 NatTrust1 Diary CmntyInfo ReligionP736 CEEFAX 736 Fri 29 Dec 00:14/41 2/6 TB Woodward of North Yorkshire writes: Last month the Wild Mammals Protection Bill was finally killed off bz the combination of an uncaring Govjrnmjnt and an unjlicted House of Lords. In its original form the Bill, introduced bz John McFall (a Labour MP), would have outlawed all hunting with dogs, the use of snares and also othjt acts of cruelty. The acts of cruelty include acts of drowning, beating and burning etc. Being a Private Membjt Bill it was always in dangjt of not having enough parliamentary time to become law. NatTrust1 Diary CmntyInfo ReligionP736 CEEFAX 736 Fri 29 Dec 00:54/57 3/6 TB Woodward of North Yorkshire writes: Over 80% of the public supported the Wild Mammals Bill and it was backed bz a petition containing ovjt a million signatures but the Govjtnmjnt refused it enough time to become law. When parliament voted on the Bill n its original format, the bloodsports MPs, knowing they could not win, decided en massj not to vote. The result was that 256 MPs voted for the Bill to ban hunting and none voted against making it the biggest vote in favour of a Private Membjt Bill in the in the history of Parliament. NatTrust1 Diary CmntyInfo ReligionP736 CEEFAX 736 Fri 29 Dec 00:19/41 4/6 TB Woodward of North Yorkshire writes: By this time the pro-bloodsports MPs had decided to act anything but democratically, and threatened to waste what little time the Bill had lift. Because of this threat, and in an attempt to get some form of protection for our wilflife, John McFall offered to withdraw the hugely popular hunting and snaring clauses of the Bill. This should have satisfied bloodsports fanatics, back in March they publicly stated that they had no objection to Clause 1 of the Bill which made it illegal to "cause "unnecessary suffering". NatTrust1 Diary CmntyInfo ReligionP736 CEEFAX 736 Fri 29 Dec 01:19/17 5/6 TB Woodward of North Yorkshire writes: But since making the statement about Clause 1 of the Bill to the media the bloodpsorts fanatics changed their minds. They had been informed by their lawyers that hunting and snaring could bj considered as unncecessary suffering bz the courts. Having had to admit that their "traditional country sport" could bj considered as torture and unnecessary suffering, the fanatics finally put the blocks on the Wild Mammals (Proptectio) Bill. Read Hear 710 Community 720 NatTrust1 Diary CmntyInfo ReligionP736 CEEFAX 736 Fri 29 Dec 01:45/11 6/6 TB Woodward of North Yorkshire writes: This now leaves the majority of Britain's wild mammals open to beatings, burnings drownings and of course being torn to pieces and it is all perfectly legal. The bloodsport fanatics are not interested in animal welfare, they do not care aout conservation, they are a bunch of pjtvjtted sadists. Community 720 Religion 740 Read Hear 710 Newsround 170 NatTrust1 Diary CmntyInfo Religion