The hunting community showing, yet again, how utterly out of touch they
are....(though the anti-Esso sign on the Long Man made me smirk last week)
>From: "Carol"
>
>The white horses at Uffington and Kilburn have had hunters painted
>onto them to 'keep the pro-hunt image in the media'
>
>http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_658592.html
>
>*boggle* How can the pro-hunt people think this will help their cause?
>
>Carol
Giant horse images 'defaced by hunting activists'
Pro-hunt activists have defaced two of the country's national monuments -
the two giant white horses - to highlight their cause
Campaigners for the Real Countryside Alliance say they targeted the two
images, on hills in Oxfordshire and North Yorkshire, "to keep the pro-hunt
thing in the papers".
Ananova:
Giant horse images 'defaced by hunting activists'
Pro-hunt activists have defaced two of the country's national monuments -
the two giant white horses - to highlight their cause.
Campaigners for the Real Countryside Alliance say they targeted the two
images, on hills in Oxfordshire and North Yorkshire, "to keep the pro-hunt
thing in the papers".
Aerial shots show the 374ft-long Bronze Age image on the Berkshire Downs
near Uffington in Oxfordshire complete with three white hounds and a rider.
In North Yorkshire, a rider in full hunt regalia has been added to the 300ft
White Horse cut in to the hills at Kilburn, which dates back to the 1700s.
But no-one reported anything to the police.
A spokesman for North Yorkshire police said no reports had been received but
he had seen "a red blob" on the horse and had sent officers to investigate.
In Uffington, no-one in the village had heard anything about the reported
incident. A spokesman for Thames Valley police said he was not aware of any
complaints.
Activists say the image in Oxfordshire was drawn in paint used for marking
lines on grass tennis courts and will wash away in the first rains.
Story filed: 21:17 Tuesday 27th August 2002
Scott
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