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Government cracking the whip on timingThe Countryside AllianceThe Countryside Alliance works for everyone who loves the countryside and the rural way of life. Our aim is to protect and promote life in the countryside and to help it thrive. With the highest membership levels since 2006, we are the only organisation working across such a broad range of issues.
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 Campaign win on food buyingTuesday, 15 May 2012 On Monday the Environment Audit Committee published a report on Sustainable Food. The Countryside Alliance was delighted to read within the report that there was a section on public sector buying, in which the committee made the recommendation to extend the Government Buying Standards to schools and hospitals. The Countryside Alliance Foundation made this recommendation back in November when we released figures on the amount of British food being procured by schools and hospitals. Read more CA Award features in Chatsworth documentaryTuesday, 15 May 2012 A new documentary about the Chatsworth Estate in Derbyshire on 14th May saw the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire and the Dowager Duchess speak of their pride in winning the first (and, to date, only) Countryside Alliance Lifetime Achievement Award. Read moreDisappointment at Crawley & Horsham Hunting Act verdictsTuesday, 15 May 2012 The Countryside Alliance is surprised and disappointed by the guilty verdicts of three members of the Crawley & Horsham Hunt, particularly because we do not believe there was sufficient evidence to sustain any of these prosecutions. The Countryside Alliance will continue to support the Crawley and Horsham defendants if they wish to appeal this verdict. Remember, also, that conviction rates are still at one per year of the Hunting Act's existence. Read more The Heythrop and the RSPCATuesday, 8 May 2012 The RSPCA has issued summons on 52 Hunting Act charges relating to the Heythrop Hunt, its Masters and employees as part of a private prosecution. The allegations have not been the subject of police investigation or any charging decision by the Crown Prosecution Service. None of those summonsed, nor anyone else involved with the Heythrop Hunt has been questioned by the police or RSPCA over any of the allegations which all allegedly occurred in the 2011/12 hunting season. The Heythrop Hunt operates in the Prime Minister’s Witney constituency and the kennels are just outside Chipping Norton. Read more The Case for Hunting - download it hereWednesday, 2 May 2012 The Countryside Alliance has argued the case for hunting consistently and tirelessly since it was formed in 1997. Four years ago we produced the ‘Case for Repeal’ but, perhaps because we have all become so well rehearsed in the debate, until now there has not been a single concise document expressing the positive ‘Case for Hunting’. That gap has now been filled with a new document which the Alliance has produced in association with the Council of Hunting Associations. Read more |
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