Faces of Evil.... Albrighton and Woodland Hunt
What a shambles!
On Boxing Day morning I went to see the "spectacle" that is the Albrighton & Woodland Hunt. It was comical to watch.
Not one of the hunt masters actually looked like they wanted to be there. They rode with stern faces and gritted teeth. As soon as they saw the camera they looked away as if they had something to hide.
Maybe their angry faces were because of all the effort that had gone in to putting up crowd control barriers when there was hardly anyone there to actually watch.
The hounds were allowed to do as they pleased whilst in the street. Urinating and fouling all over the church yard. Several were scrounging in litter bins for food, do they not get fed in the kennels?
Owners of small dogs were forced to pick up their pets as the Hounds were harassing them.
Riders were happily drinking shots, one after the other, whilst on horseback whilst some looked and sounded like they had had a skin full already. Some riders were using mobile phones whilst riding.
"Security guards" strolled around in hi vis vests that belonged to construction companies and the terrier men stood around huddled in little groups.
A lady was walking, dressed in hunting attire, round the few spectators rattling a bucket begging for loose change?
One rider, a young girl I believe, lost control of her horse and it threw her off. A bystander commented she had suffered back and neck injuries. A road out of Newport had to be closed by 2 police cars, Air Ambulance attended as did an Ambulance. The hunt rode by uncaringly whilst she lay on the cold, damp road receiving treatment. Not one stopped.
There was one extremely stressed horse that had been left in a box at the rugby club.
On the way out of Newport the hounds were allowed to run on ahead, on the wrong side of the road, on a road with a 60mph limit whilst approaching a blind bend.
Surely this kind of behaviour shouldn't be allowed to go on, let alone the fact they were on their way out to kill foxes....
Faces of Evil.... Albrighton and Woodland Hunt
What a shambles!
On Boxing Day morning I went to see the "spectacle" that is the Albrighton & Woodland Hunt. It was comical to watch.
Not one of the hunt masters actually looked like they wanted to be there. They rode with stern faces and gritted teeth. As soon as they saw the camera they looked away as if they had something to hide.
Maybe their angry faces were because of all the effort that had gone in to putting up crowd control barriers when there was hardly anyone there to actually watch.
The hounds were allowed to do as they pleased whilst in the street. Urinating and fouling all over the church yard. Several were scrounging in litter bins for food, do they not get fed in the kennels?
Owners of small dogs were forced to pick up their pets as the Hounds were harassing them.
Riders were happily drinking shots, one after the other, whilst on horseback whilst some looked and sounded like they had had a skin full already. Some riders were using mobile phones whilst riding.
"Security guards" strolled around in hi vis vests that belonged to construction companies and the terrier men stood around huddled in little groups.
A lady was walking, dressed in hunting attire, round the few spectators rattling a bucket begging for loose change?
One rider, a young girl I believe, lost control of her horse and it threw her off. A bystander commented she had suffered back and neck injuries. A road out of Newport had to be closed by 2 police cars, Air Ambulance attended as did an Ambulance. The hunt rode by uncaringly whilst she lay on the cold, damp road receiving treatment. Not one stopped.
There was one extremely stressed horse that had been left in a box at the rugby club.
On the way out of Newport the hounds were allowed to run on ahead, on the wrong side of the road, on a road with a 60mph limit whilst approaching a blind bend.
Surely this kind of behaviour shouldn't be allowed to go on, let alone the fact they were on their way out to kill foxes....