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Clarissa is cooking up country sport interest

9:00am Monday 7th September 2009 in News

Clarissa Dickson Wright Clarissa Dickson Wright

TV cook and countryside campaigner Clarissa Dickson Wright will be a guest at this year’s Hampshire Country Sports Day on September 13.

The event is again being held at Tichborne Park, near Alresford, starting at 9.30am.

It offers a day out for all the family with falconry displays, gundog demonstrations, ferret racing, a parade of hounds, a family fun dog show and the chance to have a go at archery, fishing and clay pigeon shooting.

Other attractions include terrier and lurcher show an Inter-hunt Jump competition and Ladies Side-Saddle display.

There will also be more than 50 trade stands, a rural crafts area and a varied choice of food and drink with a licensed bar.

Admission is £8 for adults and just £1 for children under 16 and the event will be signposted from Alresford.

Comments(5)

Brock_and_Roll says...
9:11am Mon 7 Sep 09

If hare coursing is your thing, then she's your woman!!!

Personally I find her and some of her views totally repugnant and it speaks volumes for the the obvious agenga of the organisers that they are happy to have a recently convicted criminal as their star attraction and no doubt she will be feted as a hero to all those who enjoy killing intelligent animals for fun in various "traditional" ways.


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Derek of Dibden Purlieu says...
9:17am Mon 7 Sep 09

I expect the hounds look at her and think of their mothers.

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Redback says...
9:20am Mon 7 Sep 09

Brock_and_Roll wrote:
If hare coursing is your thing, then she's your woman!!! Personally I find her and some of her views totally repugnant and it speaks volumes for the the obvious agenga of the organisers that they are happy to have a recently convicted criminal as their star attraction and no doubt she will be feted as a hero to all those who enjoy killing intelligent animals for fun in various "traditional" ways.
Sadly she got an absolute discharge because she 'didn't know' that it was illegal.
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Ignorance is no defence in the eyes of the law... unless you're famous it seems. Like you say, a vile and repugnant woman.

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Southern Badger says...
11:52am Mon 7 Sep 09

Don't be so pompous. The reason she "didn't know" it was illegal was because lawyers who were consulted on the issue said it was legal, and the police who were invited to attend saw what was going on and said it was legal so she and everyone else involved could be forgiven for thinking it was legal. The main reason it was found to be illegal was that THEY DIDN'T KILL THE HARE. The bright shiny new Hunting Act says you can set dogs to chase a hare as long as you kill the hare with a gun. The organisers made the mistake of allowing the hare to escape in accordance with traditional coursing practice. Had they shot the animal, they would be in the clear and a hare currently living out the rest of its natural life would be dead. But of course to the antis, it's more important to spoil the sport than it is to save the animal

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goard says...
12:27pm Mon 7 Sep 09

Sadly, Clarissa is of the one before the last generation when the population was 45 million at the last count - NOW we have a population that would not turn their noses up at dog and cat stew! In the 'Old days' we were shocked to know our chicken stew was indeed goat. Actually, it was quite nice, but tastes have changed. Our meat came from beef, lamb and chicken and pigs, but look at it now - any animal parts will do. Clarissa - I invite you to have my lovely beaver stew.

goard

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