BEHIND the glamorous façade of David Cameron lurks something unpleasant.
His pledge to give Government time to a bill to repeal the Hunting Act means the full horror of staghunting could soon be unleashed again on our countryside.
For readers unfamiliar with the pastime, it involved the hunting to death of wild red deer with a pack of dogs.
Staghunting was a misnomer because hinds also were hunted, from November to the end of February.
This meant that hinds were pregnant the whole time they were hunted.
They were further handicapped in two ways.
Being good mothers they tended to run with their previous year’s calf by their side.
Finally, they lacked the antlers to fend off the dogs when eventually they stood exhausted.
The overwhelming majority view this "sport" as having no place in modern Britain.
Many, including Conservative voters, pleaded with David Cameron not to support this savagery.
He ignored them all, making repeal of the Hunting Act a priority for his party and a mainstay of his manifesto.
Treating his own supporters with contempt over such an issue doesn't bode well for how he will treat other compassionate causes should he win.
M.J. Huskisson Animal Welfare Information Service PO Box 8, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 0JL
