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Home | Friday 13th March 2009 | Issue 668

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HELL-ICOPTER

A fox hunt follower’s recklessness had fatal consequences this Monday after he ran into a gyrocopter being used by activists to monitor the Warwickshire fox hunt. Trevor Morse inexplicably walked onto the runway as the copter was taxiing - and into its rear propeller. Tragic, yes, but no reason for the pilot and passenger to be immediately arrested, with the pilot being remanded until March 23rd and charged with murder. The passenger was released on bail on suspicion of murder.

In contrast to this, no one has ever been charged with the murder of animal rights activists like Jill Phipps (See SchNEWS 8, 59), Mike Hill, Tom Worby and others. The double standards which deemed these murders ‘accidents’ sees two hunt monitors arrested for murder when an idiot wanders into their path on a runway. Even a member of the hunt, Sam Butler, said it was a “tragic fatal accident”. Despite all evidence to the contrary – there is video footage of the incident – a different set of laws applies to animal rights activists.

* For more about killed animal rights activists see www.jillphipps.org.uk
* Hunt Sabs Association http://hsa.enviroweb.org

Keywords: animal rights, fox hunting, gyrocopters, hunt saboteur, jill phipps, trevor morse


 

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