Conservatives Against Fox Hunting and Humane Society International UK co hosted a reception for A Close Season For Hares at the House of Commons
The event was kindly hosted by the Chairman of the Associate Parliamentary Group For Animal Welfare -Neil Parish MP, Angela Smith MP and Adrian Sanders MP.Bill Oddie, the BBC Wildlife presenter also attended.
13 MPs and NGO guests attended. Speeches were given by both our Co Founder, the UK Director of HSI UK and Neil Parish MP and Angela Smith MP. A short film on protecting hares was also launched. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je9AEodxqlA
It was fantastic to hold the first hare protection reception in the House of Commons.The event was about raising awareness for MPs to support a close season for hares whose populations have decreased by 80% in the last 100 years. Populations have declined from 4 million in the 1880s to approximately 750-800 thousand hares today.
Our campaign was also written about by Adrian Sanders MP in the June issue of Parliamentary magazine’ House’ which is widely read by MPs
146 MPs support the EDM For A Close Season For Hares. http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2010-12/2531
The photo above shows the Director of CAFH with Angela Smith MP and Bill Oddie
