Banham Zoo, Norfolk
My daughter, Lucy-Ann, is hoping to go to University in September to study journalism and photography. For a bit of animal welfare journalism experience we visited Banham Zoo last month to see the current conditions for the animals there. A couple of her photographs are printed above and here is her report:-
Zoos have always
been a favourite amongst children particularly through school trips,
and whilst the living conditions for the animals may well have
improved from the cruelty of 20 or 50 years ago, there is still a
fundamental problem that will always plague such enclosures; why have
such exotic animals so clearly been removed from their natural
habitat and put somewhere vastly different from their natural homes?
Upon recently visiting Banham Zoo there was such an overwhelming
sense of boredom exuding from a lot of the animals; from the
flamingos which had been placed in a far corner of the park in a
gloomy grove of woods where it is likely that less than half of the
guests ever venture, to the big cats who idly sit looking from their
enclosure, ever aware of the fencing (including electric) which keeps
them from straying into the 'real world'.
When it is
usually considered that children are very hands on, and physical, how
much satisfaction can they really get viewing primates or exotic
birds from a restricted isolated distance?; something which would
surely be achieved to an even higher degree from the highly
technical, HD television of today.
So, whilst Zoos are a
good deal better than they used to be, they still seem to have a real
fault that questions their viability, which could be summed up by the
giraffe enclosure where these amazing animals are not only restricted
to the roaming "space" of one large, treeless field but
they are left to precariously bend down in order to eat grass, rather
than using their large necks to gather leaves from trees. This
represents the fact that while zoos may provide clean and comfortable
living conditions for their animals they are still placing them in
situations which are foreign and unnatural to them.
Lucy-Ann Huskisson
[I sent the above to friends at the Born Free Foundation and was advised to include the observation that zoos often include “interactive” exhibits next to animal enclosures, as well as amusement rides etc. to give children something to “do” rather than just look at animals in cages. Plus of course school parties are welcome at zoos as they help to boost their attendance figures!]
20 Year Anniversary!
It is now more than 20 years since the Animal Cruelty Investigation Group was set up in June 1989. At the time it was still rather innovative to be using undercover techniques and video cameras to prove the cruelty inherent in all aspects of animal abuse. I still have the original “brick-sized” mobile phone that the ACIG purchased many years ago and our first video cameras that were used to record the cruelties at the National Institute for Medical Research (1989-90) and the Quorn hunt (1991). Nowadays such investigation work is commonplace and technology has advanced to the point where cameras can be hidden in a button and controlled remotely from miles away but the mindset of the animal abuser remains and I fear will always be with us. There will always be some, sadly often people in powerful positions, who see our fellow creatures as mere toys to be used, abused and exploited at every opportunity. The media like to simplify the debate and portray the likes of the bloodsports issue as a conflict of class between rich and poor or right and left politically. If it has to be simplified it is in reality a clash between callousness and compassion and perhaps this is an eternal conflict. I just pray that the compassionate side will always find strength and courage as the helpless will need us maybe more than ever before. Many supporters have been with us for many years now. I thank you for your faith and your trust in our ability to win for animals. I look forward to the future. It will be different from the past as we move to exploit and develop the latest technology but hopefully it will be every bit as successful. Our goal remains to work legally not just to highlight the cruelty but to bring about real change. Our investigation work continues apace. Here’s to the next 20 years!!!!
Defending otters
One of our supporters contacted me to let me know that on a regular angling programme on Talksport Radio it had been claimed that otters were now returning in such numbers as to be a pest to fishing interests and that it was time for a return to hunting otters to keep them in their place.
Well, we couldn’t let that view pass unchallenged and I duly phoned Talksport early on Sunday morning 29th March, the same Sunday that the clocks were put forward an hour so I was a bit bleary eyed! I pointed out that otters were a valuable component in our natural heritage; that we very nearly lost them completely in the 1970s and it was only due to the excellent efforts of the likes of the Otter Trust that their numbers have returned. I explained that through their predation on the likes of pike and eels otters posed no threat to fishery interests and indeed in the past those responsible for maintaining fisheries had recognized this and welcomed otters. Nigel, the presenter, said that for a variety of reasons eels had declined in numbers and those now responsible for fisheries were only interested in pounds and pence and they still feared that otters were a source of revenue loss. I had no time to respond to this before Talksport then cut to an update from the first Formula 1 of the season from Australia that was subsequently won by Jenson Button.
So once again it is a problem of money. When will we ever learn to share just a little with the birds and animals that are our natural heritage? Sadly a small but powerful element in our society view wildlife from the jaundiced perspective that it should only be here if it can be exploited in some way or other.
I am a seasoned enough campaigner to recall how hard it was in the 1970s to gain legal protection for the otter and stop them being hunted and killed just for fun. Then hunters accused otters of two crimes, firstly causing harm to fishing interests and secondly of causing economic damage by rolling in watercress beds! Well we have yet to hear the latter accusation but doubtless some of Cameron’s cohorts will dream it up when they are back in power but the alleged “crime” of otters harming fishing interests is already back in a big way.
The danger is that hunting and media interests will conspire to vilify the otter to the point where the species will become fair game for any brutality. Consider the following scenario. The bloodsports lobby knows that the public will have little sympathy for killing otters just because they might harm normal fishing interests. Most people would agree that if you want to heavily overstock a pond to sell day-fishing tickets then you should at least take basic precautions to protect those fish. Some fisheries are doing this. But what about going beyond normal fisheries? We are now seeing a spate of fisheries devoted to helping “problem kids” that have been excluded from the classrooms. ACIG supporters will recall that this was the scenario underpinning our investigation into cruelty in the fishing at Victoria Park, London (ACIG News 32). How long before we see the following story in some bloodsports supporting local paper: heartbroken, crying children clustered around the bank of a pond with the bodies of dead and partially eaten fish laid out on the bank and the “villainous otter” damned as the culprit? I can just hear a Mum interviewed responding: “My lad was right off the rails until fishing brought him back into line and now it has all been ruined by otters, they need to be culled!!”
Remember how in their desperate attempts to vilify foxes the hunters produced shepherds who they claimed had sat out at night watching packs of foxes circling in-lamb ewes waiting to eat the lambs as soon as they were born? The media seldom had the wit to ask just what calibre of shepherd would sit and watch such savagery and it became an accepted “fact” for some that that is how foxes behave. So it may be with otters. They won’t be damned for merely killing and eating fish (as is their birthright); no, that wouldn’t attract enough public hostility to gain public sympathy for killing otters. Instead the hunters would spread lurid tales of otters dragging prized fish out of ponds, killing them but only eating the tiniest bite before moving on to kill another succulent victim. It is all Enid Blyton type biology but hunters have found that lurid fairytales, backed by tame and callous vets, sit well in the public mind and they can claim just about any imaginative nonsense that vilifies wildlife and it is awarded full credibility in some sections of our society.
When, in a few years time, it comes to whipping up a hue and cry to restore otter hunting to our countryside with the combination of a sympathetic Conservative Government and a credulous and impoverished media the hunting fraternity should have no problem. How very sad.
Back in the real world today protecting fishing interests from otters is actually by no means as hard, nor as expensive as is sometimes claimed. The Eastern Daily Press carried this report on April 29th 2009:-
“Angling clubs and commercial lake bosses who have adopted a sensible policy of installing otter-proof fencing around their fisheries are reaping splendid dividends.
The latest club reporting a marvellous upturn in sport is Martham who ring-fenced their three-pit complex near the River Thurne at a cost of around £2,000, with willing members supplying their labour free of charge.
Club chairman Ian Bradford said estimates by some angling clubs that they would face bills into five figures for making their lakes predator proof were absolutely ridiculous.
“We bought our own materials, got the lads to work and the whole job cost us just over £2,000 and was well worth it,” he declared. “The fish are suffering less harassment from the river otters and our sport this spring has been absolutely stunning.””
ACIG supporters generate Internet campaign to save Fergus
On Sunday February 1st I received the following e-mail (that I have edited slightly to remove names and contact details) from stalwart ACIG supporters living near Cambridge:-
Dear Mike,
Please, please is there anyway you or any of your supporters or fellow campaigners can help to try and save Fergus?
Please forward this email urgently to anybody you can think of who might be interested, including any press contacts.
Fergus is a 2 year old Highland bull currently grazing with a small herd at Wandlebury which is an Iron Age hill fort in Cambridgeshire managed by the Cambridge Preservation Society (CPS).
He has become 'surplus' to requirements as the CPS had decided that they did not want any further breeding within the herd. We met the head ranger at Wandlebury and got talking to him.
He informed us that they had no further need of Fergus and so were getting rid of him. He told us that he had already contacted someone about sending Fergus for slaughter and was now awaiting a return call.
We asked him if Fergus could be castrated to prevent further breeding but were informed that this was apparently not desirable as would require an operation. No explanation was forthcoming as to why he couldn't just HAVE the op- they already have one castrated bull living with the herd, who was castrated as a calf, who lives happily with the herd.
We asked him if Fergus could be temporarily removed from the herd to prevent breeding and were told that this would cause him suffering. I asked if he could have the castrated bull for company, but was told that Fergus would become unsettled and unmanageable when the cows came into season and would try to get back to the others.
We asked him whether it would be possible for Fergus to go to an animal sanctuary and told him about Hillside animal sanctuary; he seemed interested in the idea and said he would look into it and contact Hillside. In the event (so far as we know at the time of writing) he did not contact Hillside but he did look at their web site.
We contacted Hillside on Fergus's behalf and were told that they would like to offer him a home but at that moment were unable to say 'yes' as their quarantine quarters were full of cattle brought in because of the poor grazing available at that time, but that they would do their best to see if they could take him and would probably be able to take him if he could stay at Wandlebury for another couple of months. A week later, Hillside rang back and said that they were now in a position to offer Fergus a permanent home.
Since then, the Cambridge Preservation Society have held a board meeting and have now decided that Fergus will go to slaughter THIS WEEK.
We are members of the Cambridge Preservation Society and are absolutely appalled that an organisation that we joined in good faith to support the preservation of Wandlebury, a place of great beauty and historical significance, is now getting into bed with the meat industry. We heard the cows being described as 'just tools' and 'lawnmowers' and enthusiastic talk about 'local provision of locally raised almost-organic meat'.
As things stand, while the notice-board in the car park at Wandlebury proudly announces, with photos, the birth of a calf, Pepper', born to Minty, on January 11th, encouraging visitors to take a sentimental interest in the cattle, Pepper's father Fergus is due to be taken away for slaughter THIS WEEK. This is in spite of the fact that Hillside Animal Sanctuary, in Norfolk, have now said that they are able to give Fergus a home immediately. Hillside is very experienced in looking after cattle and even has a herd of rescued Highland Cattle so have all the necessary experience to give Fergus a loving permanent home.
Please can anyone who feels that it is wrong for Fergus's life to be cut short like this when he has been offered such a wonderful home email the Chief Executive Officer of the Cambridge Preservation Society immediately or phone as a matter of urgency.
I forwarded this e-mail to Internet contacts and it was widely circulated throughout the animal welfare movement and I of course made formal contact with the Cambridge Preservation Society (CPS) from the ACIG. I think it would be fair to say that a storm of outrage and pleas for the life of Fergus landed on the CPS!
Within 24 hours I learned marvellous news, that the CPS had had a change of heart and decided to give Fergus to Hillside after all. I received the following e-mail from the CPS (that was a general reply):-
Dear all
Thank you for your enquiry and expressions of concern about the young bull.
At Wandlebury Country Park, pastures are grazed using appropriate farm animals. This has been undertaken for some decades with sheep and recently we have introduced a fold of Highland Cattle. Grazing is the best way of conserving the valuable chalk grassland flora (and fauna), and complement our visitor education programme about the management of the countryside and its wildlife.
The welfare of the cattle is of upmost importance to the Cambridge Preservation Society and we make sure that our animals have a good quality of life free ranging on pastures unadulterated by artificial fertilisers and pesticides. Our management of the animals is informed by local veterinarians and other expert advisors to ensure that we retain a viable and healthy fold of Highland Cattle and thus supporting this unusual cattle breed in the long-term.
The young bull you are enquiring about was given to the Society but does not have the pedigree certification and unfortunately was not sterilised at birth by the previous owner. To avoid inbreeding due to close family relationship of the cattle it is important that this bull is removed from the site. We have been advised that castration at his current age can lead to long-term complications. For these reasons small holders and others did not wish to add this young bull to their herd.
After our initial contact with the Hillside Sanctuary it was not absolutely certain that a place could be found for the animal. Further discussions have now taken place with the Sanctuary and within the Society, I can now confirm that this animal is to be cared for at the sanctuary. We understand that they will undertake the necessary operation on the animal as they have a non-breeding policy.
Please support the sanctuary in their upkeep of the animals in their care – please contact www.hillside.org.uk
Kind regards
Carolin
Göhler Chief Executive
Cambridge Preservation Society
On February 13th I received the following update about Fergus from our ACIG supporters:-
Fergus arrived at Frettenham on Thursday 5th the only day that week when the roads weren't almost impassable from snow; apparently loaded well onto the truck and travelled very well. He was castrated the same day- his quarantine quarters are near some cows so it was thought best to do the op immediately so he wouldn't become unsettled. He recovered very well from his op and will have a couple more weeks of quarantine before joining a new herd either at Frettenham or West Runton. If he goes to West Runton he will be visitable 5 days a week from Easter to end October; if he stays at Frettenham he will be able to be visited on 5 different Sundays throughout the year.
Thank you very much everyone for rallying round and helping to save Fergus- it was only 10 days from when we first discovered his intended fate at Wandlebury, to when The Cambridge Preservation Society said that he could go to Hillside after all; in fact only one (very long!) weekend between the CPS telling us on Saturday 31st Jan that he was definitely to go to slaughter and the Monday 2nd Feb when they said that he would be spared.
Thank you so much to all the caring people who took the trouble to contact the CPS, other friends and contacts, including media contacts, and who acted so quickly. Please forward this email to anyone else that you asked to speak up for Fergus so that they too can share the good news.
We are so grateful that Hillside were able to offer him such a wonderful permanent home among his own kind, and to the Cambridge Preservation Society, especially Carolin Gohler for being prepared to change her mind.
Thank you very much.
So, there was a happy outcome to this story making a rare victory for compassion and commonsense. Thanks are due to our local supporters for orchestrating the campaign to save Fergus, to Hillside for taking him in and to the Cambridge Preservation Society for having the wisdom and courage to change their minds. We are often bombarded on the internet with e-mailed pleas to take action for animals. This little saga has proved just how successful such campaigns can be and how important it is to encourage more and more animal welfarists to link up via the internet. If you have not already sent us an e-mail to join our contact system please do so. Real power can and does come from the humble computer keyboard!
Coping with violent abusers
I have just learned that one of my colleagues from the Ecostorm agency and an assistant were violently attacked by seal hunters when filming the killing of seals in the Cape Cross Seal Reserve, Western Namibia on July 16th. I salute the courage of this pair. Their cameras and video film were seized. When police arrived, you’ve guessed it, they arrested the pair on suspicion of trespass and obstruction! We can only hope that the police will act with true justice, release our camera team, arrest the seal hunters who attacked them and either return their cameras and film or extract financial compensation from the hunters for these items. That is what should happen but don’t hold your breath.
Exposing animal abuse is a dangerous business and always has been and the police the world over have usually taken the view that anyone trying to film or stop animal abuse must be breaking some law.
During the last hunting season we have been out constantly in the hunting field. There was a marked escalation in abuse, threats and violence from hunters towards hunt monitors. Just one tactic that they have employed has been to put one or more 4x4 vehicle to trail you round wherever you drive at the hunt, with an orange flashing light on its roof. The idea appears to be that the Huntsman can see the flashing light across the fields, know where you are and know whether you are in any position to film him. Some 4x4 drivers though are not content merely to follow you; they like to drive aggressively and dangerously at high speed, tail-gating you. When I complained to the police about such incidents of dangerous driving I was told that monitoring the hunt without first informing the Master of the Hunt that you intended to do could be seen as harassment and that the hunt response was justified! Then when you try to film the hunt from the roadside or a footpath some bulky hunt supporter often stands in front of your camera, whichever way you turn, completely blocking your view. I complained about this to the police and they looked at my film but then told me that it appeared as if I was filming a hunt supporter from every angle, close-up and the view could be taken that I was harassing him!
Finally there is the allegation of filming hunt children. Some hunts have found it a great wheeze to hide behind their children. We have no interest whatsoever in filming their children but the hunters delight in accusing us of doing so. They pack the hunting field with kids, even on school days, and then hurl abuse at us, shouting “paedophile!” whenever we try to take any film of the hunt. This time it was they who complained to the police, accusing me of filming their children. The police duly interviewed me and I explained the situation but the officer left me with the following warning: that if any hunt supporter asked me not to film because his child was in the hunting field, or in the vicinity and I carried on filming then if that supporter attacked me and smashed my camera the police would not question him but would arrest me for causing a breach of the peace! It is fair to say that in this climate it is all but impossible to monitor hunting openly.
Even taking drastic steps to avoid confrontation can be futile. Another colleague who sought to avoid this hunt aggression and violence by taking to the air to monitor hunts from a light aircraft found that the hunting fraternity were scouring the countryside looking for where he must be landing and taking off from. That led, tragically, to a violent confrontation and the death of a hunt supporter in an incident that you will have read about. A thoroughly decent and compassionate man who set off in the morning to peacefully, and from a safe distance, monitor hunting ended up in a police cell facing a murder charge. He went out on something akin to neighbourhood watch but didn’t come home; it was weeks before he was granted bail and he still faces the murder charge. Needless to say all this intimidation and aggression has not stopped us. We now monitor hunts without them knowing that we are even there. I expect to be able to report on just such a successful investigation in our next bulletin.
New poetry book for children
Give us a chance! is a small delightful book that has just been written by our supporter Jane Mann. The flyer accompanying the book says that it is an entertaining collection of poems that looks afresh at creatures that we love to hate or do not always appreciate. From spider to shark, wasp to wolf, they have long been held in fear or dislike, yet often displaying remarkable skills and bringing us benefits we may not have realised. As they plead their case, the part they play in the rich web of life, should we not give them a chance? This thoughtful book with illustrations by Bonnie Baker has the ISBN 978-0-9549093-1-4, costs £4.99 and is published by Vinca Press. It can be ordered from most bookshops.
Bad Hare Days by John Fitzgerald
This is an excellent book about the opposition to live hare coursing in Ireland and the campaign to protect the Irish Hare. John Fitzgerald has been involved in this campaign for many years and is an acknowledged expert on the subject. His book is published by Olympia Publishers, London. Here is an extract from their web site about the book:-
For those few
dedicated people trying desperately to save the gentle creature from
the horrors of the cruel sport of hare coursing, the struggle was
painful and fought against great odds. The author writes about one of
the 'world's most barbaric blood sports' continuing during a deadly
period for the hares, the 1980s.
His own peaceful and non-violent
action and that of, initially, a few others' did arouse the public
and achieve what at first appeared to be a hard-won benefit to the
hare.
But the hare's troubles were – and are – far
from over. Though it can no longer be torn apart by greyhounds, now
muzzled, it can still be mauled, injured, and tossed about like a rag
doll on the coursing field. In addition to highlighting the hare's
sad plight, this is also a campaigner's story. The author recounts
vividly the ups and downs of his own fight against cruelty. He paid a
major price in suffering as a result of being persecuted for his
beliefs.
The gentle hare, apart from its use and abuse in
coursing, has now become an endangered species in Ireland, and this
book reinforces its right to be protected.
Bad Hare Days has the ISBN 9781905513673 and costs £9.99.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
You are welcome to quote anything in our literature in your letters to the media or to politicians.
PLEASE WRITE TO YOUR MPS AND PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES
There will be an election soon and politicians will be desperate for public support. Please write to any politician seeking your vote to ask if they will support your views on animal welfare. It is essential to write to politicians even if you know that they oppose your views (it might be too much to expect them to change their minds but you could make them re-think their position). Please send us a copy of the replies that you receive.
INFORMATION
Please be a sponge to soak up all information concerning cruelty to animals and then let us know. With informants that may be concerned for their safety please assure them that we are always discreet.
FINANCES
Your continued support is vital and will be needed all the more in the coming climate of great hostility to animal welfare. Regular support by standing order is particularly welcome.
UNWANTED ITEMS
We hope to be running car boot stalls soon to raise funds and awareness about our campaigns so any small, saleable and easily posted items would be much appreciated. Larger items could be collected.
You have seen after many years of ACIG successes that we have a proven ability to win for animals. For anyone considering remembering the vital investigation work of the ACIG in their will, to enable us to continue to achieve, I respectfully suggest using the following form of bequest:
“I bequeath unto the Animal Cruelty Investigation Group of P.O. Box 8, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 0JL, the sum of ............................. free of tax and I direct that the receipt of an authorised officer of the group shall be a good and sufficient discharge of such legacy.”
Neither the ACIG nor its sister group, the AWIS, is a charity. We have given a lot of thought to and taken advice on making one or other, or perhaps both, of these groups a charity but as yet we have not done so. Whilst many animal rescue centres are charities most of the large campaigning animal welfare groups are not. Like them we are at present unwilling to restrict our campaigning activities which would be the inevitable result of taking on charitable status. Please do not allow your solicitor to discourage you from leaving your money to whomsoever you wish, whether they are a charity or not.
IN MEMORIAM
Tragically, some people working for animals have suffered appallingly at the hands of the abusers. Several have paid the ultimate price. They will never be forgotten. The memory of their sacrifice should inspire us all to do much more for the cause that we know to be just. ALL who give their lives for animals are remembered but we do particularly recall the following whose lives were taken by our opponents:-
James Piper, RSPCA Inspector : Died in 1838 after sustaining severe injuries tackling cockfighters at Hanworth, Middlesex.
William Sweet, LACS member : Murdered 6/1/1976 after altercation with man shooting birds. Assailant was jailed for life but has long been released.
Fernando Pereira, Greenpeace photographer : Murdered 10/7/1985 by the French Secret Service when the vessel “Rainbow Warrior” was sunk by two explosions, Auckland Harbour, New Zealand.
Michael Hill, Hunt Saboteur : Killed 9/2/1991 protesting against hare hunting at the Cheshire Beagles.
Thomas Worby, Hunt Saboteur : Killed 3/4/1993 protesting against fox hunting at the Cambridgeshire Foxhounds.
Jill Phipps, Animal Rights Activist : Killed 1/2/1995 protesting against live exports of farm animals, Coventry Airport.
Well, that is it for another bulletin, our 20th anniversary issue. Our success continues. Who knows where we will be and what we will have achieved by the time of the 30th anniversary or the 40th!!! There will be inevitable setbacks as well as real progress. At the time of writing it appears virtually certain that within a year we will have a government for whom a great priority will be to legalise the hunting of wildlife with packs of dogs. In the hunting field this will actually only amount to a technical change in that in many areas hunting has continued much as before. There will be some differences: the hunters will be able to boast openly about their killing exploits and the police will be saved the embarrassment of having to turn a blind eye to obvious criminality.
Politically we must be clear that Cameron will be elected to power not because of his commitment to legalise animal abuse but in spite of it. The Conservatives could actually have a manifesto pledge to reintroduce bear baiting in the street or dog fighting in the cellars of pubs and would still be elected. The repeal of the Hunting Act will be an act of pure ignorance. It took hours of parliamentary debate and consultation, and the Burns inquiry and much more to bring about the Hunting Act and yet it will all be swept away in an instant by a new intake of MPs who neither know nor care what hunting wild animals is really about. They will be acting out of pure blinkered ignorance and the fact that by legalising cruelty they will offend the majority of even their own political supporters will concern them not one jot. It is a depressing scenario but we have to cope with the world as it is, not as it should be.
In an environment where both our government and the media are openly hostile to animal welfare ideals we will have to try and make progress by exploiting different angles. Campaigns can be couched in different terms and yet still have the same goal. Personally I have long thought that it is all but impossible to make progress against vivisection by voicing only animal welfare concerns. The anti-vivisection argument can be made and won in terms of concerns for the welfare of our own species. The anti-bloodsports argument may have to be developed in similar terms that go beyond the obvious concerns for the well-being of the quarry.
We will also need to be imaginative in the new hostile climate. When I started off in animal welfare way back in 1971 it was a fact that one person with knowledge could effectively, legally and peacefully completely sabotage a hunt. Since those days technology has advanced immeasurably and it is clear that when animal hunting with dogs resumes in the near future it will be even easier to sabotage. We are an investigation group that seeks to gather evidence and work for a change in the law so we will not be actively sabotaging hunts but plenty of people will be legally and I will not hesitate to give advice and help if asked. We will also look to exploit new legal avenues both in the UK and through Europe to constrict all forms of hunting; and we will aim to liaise closely with landowners to curtail all bloodsports. We are planning now for campaigning work under a Conservative government. There are interesting times ahead! It will be difficult but if we continue to work together as a team I am confident that we will continue to make progress. Our next bulletin will be written in January 2010. Enjoy the summer and have a great Christmas. Thank you for your support. Mike Huskisson. July 2009
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