Grouse Shoot Sab
13 August 2005
Saturday
August 13th 2005 was a typical summers day up 't north yes it was
pouring down, bloody cold and blowing a gale, however, that did not
stop sabs from Manchester, Liverpool, Reading, Derby, Leeds,
Lancaster, Nottingham, Birmingham, Northampton, Edinburgh, Bristol
and North
and East
London coming together to stop a grouse shoot.
Just gone 9am and sabs
spotted some vehicles ready for a days shooting in
the drive of a local gamekeeper. This gamekeeper was no ordinary
gamekeeper
as he worked for The Duke of Westminster on his Abbeystead estate
just east
of Lancaster.
Very shortly after finding the shoot vehicles the sabs
arrived in their
vehicles and parked either side of the driveway and waited for them
to make
a move. The local police were soon on the scene but did not show
much
interest and were happy just sitting in their cars and eating their
butties
(northern word for sandwiches).
Mid-afternoon the shoot decided enough
was enough and called it a day and
with the support of the police who very kindly blocked the road for
them
they sped off into the fog.
The next hour sabs spent driving round the
local moors to see if anybody
else was out shooting, however the good news is that they weren't.
Yet
again another great days sabbing, not a shot fired and many lives saved.
Once
again a big thanks to all the sabs who came and extra thanks to those
who had a long journey and to the Duke of Westminster I'm sure we
will meet
again soon.
This is not the first time this shoot has been sabbed
over the years they
have been stopped many times.
For more info on sabbing visit the North
West Hunt Sabs web site
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