Amanda Brown. The pro-hunting Countryside Alliance is determined to get the message across to Labour Party Conference delegates that opinion polls show the majority of the public is in favour of hunting and believes issues like health care, hospitals and education are a priority.

Diane Roberts. The satirical magazine Private Eye recently conflated the fight over foxes and the doubts over the Iraqi threat into one faux news story: "The Prime Minister has today announced a new bill to ban the traditional English pursuit of 'hunting for facts.'"

Ben Bradshaw, the junior environment minister, fled from a group of huntsmen at the Game Fair yesterday.

Vets attribute the killing of three West Highland cross terriers in South Yorkshire to the increasingly bold "urbanised" foxes which have lost their fear of humans and dogs.

Richard Savill. A retired farmer has threatened legal action against organisations and individuals that accuse hunt supporters of being cruel.

Charles Clover, environment editor. The Archers, Radio 4's 52-year-old story of country folk, came to the Game Fair, the annual celebration of field sports, yesterday and received a gentle ticking off for its portrayal, or rather non-portrayal, of hunting and other field sports.

Michael Sissons explains the case for following the tenets of civil disobedience, as developed by Gandhi and Martin Luther King, in response to a hunting ban.