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Feelings in Britain are running high over animal rights, following the House
of Commons’ overwhelming vote to ban hunting with dogs last week. At the same
time, campaigners opposed to animal testing came close to closing down one of
the country’s largest contract-research companies. Both the hunting and testing
activists have a large Web presence.

The Hunt Saboteurs Association (www.enviroweb.org/HSA/hsa.shtml) hosts a
crash course in how to ruin a hunt, including ridding areas of foxes beforehand,
sprays that mask fox scents, and the laying of false trails. For the pro-hunting
lobby, Foxman outlines (ds.dial.pipex.com/foxman) “things to do to help save…

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