'Protest is not about foxes it's about our way of life' Not everyone on next month's Countryside March in London will be a supporter of riding to hounds. But the 500,000 or so there will be united by concern of a threat to rural civil liberties. ALLAN RAMSAY meets a falconer who will be among them

Evening Standard - London | February 22, 2001| | Copyright

ALAN AMES is unlikely to ever join a fox hunt, but he and his son will be walking the streets of London on the Countryside Alliance march nevertheless.

"I'm a bit indifferent to hunting. I don't think I'd enjoy it very much," says the 44-year-old falconer and owner of Eagle Heights bird of prey centre in Eynsford, Kent.

But Mr Ames, who knows his local wildlife backwards, says he wouldn't stop anyone else from hunting.

"There's no way I would sit in judgment of my fellow man on an issue like this. I might have an opinion but I wouldn't affect their livelihood. If someone wants to dress up ...

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