Demonstration over duck shoot (From Chorley Citizen)
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Demonstration over duck shoot
3:00pm Wednesday 3rd May 2006 in News By Citizen reporter
Demonstrators who staged a protest against duck and pheasant shoot at a Lancashire stately home have claimed strong public support for their action.
But the Hoghton Tower Preservation Trust said Sunday's protest by the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) could hinder its attempts to preserve the building.
Jean Young of LACS said: "Many people, not surprisingly, turned away from Hoghton Tower on seeing the images we have of ducks killed there whilst passing motorists also showed us their support for our campaign."
In a statement the Hoghton Tower trust said: "Any attempts to negatively impact on the entrance of visitors to the house and on the overall fundraising activities of Hoghton Tower Preservation Trust or to cause damage to the house, financially or materially, will only serve to hinder the preservation of this house and to deprive the public of their freedom to visit this cultural and historical site."
