Animal Welfare Demonstration Against Hoghton Tower

ANIMAL rights campaigners turned people away from historic Hoghton Tower as they staged a three hour protest against duck and pheasant shooting.

More than fifty supporters of the North West League Against Cruel Sports (NWLACS) and other animal welfare groups turned up on Sunday for the first of a series of demonstrations.

The campaigners say they want the public to know the gruesome fate suffered by the Hoghton Tower ducks when the day-trippers and their children are not watching.

They showed pictures and images to visitors arriving at the tourist attraction, which is still the family home of the de Hoghton line, and say that they succeeded in turning many of them away.

Animal Welfare Demo at Hoghton Tower

Jeanne Young of the NWLACS said: "It's clear from the public reaction today that the barbaric duck and pheasant shoot is starting to damage the de Hoghton family name and Hoghton Tower in general.

"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.

"The reality of Hoghton Tower is far from the picture postcard image that they would have you believe and finally the public is learning the grim truth.

"This was a very well supported and peaceful protest and we are grateful to the police for their protection."