What Exmoor Says .

What Exmoor Says .....................

We are not prepared to sacrifice centuries of hard work and loving care to the opinions of an ignorant urban government and a pressure group, funded by foreigners, who have never been near Exmoor or got their hands dirty on the land.
Kevin Lamacraft, Owner Livery Yard

Lawmakers who have no sympathy with rural life govern us. Worse, our MPs have ignored the findings of Lord Burn's Inquiry because these don't conform to their own prejudices. Our farms are closing down, fuel prices continue to rise, improved rural services are pipe dreams. Is it suprising that the cheerfulness and resilience of Exmoor people is almost exhausted?
Pat Bawden, Secretary, Endangered Exmoor
If the farmers go under the landscape we love will deteriorate, many good conservation projects will fail, and the social coheision of our villages will be undermined.
Rev'd Robin Ray, Rector of Exmoor
Exmoor cannot afford to lose hunting, shooting and fishing. If hunting goes property prices will fall to no one's advantage. Sporting visitors will not come and those who replace them are unlikely to stimulate employment. With no work our young people will drift away and the communities will lose heart and slowly disintegrate.
James Green, Partner, Stags' Estate Agents
All of us must stick together to preserve jobs, much needed income, and most importantly, our way of life! We are the people that live and work on Exmoor.
Brian Mitchell, Head Keeper, Castle Hill Shoot
We do not want to live in a society where different ways which serve the community well but which the majority neither share nor understand are crushed and destroyed by the law.
Baroness Mallalieu, Exmoor Resident, President of the Countryside Alliance