A NEW chairman has been appointed to lead rural campaigners in their fight to preserve hunting with dogs.
Angie Vaux, from Barton, near Richmond, was named the North-East regional chairwoman of the Countryside Alliance, taking over from John Milford QC, who has retired after three years.
Mrs Vaux was previously the alliance's North Yorkshire and South Durham chairwoman, but will now be responsible for its affairs as far north as the Scottish Borders, as well as from the North Sea coast to the Pennines.
"It's going to be a massive geographic area to represent, which is full of challenges, but I'm determined to represent all the members in whatever country sport they enjoy," she said. "The countryside is curr-ently under tremendous pol-itical pressures and now really is the time to unite behind our campaign to save hunting."
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