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  Will fishing be banned next?
Updated 21 September 2002, 10.05
Scottish countryside
Scottish countryside

Chaz will be one of thousands marching in London on Sunday to protest about the way countryside communities are treated.

  Click here to find out more on the issues they're protesting about

In our second Press Pack report Chaz is worried about the possible ban of all country sports.

"I live outside a small village near Lockerbie in Scotland. We have a farm and holiday cottages.


I will be marching in London on Sunday and here's why.

Ruin business

I am not interested in hunting but my mum and dad run a holiday business and it depends on people coming to fish, shoot and walk through our woods.

But now that hunting has been banned in Scotland what will be next - fishing? shooting?

It would ruin all my dad's hard work if this happened.

People that come to use our holiday cottages enjoy the peace and quiet and like it because they feel completely safe.

Properly managed

I don't think it's right that people should be able to walk all around farmers' land - our farm wouldn't feel safe anymore.

It's great that people want to come on our land because it's really beautiful - but this needs to happen in a managed way so things don't get out of control.

The march

I hope that a lot of people will march for the countryside - people need to see how our lives could be affected.

I feel annoyed that there weren't enough people who marched in Scotland. Maybe this is why the law was passed which banned hunting in Scotland."

Chaz, 10, Dumfriesshire


Why don't you write us a Press Pack report - and get it published on the site?!

It can be about anything that's happened in your local area - or your views on the news.

  Click here to find out how to do it

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