Some bastard has nicked my pics!

[bunn]

http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZhoneymedia

The Hare coursing DVD and Gamekeeping one both have Mollydog on the cover!

This is where he got the originals. I think the licence notes (on what the images can be used for)are fairly clear!

http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=231368
http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=314397

I have contacted Ebay, the web design company/ domain name owners of the image hosting, and the ISP that hosts the server that the pics are on.

Grrrrrrr.

Comments

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I'm doing my best...

Quite apart from the insult, it's not even accurate! Foxes and rabbiting? Mollydog thinks foxes and rabbits are incredibly dull. If it's not a squirrel, she really couldn't care less.

What sort of gamekeeper has a greyhound? Gamekeepers have labradors and spaniels, surely! At least, the ones I know do.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Retreievers (labrador or flat-coated, occasionally golden), check.

Spaniels (springer or cocker, occasionally setter), check.

Very occasionally German shepherd, check.

And that's about it.

(I should know - I am the son of a gamekeeper. And yes, I have heard the one about the pheasant plucker's son).

[bunn.livejournal.com]

It later occurred to me that as it's a shot of a greyhound in the distance, it could be that she is representing a dog belonging to the Evil Poacher, which the gamekeeper must pursue? Poachers probably don't have greyhounds, but I think they might have lurchers...

Can't think of any other logical reasoning!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Lurchers are certainly the archetypal poacher dog, but they'll use anything that can run and retrieve (and, in some cases, bite keepers).

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Ah, now the retrieving might be a bit of an issue. And indeed the running, if it needs to be done more than once, for more than about 5 minutes....

Racing greyhounds generally have totally abysmal stamina, though I believe the coursing strains are more robust.