Sunday, December 17, 2006

Stella McCartney bans pheasant shoots on Madonna's country estate!

London, Dec 16 (ANI): Music icon Madonna's English country estate will no longer be available for hunters wanting to shoot some pheasant, for pal Stella McCartney just put an end to the bloody sport at Ashcombe.
Madonna and her British director hubby Guy Ritchie rent Ashcombe in Wilts to shooting parties for as much as 10,000 pounds a day.
And, to give hunters a far more satisfying experience, the singer also bought and released 3,000 imported baby pheasants so that shooters were sure to have enough targets.
However, Sir Paul McCartney's designer daughter Stella, who also happens to be a pal of Madonna's, reportedly ripped into the Material Girl for playing a role in promoting the sport.
"Ashcombe's become a hunting factory and the Ritchies like playing rich landlords. Stella wasn't pleased when she heard about them releasing pheasants and spoke to Madonna" The Sun quoted a source, as saying.
"She's the reason Madonna is stopping shooting next year," the source added.
This is not the first time that Stella has been at odds with the singer, for she recently scolded Madge for wearing a 35,000 pounds fur coat.
Madonna herself gave up hunting peasants last year when a bird she shot did not die immediately, and she had to watch it as it struggled up the hill with blood gushing from its mouth.
"It wasn't dead.Blood was gushing from it's mouth and it was struggling up this hill and I thought, 'Oh God, I did that. I haven't shot since," the singer said last November.

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