In May, after The Steeple Times highlighted to Mayfair’s swanky Mark’s Club that a sick group who pay £1,000 a pop to slaughter goats in the north of England and Scotland were advertising a twisted celebratory event there on 8th September, the Richard Caring owned venue forced the Capreolus Club to remove the promotion of such from their website.

 

At the time, Belle Wade, a spokesman for Mark’s, remarked:

 

“My colleague passed on your email requesting for comment regarding a booking allegedly taking place at Mark’s Club in September.”

 

“I can confirm we are not hosting this event at Mark’s Club and do not have any reservations for anybody on that date under any names associated with that event. We have now asked them to remove this from their website.”

 

“To clarify – this event was never booked at Marks Club. As soon as it was brought to our attention that the event was being promoted as being hosted with us, we asked them to remove it from their website: It was not a case of it ever being booked in with us and then us asking them to remove. I just wanted to make that clear.”

 

Now, the Capreolus Club have updated their website and announced that they have moved the event for their goat massacring members to another London venue on the 8th September from 6.30pm. According to an advertisement on their site, Michelin starred chef Jason Atherton will serve “some excellent contemporary British cuisine” at the Berners Tavern restaurant at the Edition Hotel to guests who are asked to book by paying a reservation fee of £1.

 

“Dinner and drinks are at the member’s own expense,” express the club in their statement before adding that the club chairman Peter Jones will “chat about how to get the best from your deer stalking and shooting during the autumn season.”

 

Having seen this on Friday 5th August, Matthew Steeples of The Steeple Times contacted a number of representatives of Jason Atherton, the Berners Tavern and the Edition Hotel via email. He asked:

 

1. Have you accepted a booking from the Capreolus Club for the 8th September 2022 at 6.30pm at the Berners Tavern at the Edition Hotel?

 

2. If so, did you know that the Capreolus Club is an ‘organisation’ that tells it members that “goat shooting is a must” in the UK?

 

3. If so, do you also endorse the slaying of goats in the British Isles in this truly barbaric manner as a bit of fun?

 

4. Do you feel that killing goats by chasing them across the hills to slay them as “a break from deer” is something that should be celebrated with a ritzy dinner at the Berners Tavern at the Edition Hotel?

 

As of 10am on Sunday 7th August, not even a PR person for any of the aforementioned had responded and today we urge readers to join with us to condemn Jason Atherton, the Berners Tavern and the Edition Hotel for effectively endorsing the pointless massacre of goats on British soil by allowing the Capreolus Club to ‘celebrate’ at their premises.

 

Please support us in our attempt to persuade Mr Atherton, the Berners Tavern and the Edition Hotel to cancel the Capreolus Club event on 8th September 2022.