batman Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 I think this sort of thing is so stupid, fox hunting has been a tradition that has gone on for about a thousand years. They are pests to farmers, if they happen to get near any chickens for example they won't settle for killing just one they'll maul the whole lot. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 Voted yes to support it. There are more humane ways to eliminate the fox problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 if they happen to get near any chickens for example they won't settle for killing just one they'll maul the whole lot.So will cats, sometimes. Should we hunt cats? Not that I'm making a point, pro or anti fox hunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 Just because something has been going on for thousends of years that doesn't make it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Static Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 I've been waiting over 20 years for a government to have the guts to ban Fox hunting. It can't come sooner for me. Hare coursing next - that's crueler becuase there's not even the excuse of pest control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman Posted September 16, 2004 Author Share Posted September 16, 2004 Well its just a shame that within such a short space of time the entire culture of the country is being changed beyond belief. It will be devasting to the countryside with all the money lost, the same people asking for an end to things like fox hunting also want to get rid of the monarchy and other british institutions. How does the Government plan to enfore this stupid law? All it'll do is make 'criminals' out of ordinary people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpongeBobSquarePants Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 Voted yes. Foxes may be pests but that is no excuse for the cruelty and pain inflicted on them by hunters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 the same people asking for an end to things like fox hunting also want to get rid of the monarchy and other british institutions. Now that is a good idea! Hunt them down like vermin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave the Cardboard Box Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 DtCB comes from generations of farmers – and we would never allow The Hunt anywhere near our farms. It is much more efficient to shoot foxes. Despite what the Pro-Hunting lobby tell you, it is easy to do, if you know your farm and and habits and lifestyle of a fox. My family wouldn’t let them near our farms because of the damage caused, which their lordships rarely compensated for apparently, it was seen as the duty of the lowly farmer to allow this to happen. But the main reason to oppose this is because…. It is an aristocratic pursuit – it re-inforces the class system - Its origins are from the middle ages when the Lord of the Manor had horses and hounds to play with. Last century all the aspiring noveau riche learned to ride, got some horses and wore the red coat to be seen as part of and to be allied to, the aristocracy. It is still an aristocratic pursuit, the preserve of the comparatively wealthy. There is little place for the real working farmer in this ‘sport’. As to loss of jobs – b ollocks. Fox hunting was made illegal in Germany (by Hitler) in the thirties, and the Germans continue hunting - by draghunting – just as is practiced here. There need be no loss of jobs, just a different type of hound. Finally – it is wrong to kill for the pleasure of killing something. That is all fox-hunting is. It is not to control vermin. It is on a level with cockfighting and bearbaiting. As I have said elsewhere, there should be an enquiry into the excessive force the Police used yesterday in London. An enquiry as to why they did not use a lot more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 Voted yes to support it. There are more humane ways to eliminate the fox problem. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Seriously, like what? A fox hound will dispatch a fox in seconds. I disagree with the glorification of hunting but to stop the hunting of foxes by using hgounds will result in a lot more pain and lingering deaths than being set upon by a pack of hunting dogs that by nature and nurture go straight for the kill. So the fox is shredded afterwards? So what - it's dead. What's more the mechanism whereby the government are forcing this bill through sets a very dangerous and much to be avoided prescedent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave the Cardboard Box Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 Voted yes to support it. There are more humane ways to eliminate the fox problem. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Seriously, like what? A fox hound will dispatch a fox in seconds. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> A bullet will despatch a fox in a fraction of a second. I have seen my father and grandfather do it. They are much easier to hit with a .22 than a rabbit is, and more regular in their habits. The Countryside Alliance et al don't worry about controlling rabbits by shooting because they may have a lingering death. Why is that argument used for foxes? The killing is to give pleasure to the participants in the Hunt, nothing else. Perhaps it could be kept legal if they agreed to eat the kill, then there would be some justiification...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman Posted September 16, 2004 Author Share Posted September 16, 2004 I have heard people being all sentimental over foxes they see them and think aww its just a ginger dog, these things have been known to attack babies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 I have heard people being all sentimental over foxes they see them and think aww its just a ginger dog, these things have been known to attack babies. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It's the 20th century not the 16th anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 these things have been known to attack babies.So have cats and dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman Posted September 16, 2004 Author Share Posted September 16, 2004 Voted yes to support it. There are more humane ways to eliminate the fox problem. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> How the hell can you be humane with a fox? Do not be soft. And about cats and dogs they are supposed to be trained by their owners it is there responsibilty, a fox is completely different it is in their nature Actually its the 21st century Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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