Fox Hunting?

It’s not in a dog’s instinct to hunt foxes. Dogs are territorial and the only time they would attack another canine would be down to one dog going into another dog’s territory. If it wasn’t for the hunt, they wouldn’t go chasing all over the countryside looking for a fox and if a fox disappeared down a hole they would leave it there and go away after a while. So the fox hunt is not a natural phenomenon as drivel suggests.

I was adding to her post about how dogs can become dangerous for no reason, which is why the act is there. That post was between her and you, I was just adding on how easy it is for a dog to turn as an addition to ruby’s post. :roll:

@holisticjo wrote:

@tiggy wrote:

Against, definately. No excuse nor reason. If Foxes need controlling, then it’s better done by professionals than toffs in fancy dress poncing about the countryside.

Not sure about that view how more professional can you get, than people who have done the job for life, people tend to say there are alternatives to pest control in the wild but nobody ever states the alternatives, seems that you too are more against the people who you percieve to go hunting rather than hunting the fox?

Not at all.

I don’t regard them as professionals because the whole hunt thing is more of an occasion than an occupation. having witnessed hunts before and watching the whole farce, it is hard to see this as a twenty first century cure to Fox problems and more like a Victorian day out.

A 10 year Oxford University study found that only half of the Hunt Masters questioned mentioned fox control as any justification for their ‘sport’. 82% claimed that the hunt’s main role was as ‘a recreational and social force embodying a traditional rural pastime’.

I find it difficult to justify Fox hunting as a method of “pest control” when the Huntsmasters themselves see it as a “jolly romp”.

The whole point of hunting is that the ‘chase’ lasts as long as possible. This is why the hounds are bred for stamina, not speed. There have also been numerous cases where hunts have provided artificial earth’s to encourage foxes to breed to provide ‘sport’. Recently the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) secretly filmed an employee of the Beaufort Hunt feeding fox cubs. (The Observer, 11/6/00)

Just a couple of reasons why I oppose fox hunting.. As for your comment about professionals… I understand members of both Parliment and the Royal family take part with hunts up and down the country. How would you like to justify their role in the hunt?

Tommy – you’ve fulfilled your ambition to become a member of an ethnic minority, i.e. yokels! It’s the city folk that keep farmers in their affluent, subsidised lifestyles that they like to complain about so much!!!