We are at some things. For instance, we are generally better drivers and with the exception of KFC customers, eat chicken in a much more civilised fashion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eki
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We are at some things. For instance, we are generally better drivers and with the exception of KFC customers, eat chicken in a much more civilised fashion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eki
OK, but that's a matter of opinion and preferences.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeansBeansBeans
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Originally Posted by BeansBeansBeans
We might eat chicken in a more civilised fashion, but we don't kill them half as humanely as foxes do.
Hunting's ban hasn't worked at all. If anyone's daft enough to think it's stopped they've another think coming. In fact it's actually more popular now, more people Hunt each week and far more 'injured' foxes are killed 'while exercising' Hounds. Foxes are known as 'long tailed rabbits' these days to avoid breaking the law when they're caught. How that works I don't know as I stopped Hunting some years ago and don't even follow in my vehicle now.
What's the point of hunting anyway? And isn't it a little bit unfair? A human with a gun vs a fox with no guns at all. Go and kill a fox with your bare hands, then I'll shake your hand. Just wash it beforehand. :)
It's using Hounds, Erki, not guns. Shooting foxes is done at night and called either lamping (which includes using Lurchers or other dogs sometimes) or just plain shooting.
Hunting as we think of it was a damned good day out, a chance to ride a horse very fast over dangerous land that's private and unavailable at any other time. Foxes were rarely caught if the truth be known. It was more about enjoying a race among sixty or so other horses and then getting plastered on somebody else's expensive gin before lunch :p :
It shouldn't have been banned. I have no feelings for foxes. As for not wanting to hunt foxes because you are a animal lover? What do people think foxes do in their spare time? :confused: Make daisy-chains and sunbathe? No, they kill animals for fun, whether it be farm animals or wild. Farmers have told stories of all their chickens being killed in one night. Foxes are one of the few animals that hunt when they are not hungry.
However, saying this, my mum would never let fox hunting on to her land. Simply because of the damage they do to fences and walls, and sometimes not getting permission. ( I could go on to talk about my feelings on the 'right to roam' but I'll save that for another day)
They kill animals for food. Even if they don't eat it right away, they kill it for future need. Just like squirrels hide peanuts they don't eat right away.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
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Hunting as we think of it was a damned good day out, a chance to ride a horse very fast over dangerous land that's private and unavailable at any other time. Foxes were rarely caught if the truth be known. It was more about enjoying a race among sixty or so other horses and then getting plastered on somebody else's expensive gin before lunch :p :[/QUOTE]
Thats why I would never strongly object to fox hunting although I hate cruelty to animals. The actual fox hunting seems incidental to all the ritual and the risk attached to chasing Renard over the fields on a galloping horse, and people who throw up their hands in horror could do alot more for the cause of animal suffering than bash the toffs.
So if it's all just about a good day out, why involve the fox???????????
Why not just have a drag hunt, or even just a point to point?
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