Fox Hunting - Right or Wrong?

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Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow

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.

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so if they bahave in cruel non-logical ways, should we answer in the same way? aren't we supposed to be inteligent creatures?

Foxes are regarded as pests by the farming community because they attack chickens etc. Foxhunting has been banned, but the killing of foxes will continue through other means as long as they present a threat to farming.

So the choice is really between the different methods of killing.

Do you believe its more humane for a fox to be hunted down and killed by dogs, or to be poisoned, trapped or shot, none of which offer the same guarantee of a rapid death as the hunt?

How about the human impact on those who would normally be employed looking after the dogs and horses involved in the hunt?

What about the hunting dogs, now there is no demand for them what will be done about them?

I'm afraid in my opinion this is about the Islington lot and townies in general (and I am one myself) ramming their beliefs and values down the throats of the rural population who are actually involved and affected by foxes without careful consideration.

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Originally Posted by Dylan H

Foxes are regarded as pests by the farming community because they attack chickens etc. Foxhunting has been banned, but the killing of foxes will continue through other means as long as they present a threat to farming.

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The farmers should find better ways to protect their farm animals than killing. If they can't, they should seek other employment. It's like keeping your garbage can wide open and complaining about rats. We have foxes and we have chickens, however I have never heard a fox kill a chicken here.

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Originally Posted by Dylan H

How about the human impact on those who would normally be employed looking after the dogs and horses involved in the hunt?

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Life is more important than employment.

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Originally Posted by Dylan H

What about the hunting dogs, now there is no demand for them what will be done about them?

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The hunting dogs have a maximum career of 10 years. The hunting dog breeders should have been given a notice 10 years before actually banning the hunt. Those who don't want to keep their dogs as pets should have stopped breeding them during that transit period.

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This got rather heated the last time it was discussed.

We should be above hunting and killing animals for fun by now.

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Originally Posted by Eki

The farmers should find better ways to protect their farm animals than killing. If they can't, they should seek other employment. It's like keeping your garbage can wide open and complaining about rats. We have foxes and we have chickens, however I have never heard a fox kill a chicken here.

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What the hell are you talking about :confused: Farmers should seek other employment because Foxes kill their animals? :erm: I'd like you to suggest a way that a Farmer could protect all of their animals.

Also Eki- Foxes can't kill all the animals they kill. You compare them to squirrels saving nuts? Meat goes rotten in a week :dozey:

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Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow

What the hell are you talking about :confused: Farmers should seek other employment because Foxes kill their animals? :erm: I'd like you to suggest a way that a Farmer could protect all of their animals.

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Simple, you put walls, a roof and a floor that a fox can't penetrate around them.

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Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow

Also Eki- Foxes can't kill all the animals they kill. You compare them to squirrels saving nuts? Meat goes rotten in a week :dozey:

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Foxes don't know that (and they may also eat rotten meat). Seeing a lot of chickens together is an unnatural sight for a fox. It doesn't realize that they will still be there tomorrow, so it tries to kill as many as it can while they still are there.

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Originally Posted by Eki

Simple, you put walls, a roof and a floor that a fox can't penetrate around them.


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How can a farmer keep over 500 sheep in one building?

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Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow

How can a farmer keep over 500 sheep in one building?

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Do foxes kill sheep?

Building is not necessary. High enough electrified fence that also goes deep enough so that a fox can't dig its way through is enough.

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Originally Posted by Eki

Do foxes kill sheep?

Building is not necessary. High enough electrified fence that also goes deep enough so that a fox can't dig its way through is enough.

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By your immature response, I see that you concede the argument? ;)

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