Re: Bring Back Fox Hunting
 

Call it what it is. Blood sport. Campaign against it if you feel moved to, accept that other people will disagree with you.

And, above all, if you insist on referring to the people who do this as "animal", "subhuman", "Neanderthal", etc etc etc, you can't feign shock or surprise when they shout rude words back at you.

Re: Bring Back Fox Hunting
 

Indeed, been there, done it, got the brushes and have given back just the same including a broken nose for an idiot on a horse who attacked me with his riding crop. Its a long fall off a horse and a big thud as they hit the floor :LOL: :D

Re: Bring Back Fox Hunting
 

I know. You have told that old war story in this thread more than a couple of times already. ;)

Re: Bring Back Fox Hunting
 

Indeed there is an echo here :LOL:

Re: Bring Back Fox Hunting
 

Ever seen a pack of Hyena's or wolves hunt?

Those heartless animals do exactly the same thing.

Re: Bring Back Fox Hunting
 

We do and did the same, persistence hunting was one of the first forms of hunting and was so effective it's still being used today

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_hunting

Re: Bring Back Fox Hunting
 

Exactly, many mammoths will agree.

Re: Bring Back Fox Hunting
 

That was and is for food not some perverted form of gratification and sport

Re: Bring Back Fox Hunting
 

The end result and impact on the hunted, however, is exactly the same.

There is no difference.

It is the same as being outraged by chemical weapons and being ambivalent to drone strikes.

Hypocrisy, in this world is without end.

Re: Bring Back Fox Hunting
 

Exactly, doubt it made much difference to the fox in the end he's still dead, difference now is of course he has a lot, lot more chance of ending up dead on a hunt now than he did a few years back.

Re: Bring Back Fox Hunting
 

Not if these people keep doing what they do http://hsa.enviroweb.org/

Re: Bring Back Fox Hunting
 

The death rate has increased in spite if their efforts, perhaps they should ask the fox what he'd rather out run, the hounds or a bullet

Re: Bring Back Fox Hunting
 

nobody was ever denying the need to cull foxes ,just the way it was done .Fox hunting in the the traditional style was grossly inefficient and damaging,obviously now whatever method they are using be it guns or snares it is working.As i have said in this thread many times it's a win win situation

Re: Bring Back Fox Hunting
 

Shotguns and snares aren't effective, they inflict more suffering than the hounds and an eagle owl flying right through something doesn't exactly sound that humane either.

Re: Bring Back Fox Hunting
 

can't see what point you're trying to make .Obviously they are effective because you said more foxes are being killed :shrug: