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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Don't know, would having a gallop support the local economies built up on the back of hunting, also you wouldn't need the hounds either. I think they have some sort of mock hunt anyway, drag hunting I believe it's called.
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There are a large number of stables locally and AFAIK none of them had any Hunt related activity so losing the hunting may not have had the huge impact those in favour would have us believe. The major impact would be on the hounds and their keepers as I could not imagine much happening to the "precious" horses.
In the grand scheme of things the decimation of the mining and steel industries had and still has a huge impact on areas of the country. Compared to this the loss of Hunting, one relatively small, non productive, unnecessary activity it pales into insignificance.