[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Pierre

I don't see anything wrong with fox hunting, and the killing there of.

I regularly use demestos to kill microscopic organisms by the billion.

I regularly kill flies, spiders, woodlice etc with the base of my shoe.

I caught and killed 2no. moles this year that had been making a mess of my lawn.

I have caught fish and killed them, sometimes eaten them sometimes not.

I regularly kill mice via traps and poison.

I have eaten the meat of a whole range of animals.

Is it just because because people see the fox as a lovely little fluffy bag of fun, who also used to be Robin Hood that they get so wound up about it?

Let me ask. When you killed these moles, mice, fish, various insects and other organisms, did you go after them with a full compliment of horses and dogs? Did you have those dogs running amok killing whatever small animal they actually find including family pets (which does happen)?

The reason I ask is simple. As I have pointed out, I personally have no problem with the foxes being killed (they *are* vermin). What I take issue with is the fact that hunts try and make a spectacle of the death. That, to me, seems sick and quite possibly an indicator of being a serial killer.