[Flyboy]

Originally Posted by Pierre

Because that's how they do it.

Explain why a man with a cap dodges a bull and kills it slowly by inserting sharp items into its spine??????

I would say for the same reason as why thousands pay to watch it happen, for the same reasons why several people on horseback chase an exhausted fox to near death, just to watch it ripped apart.

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Originally Posted by Pierre

They're out for a day out on their horse. They're out for a ride. They all chase the fox because it gives them something to chase after. That's all.

What utter tosh. They do it for the blood lust and nothing more. If this was the case why did they need to a fox; why not drag hunting? They do it, because at the end of it, a terrified exhausted animal is mauled to death and they will be there to watch it.

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

I believe that Fox hunting, being a Londoner is down to the individual, in the countryside, and l cannot see why it was banned in the first place, If l was farm owner and saw foxes killing my stock, it wouldn't need dog to kill it, l would shoot it myself.

I have worked in the lovelly countryside and seen what foxes do to cattle and other animals, and it is heartbreaking, l was in Ledbury, Glos once and came across protestor's against fox hunting, and they were a pain in the backside, but it should not be up to outsiders of the country side to decide what should happen, it is down to the people that live in this surroundings, and we should keep our noses out of it.

Why was it heartbreaking? Surely not at the thought of an animal dying.

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Originally Posted by Angua

Exactly! All the outrage about the fox hunting ban boils down to this. They have managed with clay pigeons, just need to find a similar version for horse riders who like a chase.

There has been an alternative for years, it's called drag hunting.

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Originally Posted by Maggy J

Well it's a pit of a poser for the animal lovers who so want to prevent cruelty to the poor old foxes..by shooting a defenceless animal that is only doing it's masters bidding...seems a tad hypocritical to me.However when I think of Hunt saboteurs of the past who attacked the horses used in the hunt one wonders what their motives really were..but if you are doing it because you hate 'toffs' remember this.The majority of people who are involved in foxhunting aren't toffs.

Of the many hunts I have attended with other hunt saboteurs, I have never witnessed any anti-hunt demonstrator harm a horse.

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Originally Posted by Derek S

This is done during deer hunting as well which involves a humane shooting rather than chasing down animals with dogs.

Are you against that as well?

Yes, it's all done very humanely.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPFJq1spYbs