I can understand the controlling of numbers, and the protecting of ones livestock but let's make no mistake - it was done purely for sport, perhaps some are failing to see the bigger picture, all this fox hunting of the past (and it still goes on) has driven these wild animals from rural areas and forced them to live in urban areas - if people weren't so messy with their litter, perhaps it wouldn't have drawn them in either.
I bet you got some snot nose Fox hunters right now blaming the ban on fox hunting for these attacks on these young girls.