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Originally Posted by G UK
I would say there is little in the NI report that supports the arguments of the hunters.
All quotes taken directly from http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/researc...2010/12310.pdf as per previous post
Impact of hunts
Effects
As described in the report this is due to the increase in trail hunting and other artificial hunts.
Economy
There is then a discussion of the Pro's and Con's of a repeal of the Ban.
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So No Cultural and No Economic impacts of the ban as they have already moved to artificial hunts. In fact there has been an overall increase in hunt take up since the move to artificial hunts!!! |
A question sprung to mind whilst i was reading that and you also have picked up on the point that hunt membership has increased since the ban .Does this mean that people who were put off joining a hunt because it meant they would be involved in killing a fox have now decided to join because no killing is involved ..in theory .
What i feel this report and the one that Chris linked to has highlighted is that the regulations introduced where ill thought out for the purpose they were intended for ,it's full of loop holes and very few prosecutions have resulted .Also the report seems to rubbish claims that the ban will/has resulted in mass culling of fox hounds ,slaughter of horses and mass unemployment ,indeed the report seems to suggest that the hunting industry is thriving .As far as i can tell the ban did the hunting industry a favour