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Originally Posted by Sirius
Correct. I have no objection to the control of the fox population, I have a problem when its done for the sole gratification and pleasure of those on horses. If you have seen the way these so called human beings act at the kill you would be sick.
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Interesting turn of phrase from the master of hounds in Daddy's link
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It's pest control now. It's not hunting as it used to be."
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Originally Posted by Masque
Exactly it is barbaric and distasteful to say the least and not the way people in a modern society should act getting their kicks from bloodlust on such a low level.
I also find it pathetic that people who support this so called sport try to be emotive and say it will cause loss of employment for people, they could find other employment as hunting wild animals in this way is wrong on so many levels.
If you support fox hunting then give a realistic explanation why an animal should be torn apart for someones gratification and why you should be smeared with its blood on your first hunt, explain it in a way that a normal person can understand as most arguments in support are surreal to say the least
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Most of those claims have have been blown out of the water as evidenced in my previous link to the NIA report on the effects of hunting