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Originally Posted by Pierre
Other forms of "hunting with dogs". They had to specify it somehow. They specifically wanted to ban "fox hunting" but realised that if they just specified "fox hunting" it would be blindingly obvious what they were doing. Therefore they expanded the idea to "hunting with dogs".
This however extended the ban to encompass other sports such a Hare Coarsing, which was not their original intention.
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No it wasn't a way of hiding the true intent ,it was a way of trying to make a law that was correct and fair ,this has been tried many times over the years and with many different governments and has proved to be problematic
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It's a blood sport, nothing more, as any form of hunting/trapping/fishing is.
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Not true at all
Many fishermen cacth fish to eat ,i myself have trapped/shot rabbits/pheasants to eat .That in no way can be classed as "blood sport"
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Not according to that report you posted earlier, that report highlights that as many foxes are killed by hunts now as before the ban.
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All that proves is that the sport of foxhunting was needless ,most (not all ) foxes are shot ,they can be flushed out using no more than 2 dogs ,there are also loop holes and exceptions to the law which the huntsmen exploit ,that will happen with any law
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The perception though, to the urban Labour voter that loves the cuddly fox, is that the evil rich countryside landowners that have 2 range rovers, 10 horses and a large manor house were/are the ones out the slaughtering basil brush.
And that's why Labour went after them.
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Whatever the intentions of the legislation and the motives behind them(which are debatable) does not negate the facts that in some aspects the law has proved benficial,in other aspects it may be found wanting i accept that ,it does not mean it should be repealed ,enforced a bit more and tweaked a bit but not repealed