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Originally Posted by martyh
I do understand it thank you and yes that does happen and it is a very dubious application of the act ,they are allowed to kill the fox if it is injured (or they believe it to be injured) the fact that they injured it (possibly deliberately) could land them in court .Also the pro hunting lobby will use any evidence to show the act is not working ,which is shooting themselves in the foot(excuse the pun  )because the more evidence they give showing it is not working the more they prove it has been most beneficial to the farmers/chicken owners ect because they are killing more foxes ,hunts have increased providing more jobs and no income has been lost . |
It's the act itself that's dubious, how can it be legal to use 2 hounds to flush a fox out and shoot it but not 3 and yet use as many dogs as you like to flush it out for your eagle owl and interestingly enough the High Court decided that flushing out didn't consitute hunting anyway.