[Pierre]

Originally Posted by martyh

One that has been banned because the after many years of campaigning because of the needless cruelty involved

As I pointed out, that is not the reason why it was banned

That's just your opinion ,but whatever the reason for the ban it is a good thing.

and that's just your opinion, touché

Yes it is .All hunting with dogs is banned ,including mink ,hares, deer and anything else you can think of .

hunting with dogs is banned, but there are ithe forms of hunting and blood sports that aren't . hunting with hawks isn't banned for example?

I think you'll find a lot of the "city idiots" are much more informed than you give them credit for .

I am yet to be convinced.

That's just an ignorant statement to make .Everything you just mentioned is food ,when was the last time you had a bit of fried fox .Hunting is meant to be a means of getting food as in fishing or deer stalking .Hunting is not leaving the prey in a field to rot after dogs have ripped it apart ,that is just mans abuse of animals

Ignorant? Re-read what you have posted and turn on your irony detector.

So according to you it's ok to treat animals inhumanely if they are food?

Also just to point out that very rarely in fishing (angling) are the fish caught for food, after the trauma of being caught they are kept in a net with 10's of other fish, many of which die.

Also "mans abuse of animals". This is exlusive to fox hunting?

Animals are abused on a vastly more extensive scale on being farmed for our food than any fox might be, at least the fox has a chance to escape, what chance does a factory farmed pig have?

You are so laughable it beggars belief.

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Originally Posted by martyh

Snaring a rabbit should be quite quick if done correctly and usually the hunter is in the near vicinity to deal with rabbit quickly ,i.e breakit's neck

a painful lingering death where the rabbit usually nearly always damages it's leg so much by trying to get free it either dies exhausted or painfully over a matter of hours.


Yes...... Much better option that instant death