Originally Posted by dave6x

That is one of the most intelligent responses I have seen in this thread, and so true!

I was born and brought up in a country community in Worcestershire, if a farmer had a problem with foxes he didn't wait for the hunt to convene he went out with a team who baited and shot the foxes. Many farmers in the area I lived in at that time, 50's & 60's, would not allow the hunt on their land due to the damage and disruption they caused. Locally the hunt were seen to be a "gung-ho" band there for a day's "sport", it was not unknown for the hunt in full cry to ride straight across the main roads causing traffic chaos.

I am not pro or anti fox hunting, however the Warwickshire hunts I had to follow as a child due to my favourite aunt in Stratford on Avon being an ardent supporter generally resulted in more horses being injured than foxes killed!