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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
Agree it's a bad law. Ban hunting entirely, with or without dogs, job done.
Hunting of animals for entertainment is a revolting, inhumane activity that belongs in the past along with the nauseating rituals that seem to accompany it.
Where there are genuine issues with population that need addressing because we've completely messed up the natural population controls they can be addressed on a case by case basis.
Obviously this is wishful thinking given this is the government that, in complete contradiction to evidence based policy, insisted on what has ended up as a counter-productive badger cull.
Anyone who gets their kicks hunting animals should be hunted themselves. Just to get the odds similar to those the animals have they get absolutely no weapons of any kind and are hunted by a team with high powered rifles, helicopters and land-based vehicles of their choice out in the middle of nowhere.
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Don't mean to be pedantic, but "ban hunting entirely" you've just made the commercial fishing industry illegal.
Fishing, trawling et al, is effectively hunting, as opposed to farming.
You have to be clear on the definition, like any law the devil is in the wording.
Hunting for entertainment, yes I can see the point. But there are forms of hunting that are acceptable.