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Originally Posted by Osem
As usually is the case, I think some people see it the other way around - their real problem is they take exception to what they perceive as Tory toffs and landed gentry prancing around the countryside having fun killing foxes like arrogant relics of the past. It's more to do with that than anything else.
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I think that attitude definitely exists, a reverse snobbery, certailyn. I think though that we still wouldn't tolerate this sport even if it wasn't one largely enjoyed by the 'landed gentry'.
The reason I ask what the sport actually involves is that at it's core it seems to be causing unnecessary pain and death to animals for enjoyment, even if the enjoyment is in the hunt itself rather than the killing. Generally we don't tolerate that in this country.
I agree with you that population control is needed. Farmers are allowed to shot foxes as a pest-control measure and there are other ways we can humanly control animal populations.