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Originally Posted by danielf
I wasn't saying it was bloodlust. To be honest it sounds a lot more like a posh day out to me. Which is fine by me, provided they don't inflict needless suffering to animals. Anyone who claims pest control is the reason for having a fox ripped to bits by a pack of dogs with 20+ people on horseback in tow is just taking the proverbial. If they want their day out, fine. But do it in a humane way. If they want to control the fox population: do it in an efficient way. Just shoot the buggers, and make it as humane as possible.
It's not strange to suggest that needless suffering should be avoided when there is a need to kill an animal is it?
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Ah more of the emotive terminology,
needless suffering, ripped to pieces etc most people seem to accept that the fox is killed more or less instantly and research by the Oxford Uni suggests that the average time a fox actually spends being chased is around 15 mins, I wonder what the average time is for a fox to survive being riddled with buckshot, being hung up in a snare or enduring poison, in fact who is to say that hunting isn't preferable to being driven mad and biting at your own sores with mange.
I do agree though it does sound like a posh day out, which is why I suspect
a lot of people have a problem with it.
When it comes to hunting I wonder why more people aren't concerned with hounds than the fox, after all thousands of healthy dogs are put down every year for no other reason than old age.