Foxhunting isn’t about country vs city or working class vs toffs. i think that these are just distractions introduced by the pro-hunting lobby because it is clear that they have lost the battle to keep foxhunting going
What sensible arguments for keeping the hunting going is there?
Fox is a pest – so are rats and other vermon but does anybody dress up in stupid clothes chasing them on horseback. is there not far more efficient and humane methods of controlling pests than hunting. if pest control was the real issue why do hunt masters create fox-friendly environmnets to ensure that there are enough foxes to hunt?
Its a tradition – so were witch burning and the plague, nobody’s asking for them to be brought back. traditions die out, its called progress no?.
Its a source of employment – so were the mines, the shipyards and the steelworks but I don’t remember this countryside alliance complaining about their closure. millions of people lose their job in this country every year and millions of people find new jobs every year. It may not always be pleasant but it happens
The hounds will have to be put down – more correctly the hounds will have be put down sooner. Hunts kill off hounds when they’re only a few years old anyway.
what’s yr views, some folk i know are in favour of it.
