22-05-2017, 10:43 AM
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Fox hunting
I am with Bill Oddie on this one .https://www.express.co.uk/news/natur...ality-humanity
22-05-2017, 10:53 AM
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Re: Fox hunting
What bugs me is anyone else using dogs to hunt would be in trouble.It's illegal.
They are a special 'breed' these hunters, and lack compassion IMO. At our local hunt kennels even the horses and hounds themselves are nothing more than vehicles to do a job of work. If they are not good enough, they are disposed of like a bag of rubbish.
22-05-2017, 11:09 AM
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Re: Fox hunting
Good old BIll ..I wish him luck..Foxes need controling and the first step in doing that is to get Britains litter problem under control. Foxes wont go where there is no food. NL is teeming with them ...or so Im told in 27 years I have never seen one ever! Yet 5 minutes after getting off the train in London last year at I saw one rooting around in a pub car park at 3pm.
Macdonalds, KFC, kebab, chips, its like a beggers banquet on the streets of big towns and cities and the foxes will take what they can.
So first step get people under control ..
Secondly, hunting with horse and hound is not effective in reducing numbers, nor is it cost effective, it is simply a sport dressed up as vermin control to make it more acceptable.
If the law is changed is a step back into the dark ages for the UK and I expect that when they get bored of foxes, witch hunting wont be far behind.
22-05-2017, 11:18 AM
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Re: Fox hunting
Arguable that they do need to be controlled according to this article: http://www.discoverwildlife.com/brit...ntrol-foxes-uk22-05-2017, 11:24 AM
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Re: Fox hunting
I`m with Barry on this. Foxes may look pretty,I have one who visits my garden and I have seen her take a rat more than once. But they are killers.They do need controlling but dressing up, charging through others people`s land and smearing blood over a teenage girl`s face?? No thank you.
22-05-2017, 11:31 AM
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Re: Fox hunting
Originally Posted by Older git
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I`m with Barry on this. Foxes may look pretty,I have one who visits my garden and I have seen her take a rat more than once. But they are killers.They do need controlling but dressing up, charging through others people`s land and smearing blood over a teenage girl`s face?? No thank you.
Well said OG.
I know they can be a damn nuisance, scavenging about and killing stock, I can't abide the stink of 'em either.
When I used to keep a lot of poultry I had to be constantly vigilant for the darn things. I had a friend come and shoot persistent ones.
Having said that, everything has got it's predators in life, and foxes have to eat and feed their families too.
It is the glorification of the hunt that pee's me off, the whole set up, their total lack of respect for other people's property and their whole, snotty attitude.
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