Fox Hunt Killing.

[Khandro]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/fox-hunting-great-thurlow-hunt-boxing-day-suffolk-police-investigation-illegal-killing-fox-a8129446.html

The Head of the Hunt said; "It's magnificent that so many well-wishers make such a huge effort to get here to show their support."

Do you think it is "magnificent"? Are you a "supporter"?

[B00]

The fox is killing through instinct and for food (yep they overkill, the surplus is for later, its not for fun). Humans however kill them for pleasure, then usually try to justify this by 'prettying' it up as pest control.

My sympathies lie with the animal killing for food- not pleasure.

[murraymints]

Togo.. see me after class ! ;0/ xx

[Hazi-Hammenuhoth]

The anti-hunt rabble ruin their argument when they try and hide behind the banner of animal cruelty prevention. If they were actually honest and said "this is about class war. It's us versus the Tories" then their argument would at least have some coherence.

Where are these people when moles are trapped and "slaughtered"? Where are they when trained dogs are sent down rat holes?

It's a convenient anti-Tory bandwagon for the left to jump on, but it doesn't stand up to scrutiny.

[mikey4444]

Hazi....I explained on here yesterday how wrong you were !

[Jahulaye]

Just found this on google

“Although it's perfectly legal, keeping a fox is extremely challenging. ... Foxes don't make good pets. Although they are very rarely aggressive to humans, they may bite if distressed or panicked – which, as wild animals, they can become quite easily if in contact with people.7 May 2016”

Well there’s one idea for those that feel strongly, a rescue fox

[B00]

"Where are these people when moles are trapped and "slaughtered"? Where are they when trained dogs are sent down rat holes? "

Naff all to do with class!

Dog fighting is (usually) "enjoyed" and participating in by the lower class society, I find that abhorrent with every fibre of my being.

[mikey4444]

Well said Boo !

[Hazi-Hammenuhoth]

Anyone trying to understand the issue should acknowledge that this is a political issue, forced through by Blair, who later said "The foxhunting subjext resulted in one of the domestic legislative measures I most regret." and he goes on to say (and yes, listen up please, uneducated Labour stalwarts): "The more I learned, the more uneasy I became. I started to realise this wasn't a small clique of weirdo inbreds delighting in cruelty, but a tradition, embedded by history and profound community and social liens, that was integral to a way of life. It was more broadly based and less elitist than I thought, and had all sorts of offshoots among groups of people who were a long way off from being dukes and duchesses... It is not an episode of policymaking I look back on in pride. And I should think not, I hear you say."

Now that is Tony Blair, champion of the left. A man who rushed into the foxhunting ban without doing his homework first. Maybe some of the Labour dullards on here could reflect on his words and see whether it best to keep ones trap shut (excusr the pun) before shouting your mouth off on a subject you know nothing about.

[Hazi-Hammenuhoth]

And before you ask, thats Tony's memoirs, "A Journey" page 306.

And before you take the huff again, Mikey, and become personally insulted, it isn't just you I am replying to.

[mikey4444]

Hazi.....you and other supporters of blood sports lost....get over it !

[Togo]

I blame Walt Disney and the CGI films that portray all creatures, ranging from the extinct Mammoth to the Mosquito, with cute human traits and profound wisdom and wit. The snowflakes amongst us lap them up, and assume them to be some sort of documentary, or I am sure a kind of weird self protection of fragile psyches.

[murraymints]

I don't think it is political at all.. I abhor bloodsports whomsoever is in power or creates any laws for or against.. and I am sure a fox cares not a jot either !

[mikey4444]

Togo....we don't like cruelty to animals....what is so difficult to understand about that ?

[murraymints]

Togo..you know that's simply not the case !

[Baldric]

Town vs Country, always has been.

[mikey4444]

Baldric....again...with respect....testicles.

[Hazi-Hammenuhoth]

Mikey.....! /Hazi.....you and other supporters of blood sports lost....get over it !/

Oh, "we" lost? I thought this was about animal cruelty not politics, Mikey? You simply don't seem to like the facts. Have a read of Blair, Mikey, it would do you the world of good.

[Baldric]

Mikey, whenever possible I have attended Boxing Day meets over the years, not as a Supporter but as an interested Spectator, on foot, trust me there is the World of difference between the two 'Sides'
I very much doubt that is something you have ever done tbh.

[Hazi-Hammenuhoth]

Almost amusing to see the Usual Suspect enjoying a ride on this passing anti-Tory bandwagon.

Toot-toot, tan-tan-tarahhhh... An anti-Tory thread? Fabless! After 'em....

[mikey4444]

Baldric....like the majority on here, I find blood sports indefensible. If I were to attend, then I would be firmly with the majority, and would oppose hunting.