Uk - Fox Hunting

[Pino]

Ok for all you non-Uk people out there,

hunting with dogs has just been banned over here in the last week and its kicked up a big fuss

Just curious what are peoples views on the issue?

[NoteMe]

I first thought you ment the cab/taxi company over there.......I can't see what is wrong with hunting with dogs. We use it for hunting down Elk/Moose and grouse hunting, and probably more.


But I don't think we are even allowed to shoot foxes though.

[szlamany]

Isn't it that the dog chases the fox till it exhausted and then the horse-riding men come over the ridge and shoot it?

I'm not much for hunting - but that seems like "very little sport". Make sense to have a dog go fetch the duck you just shot out of the air - keeps your feet dry - that doesn't effect the sport issue so much...

[Pino]

Isn't it that the dog chases the fox till it exhausted and then the horse-riding men come over the ridge and shoot it?

I'm not much for hunting - but that seems like "very little sport". Make sense to have a dog go fetch the duck you just shot out of the air - keeps your feet dry - that doesn't effect the sport issue so much...

No the dogs actually kill the fox, the dudes on horses just ride lol

(I think anywasy)

[plenderj]

I think its ****ing disgusting.

[Pino]

I think its ****ing disgusting.

what the ban or the hunting?

[dglienna]

why would you want to kill the good looking ladies?


Oh, you mean real fox-like creatures? Doesn't seem much like a sport, so nix it!

[Valleysboy1978]

No the dogs actually kill the fox, the dudes on horses just ride lol

(I think anywasy)

Indeed. They just ride along and watch the dogs rip the fox to pieces.
And has anyone noticed how there are no old dogs in the group? That is because after the dog turns two years old they are considered too old and are slaughtered there and then.

Lets start a new sport, hunter hunting!
We ride along in 4x4s and chase the idiots wearing the "scarlet" jackets. When in range we run them over. See how they like being ripped to pieces?

[yrwyddfa]

Killing for sport, I think, is wrong.
Killing for food or warmth (clothing) to me is fine.

Fox hunting is killing for sport.

[BodwadUK]

I hate the way they object to drag hunting where someone runs an hour or two before to lay down a scent. Hunters dont like it because it doesnt cause suffering and isnt barbaric enough for their snobby self centered fat heads

[Valleysboy1978]

Exactly. Drag hunting is exactly the same if indeed it was about "The Thrill of the Chase"
It proves how bloodthirsty the hunters are because every time someone protests about it they end up being assaulted. The hunters keep shouting about their democratic rights....yeah, well what about the democratic right to protest??

As for their argument that it was fast-tracked through parliament. I think they are forgetting that the House of Commons (who are elected by the people) passed the bill four times and was refused four times by the House of Lords (who are not elected). In this situation the House of Commons can vote a fifth time (which they did) and bypass the House of Lords making it into a law. This is a democratic process because the people who were democratically voted into office voted for what their constitiuents wanted. The majority, on five separate occasions, voted overwhelmingly to ban hunting with dogs.

It's illegal, get over it.

[yrwyddfa]

Maybe a solution would be to introduce a ban on hunting; one where you couldn't do it in public, perhaps . . .


. . . only kidding

[davebat]

I saw three posh women holding dogs saying that there husbands would hunt anyway because its not a law they believe in.

I'm sure they would want the protection of the law if they met a rapist who thought rape shouldnt be a crime.

[Valleysboy1978]

Indeed.
I had to laugh when some toff said "If it means jail then so be it, I will still hunt". Perhaps after going to jail with murderers, rapists and other violent offenders he will change his mind?

[BodwadUK]

Ahh well they will get the comupance(sp?)

[Valleysboy1978]

Oh I SO wish I could be there when he walks out of jail 6 months later. Just to see the look on his face!

[yrwyddfa]

Oh I SO wish I could be there when he walks out of jail 6 months later. Just to see the look on his face!

. . . and his new 'bathroom' walk

[Valleysboy1978]

He could then become a wild west actor. He'd certainly have the walk right

[BodwadUK]

We could all dress up as foxes and dance outside his window

[mudfish]

Just one more step on the PETA agenda!
We will all be vegetarians if PETA get it's way!

[BodwadUK]

I would eay PETA members for meat. No point in eating dumb animals if you can eat dumb people

[Valleysboy1978]

Just one more step on the PETA agenda!
We will all be vegetarians if PETA get it's way!

Didn't realise supermarkets sold fox meat?

[mudfish]

I do not think they do!

And I real do not know about the hunting there!

But I do know that PETA is after all sportsmen!

Here they hunt and trap fox.

They need to start on coyotes now!

[Valleysboy1978]

Don't have coyotes over here....probably because we haven't got any road runners!