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20-01-2012, 06:48 PM
Captive hounds being set upon a fox, followed by lots of
people on horseback who are having a jolly time. Get real!
If foxes need to be controlled there are
more humane and cost effective ways of doing it than a fox 'hunt' I suspect everyone on this thread knows that.
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20-01-2012, 06:49 PM
Originally Posted by Borderdawn 
Its not blinkered, its true. Im LIVING in it and seeing it every day, and dealing with it too. To my knowledge my town has not encroached on ANY countryside, yet the numbers of urban foxes are increasing. Why is that?
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20-01-2012, 06:50 PM
Originally Posted by Ramble
There is no way that a pack of feral dogs killing prey can be compared to a pack of
Captive hounds being set upon a fox, followed by lots of
people on horseback who are having a jolly time. Get real!
If foxes need to be controlled there are
more humane and cost effective ways of doing it than a fox 'hunt' I suspect everyone on this thread knows that.
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20-01-2012, 06:51 PM
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20-01-2012, 06:51 PM
Originally Posted by Jet&Copper
I agree. Although there is also a world of difference between a person who will take a clean shot and want to kill an animal as quickly as possible, and the kind of person who would torture an animal to death
I was thinking more along the basic biological/evolutionary drive for the behaviour and why some would enjoy hunting for sport.
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20-01-2012, 06:51 PM
Originally Posted by Ramble
There is no way that a pack of feral dogs killing prey can be compared to a pack of
Captive hounds being set upon a fox, followed by lots of
people on horseback who are having a jolly time. Get real!
If foxes need to be controlled there are
more humane and cost effective ways of doing it than a fox 'hunt' I suspect everyone on this thread knows that.
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20-01-2012, 06:51 PM
Originally Posted by x-clo-x
because of the ban
I also wonder if anyone has any population statistics on the numbers of foxes prior to the ban on hunting compared to now?
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20-01-2012, 06:56 PM
Originally Posted by Tarimoor
Battery farmed chickens are cheaper than free range, does that make it right because it's cost effective? Even some supposedly free range chickens don't really lead normal lives, yet we're willing to accept compromises to ease our conscience in telling us it must be a better life and death for them.
I actually don't get your post at all!!!!
Battery farming is cruel. End of. As I said there are more
Cost effective and HUMANE ways to dispatch a fox
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