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"Fox Hunting"

So much for the ban on fox hunting. Even though the legislation is not due to become law until February, I found out today that the Country side alliance or someone are launching a legal fight to overturn the law. But get this.....they can continue to hunt until the matter is settled (could be 5 years).

Now imagine this, what if an individual launched a legal fight not to recognise the law on say armed robbery. Does this mean that person could continue robbing until the matter was settled? I think not.

This government has bowed under pressure, from a few toffs and upper class ninnies. What messages are you sending Blair.....why bother with laws when the rich and powerful just choose to ignore them anyway??? You muppet

No because it would belong to me? Are foxs owned by anyone? if they are then they must be the hunters if it's on his/her land? So then, that again is all the more reason they should be aloud to hunt them

So if you had a pet dog and it strayed onto my front garden, I should be able to poison it?

Well that's maybe because most land was closed off and if it's not effecting the population then that gives it all the more reasons to
do it? If it happens in the hunters land then he/she has all the right do
it. Imagin if you brought a knew house and wanted to put rat poison or
a mouse trap down and you were told, no it's animal cruelty? would that be hardly fair?

to be honest, I couldn't care less, but to say that organising massive hunts with dozens of dogs and people on horses etc to chase one fox around and then rip it to pieces isn't cruel is a little silly.

Cruelty this, cruelty that. Really, for gods sake if cruelty is the basis for your arguement against, then you could do to ban a great many other practices with regards to animals, before you focus your attention on fox hunting.

It's just such a high profile sport causing the classic knee-jerk reaction from animal lovers, who are quick to chirp up about cruelty whenever the subject is mentioned, but when it comes to actually doing anything to directly help animals, it's just too much trouble.

I'm assuming most people here eat meat. Newsflash - that animal didn't die of natural causes.

Erm going on a massive hunt with loads of dogs to get ONE fox isn't cruelty?

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ok then what about what rats? giving them slow poision to kill them off? surely thats animal cruelty is your eye if you are saying fox hunting is. Fishing? Putting a hook through a fish's mouth? wouldn't you say thats animal cruelty? Only because fox's look nice are you saying its animal cruelty. It is cruel in a sense but it is ceeping the fox population down. Britain has been doing this sport for centurys, ok no one is forcing you to take part but if some one else finds it entertaining then they should be aloud to take part. The protesters are being just as cruel putting down spikes and traps to stop the dogs and horses as the fox being killed.

It Is Not You Its Me wrote:
> Rugby is an exciting sport.

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> Football is an exciting sport.

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>Fox hunting is not.

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binary marking: the way forward.

hunt down some toffs and beat them to death with foxes.

I'd rather hunt down and shoot certain humans than foxes to be honest.