Fox-Hunting...

[matt]

Alright, I bet there's a few people on here against Fox-Hunting so I guess this might be interesting.

When Fox-hunting was banned, most people just thought 'Yay, the foxes are at salvation' but what happened to most peoples livelihoods, the hounds and horses bred for hunting?

By saving a few foxes, loads os hunting hounds had to be put down, horse dealers that specialized in hunter horses began to lose business and horses bred for hunting were sold since they were no longer able to use their talents. Where did the horses end up? A few of you might guess right and say slaughter houses or forgotten in a field. A couple might of escaped that fate that many equines had to endure.

Foxes build dens in the ground, right? Do you think whether one of the protesters has thought about the circumstances that follow if a horse steps in one? I don't think so. Horse breaks leg, he's worthless, gets put down, fox reproduces, they make dens, horse breaks leg, etc....Its a harsh cycle.

I'm in favor of fox-hunting because all whats been stated above I have seen with my own eyes and, trust me, its not nice seeing friends' businesses plummet because someone wants to save a couple of foxes.

Please give your views on this subject.

[demonfire]

Well, that's life. If a fox can't avoid a hunter than tough luck. It is same for people. The rational solution would to be to put a limit on it, to control the population.

[Señor Sunday Friday]

Akira and Suzume: 0_0...

Li-Wa: Well, honestly- horses aren't immediately useless if they can't carry a hunter after a fox anymore- a horse that is good at fox hunting is likely to be exceptionally good at travelling over varied terrain and would in fact be quite a good horse in the long run.
Also- hunting dogs could also be used as pets instead which would be a better life than being kept in a kennel, also they'd be likely to be very nice trackers so they could be put to use in some other way.

Ending fox hunts won't cause an economy crash, don't worry. Geez.

BUT I think fox hunting would be a lovely idea for perhaps a sport in Australia, seeing as foxes are an introduced species and causing more trouble then they're worth. Foxes are native to England and the sort of places as far as I know- I say we can kill them to kill off the population if they aren't where they're supposed to be.