As someone who grew up in the countryside I am well aware that for various reasons some species of animals need their numbers curbed. I,along with most, have no problem with this. Its simple reality.
British fox"hunting"(nothing of the sort of course)as carried out by well heeled,idiotically dressed hooray Henrys with a pack of baying hounds is cruel and pointless. Cruel because even if the animal is shot before the hound catch it it goes through unnecessary terror,pointless because the numbers killed by this method are to small to complete any cull.
The vast majority of culled Fox's are not killed during these "hunts"but are(always have been) killed by proffesional gamekeepers. If the hunts are not making any real inroads into cull numbers why allow them at all.
The way the law is currently the fox is chased by dogs but shot before they catch it.
Of course if the hounds"accidentally" get the the fox before it is shot it suffers exactly the same horrific death as the loser in a illegal dog fight does.
The SNP stance here may smack of cynicism(especially because anti fox hunting laws in Scotland are LESS strict than englands)but ultimately its the right move-for the wrong reasons sure,but still correct.
British fox"hunting"(nothing of the sort of course)as carried out by well heeled,idiotically dressed hooray Henrys with a pack of baying hounds is cruel and pointless. Cruel because even if the animal is shot before the hound catch it it goes through unnecessary terror,pointless because the numbers killed by this method are to small to complete any cull.
The vast majority of culled Fox's are not killed during these "hunts"but are(always have been) killed by proffesional gamekeepers. If the hunts are not making any real inroads into cull numbers why allow them at all.
The way the law is currently the fox is chased by dogs but shot before they catch it.
Of course if the hounds"accidentally" get the the fox before it is shot it suffers exactly the same horrific death as the loser in a illegal dog fight does.
The SNP stance here may smack of cynicism(especially because anti fox hunting laws in Scotland are LESS strict than englands)but ultimately its the right move-for the wrong reasons sure,but still correct.
via International Skeptics Forum http://ift.tt/1TA5NHv
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