no of course not. but some kid pissing around in the park throwing stones at pigeons isnt the same... maybe in principle from an outsiders view, but this is a situation that you cant simple look at it in black and white. the foxes are killed outright by the hounds, and they arent attacked by hundreds of slavering dogs... its not like that, you get a ver biased viewpoint from what anti hunting people show you. but if you feel so strong about this why dont you go campaigning about the pigeons and the fish and all the otehr animals too? you cant concentrate all this so called animal cruelty thing on foxes because its well publicised and you basis of your argument has been well documented by others, if you truly believe in it then support all animal cruelty, even when a little kid pulls the wings off a fly when hes playing cos hes things its funny.