Well looks like a good turnout, have read some very good (and bad) points, Ok my turn for bitch as had to go out after work last nite so didnt get the chance to get back on. Ive been vegeterian for a year now. But i have never agreed with fox hunting, whale harpooning, seal culling or anything!

See the point the Pro Fox hunters raise is that its to control a pest! Right ok well lets look at it this way then.

You cant call pest control a sport for one, other wise rentokill would be racing up and down the country putting rat traps down and running round like the 118 guys. Pest control legally is carried out by qualified companies so that eliminates that option. And if it was a simple case of pest control, why doesnt the farmer take a shot gun out, 1 man, 1 dog, 1 gun and 1 fox. Although i still wouldnt agree i would see this as alot less barbaric. Surely pest control dosnt justify the whole horns, daft outfit etc..

So where left with sport, well where are the sporting rewards, are there points or a championship or something along those lines. Is the sport officialy goverened? Are there rules to this sport? Surely if the fox gets away thats quits, 1-0 to the fox, but no its dug out!


The bottom line is no matter which way you look at it its cruel, yes people will loose jobs etc ppl who breed the hounds etc, but without sounding like a twat they really should of considered something else to fall back on as a carear as anyone else would. No-one who has ever supported fox hunting has ever tried to justify the cruelty and pain subjected to the fox. Never.. its completelty avoided by tales of tradition and jobs. Any form of hunting is cruel in my view, who are we to take another creature of this earths life. And one thing i will say is if the fox likes to eat a few chickens, then who are we to interupt the natural way of life for that animal to protect mans greed through sheer profit of livestock!

Someone else mentioned standing on ants and driving into flies etc, well im sorry but i do more than my fare share, i dont eat meat, im against animal cruelty, i dont stand on snails, or kill spiders even tho im shit scared of them and where ever possible try to avoid me taking another beings life. Laugh at me if you will, bt thats me, "The PF Hippy" but me and alot of other ppl do more than alot of others!

Anyways il let someone else have a say now!