Why is this still allowed to happen ? Isn’t it banned ? Is it just not policed because it’s the Hooray Henry lot
I vote for a role reversal, I'll give them a 15 minute head start. I won't ripped them apart with hounds, I'll make sure I kill them clearly. Scumbags the lot of em. Saw a troop of wax jacket warriors before Christmas with their rifles. Off to shoot pheasant, all had rifles which seemed too big for the job. The bird would be filled with shot, and probably of no use to anyone.
Scent hunting isn't banned, and remember if a fox happens to get hurt its just an accident. Also remember the tally-ho lot make Britain great and raise billions for the economy, according to the Spectator and Mail. Foxes are after all socialist animals.
I live in the area of the Cottesmore Hunt they've been seen this week on local ground blocking old badger setts, refuges for foxes, they don't try to hide what they're doing, they've called off the trad Boxing day hunt tho, doing it tomorrow and on New Year's Day. Next farm to me allows them on his land, I'll be out tomorrow moving them on if they set foot on an inch of mine, but they know where they're allowed, so they won't, but nowt stopping me being out and about being a pita for them, they don't like observers they don't know.
There's a single word I would willingly use to describe them. It's word I hardly ever use, but in this case it fits perfectly. In German it's "Fotze". Google it at your own risk. Such sad and horrible people, who are clearly above the law.
I totally disagree with fox hunting for sport or even as a form of pest control, but if anyone thinks foxes are a cute furry 'woof-woof' then they have never seen the carnage and havoc created after one has managed to get into a chicken coup. We have some friend who recently had several of their chickens killed some torn to pieces and also had the upsetting task of despatching some others that were badly injured. This in spite of taking numerous precautions to keep the chickens secure. Yes, you can justifiably argue that it is just an animal instinctively killing for food but foxes do not target just one or two birds but often go on a killing frenzy. By the same token, a farmer should be entitled to protect his livelihood crops and livestock against problem pests. Nor do not agree with poison traps which are indiscriminate and often impact domestic cats and dogs. Foxes if allowed to proliferate are a serious pest and increasingly are seen in urban areas. Therefore controlled culls using firearms with trained experienced personnel is the most humane way if they become a problem. The same issue exist here with Wild Boars. Due to Covid lockdowns etc the herds have multiplied and have become a serious problem even in town and city environs not just due to their ability to decimate crops but also a risk to humans if they inadvertantly disturb a nursing mother.
Getting there but only slowly I think,National Trust etc banning them from their land and others not wanting to be associated with them.
If a fox gets access to poultry, yes they will kill the lot, but if they are undisturbed they will come back and bury the ones they don't immediately eat. These they will save for when times are hard. Domestic dogs will kill indiscriminately in the same manner - it is just animal instinct. I have no problem with farmers protecting their assets and taking whatever humane steps they need to do so. What I do object to is people who decide to have a bit of fun, dressing up like t wats and kill animals just for their own enjoyment - and rubbing blood on their offspring's faces which is absolutely vile. There is no doubt that if it was miners and other working class people who did it, the practice would have been made illegal many years ago.
"rubbing blood on their offspring's faces" All in the name of 'Tradition' eh? I have no problem with 'hunters' round here. Most Sunday mornings it is like the Somme with vans parked up from about 6 am. I have yet to see any return having bagged anything. For a start they only seem to be able to shoot each other ( which happens often especially as they seem to carry their guns loaded and in such a way that if they stumble they are likely to discharge their weapons). The main reason they never hit anything though is that their 'hunting dogs' treat the whole exercise as an excuse to run around barking loudly which means any potential game...rabbit deer hare and boar are long gone before the hunters get a few yards from their vehicles. I think in reality it is the old tradition like the Northern working man who goes off to Sunday football or fishing and onto the WMC so 'the wife' gets Sunday dinner ready. They usually only stay a couple of hours in the field then bugger off to the bar ( presumably to talk about the ones that got away) after whistling and shouting their errant dogs with limited success in many cases. We see odd strays from time to time waiting for their owners to come and collect them.
I know I shouldn't engage, but just for clarity, you've just compared the barbarity of fox hunting with a game of football. Aye, alright, maybe they do things different in Italy.
Likewise there are many burglars and criminals out there. What I do to protect my TV from them is I lock my front door. I don't go round hunting potential burglars down with dogs
You misunderstood... My comparison was NOT with foxhunting vs football but a considerable proportion Italian men who do go out with guns on a Sunday morning with no real intent of hunting anything just to get away from their wives as opposed to men who like to go fishing or some other non-sporting activity with the sole intent of getting out of the house and some fresh air. Just to be clear, I totally deplore Foxhunting and the attitudes of those who participate in it.
Apparently this hunt in Wiltshire was allowed to gather on NT land- Also allowed to gather at the Crown Hotel in Bawtry, been there a few times, never again.
