Queen bans fox hunting!

[Dis]

Originally posted by reds4ever
How anyone can regard the above picture as 'fun' is beyond me.

Anyhow, its going to be banned and the upper classes will have go back to other 'traditional' passtimes such as bear baiting, witch dunking and marrying your sister

It's fun for the dogs. That much, I can guarantee.

Do dogs not deserve to have fun?

[Wezil]

Originally posted by Dissident
Do dogs not deserve to have fun?

It needed a

[Dis]

actually Fox hunting does seem barbaric. I don't think we do that in the U.S. I have never heard of it.

But deer hunting is okay. . the point is to bring the meat home and eat it- and to brag to all your friends how much of a man you are for killing an animal with a high powered rifle.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Dissident
But deer hunting is okay. . the point is to bring the meat home and eat it- and to brag to all your friends how much of a man you are for killing an animal with a high powered rifle.

Real Men® hunt with spears, only wuzzes hunt with rifles

[ixnay]

Originally posted by Immortal Wombat

Deer hunting with dogs, that is. Shooting them is ok*, only setting packs of dogs on them is banned.

Oh, pfft, that's fine then.

What's the point if you don't even get to shoot anything?

[Dinner]

Since the fox's have no remaining natural preditors what's going to keep their population in check now? It will just go through boom and bust cycles as they over bred then starve then over bred then starve.

Face it hunting is good wild life management when humans have already removed all of the top preditors as they've done in the UK. Previously the wolves, bears, and big cats took care of the excess foxes but since they're gone people need to fill that role. PC rules like this are just stupid.

[Wezil]

Then hunt them. No need to add torture to the equation.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Since the fox's have no remaining natural preditors what's going to keep their population in check now?

Most species that have no natural enemies have a low population density. Most of these are top level predators such as the great white shark the polar bear. We are the glaring exception.

[Skanky Burns]

Species that are used to being in the middle of the food-chain and are suddenly thrust to the top don't tend to behave like top-level predators instantly.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Since the fox's have no remaining natural preditors what's going to keep their population in check now? It will just go through boom and bust cycles as they over bred then starve then over bred then starve.

Face it hunting is good wild life management when humans have already removed all of the top preditors as they've done in the UK. Previously the wolves, bears, and big cats took care of the excess foxes but since they're gone people need to fill that role. PC rules like this are just stupid.

I agree. And I disagree that there is something wrong with hunting ("killing for fun"). We have hunting deep in our genes (since well before we evolved into modern humans) and our culture. This ritual activity scratches that itch and gives those who participate in it a reminder of where we came from. Of course the masses who like in concrete boxes and for whom animals are just so many pets are ignorant of this, and sure that their numerical superiorty equates to moral superiority use forces of armed men to impose their will upon the primitives. How very enlightened.

[Sikander]

Btw, I saw a beautiful red fox last night in the parking lot here where I work. It was only about 10 feet away when I emerged, and I'm good at not panicking animals, so I got a good long look at it as is trotted across the parking lot for cover.


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I stepped outside for a cig after writing this and a four point buck came ambling down the sidewalk. He crossed the street to avoid me and headed into the neighborhood to feed on someone's garden.

[lightblue]

They're banning hunting with hounds, they're not banning hunting with guns by licensed professionals to keep the population in check. Slightly more humane way of killing things.

[aaglo]

Queen
Fox (the animal)
Fox (the "news"-channel)

[Skanky Burns]

Foxy ladies.

[:) Smiley]

What is so inhumane about animals eating other animals? Hello, dogs are carnivores.