foxhunting

[iluvmypets]

what are your feelings on foxhunting? i dont want to cause an argument i am just wondering? i know a lot of animal lovers dont like it because they think it is cruel.

i dont foxhunt regularly, but i have been a few times on my cousins horse. people say it is cruel to the fox, but i think it is the best way of manging the fox population, because at the end of the day the fox is a pest and the population does need to be controled and it is the most natural way of doing it. hounds kill a fox in a few seconds, i think this is more humane then trapping, shooting or poisoning, where the fox could be in pain for hours or even days.

i wouldnt like to witness the fox actually being killed and i do think they are baeutiful animals, but i think foxhunting is a good thing because its good exersize for horses and hounds, and its the most humane way of controlling the fox population.

the reason i am asking is because foxhunting has just been banned in the uk, the ban will start in a few months, meaning lots of people will lose their livelihoods, and a lot of hounds and horses will lose their lives

so what are your opnions? i dont think my opinions are right or anything i am just interested in hearing peoples points of view. please dont argue because this good be a good discussion, but karen or paul if the thread is too contraversial you can close it thanks

[flamepony12]

some of my friends foxhunt but they ¡DO NOT! chase an actual fox.

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

I personally don't agree with it, I don't think any animal should be shot and killed for no reason at all especially when some species of Fox are endagered

[Mandy1]

I think any kind of hunting is disgusting and cruel, and I dont know how been chased by dogs for up to an hour just to be killed is humane. I think the average hunt time on one animal is 17 minutes. That 17 minutes of the poor animal literally RUNNING FOR ITS LIFE. I think if there is a problem with the population ONLY THEN do we have the right to intervene, and the only way to do so is if we get a trained marksmen to deal with it. I don't know how people could consider killing a poor innocent animal a sport. This is part of the reason I don't even eat meat. Oh and I do not believe they are "pests" either.

[Kfamr]

I don't really know much about foxhunting, but I REALLY do not like the idea of using a dog to kill/attack another animal.

[Tonya]

Originally posted by Kfamr
I don't really know much about foxhunting, but I REALLY do not like the idea of using a dog to kill/attack another animal.

Same here.

I'm not against hunting, but I wouldn't hunt myself. I think it is hypocritical when a meateater is against hunting.

[flamepony12]

I HATE it when people hunt for sport.

[CalliesMom]

I could never hunt but have nothing against those who hunt when a population (such as deer) are overcrowded and many die due to starvation and disease.

[CathyBogart]

Originally posted by Orangutango
I personally don't agree with it, I don't think any animal should be shot and killed for no reason at all especially when some species of Fox are endagered

As the original poster stated, a lot of foxhunting takes place in areas where foxes are considered pests.


I don't have a problem with foxhunting as such, so long as it's not just for sport.

[Tina]

I'm not sure how I feel about foxhunting as I don't know much about it.

As for hunting deer or turkey it does not bother me much. As I see them a source of food. We have alot of hunters around here and it does not bother me if they hunt for food. But if they are doing it just for the heck of killing a deer or turkey. That really upsets me.

My husband actually never did hunt anything until this year. No he did not get anything but he did hunt. If he had gotten a deer yes we would have used the meat.

I don't really know about hunting other wild animals as I don't know alot people that hunt. I know of one guy went to another state to go bear hunting. I really don't agree with it. But I can't say it wrong either.

[Desert Arabian]

Originally posted by Orangutango
I personally don't agree with it, I don't think any animal should be shot and killed for no reason at all especially when some species of Fox are endagered

The endangered speices aren't hunted (unless illegally poached- which is another story)...because their population is low. Red Foxes are abundant England like deer are in the US- they are far from endangered so fox hunting will not pose a large threat to their numbers. It will just keep them in a reasonable population.

[lisalee]

Yes, totally against fox-hunting. I think it's very cruel and disgusting and would LOVE to see it get banned, as I hear they are trying to do in the UK.

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by iluvmypets
what are your feelings on foxhunting?

I'm too old for the bar scene....

[Jadapit]

LMAO. Richard you are too funny!

[Pit Chick]

I've seen pictures of a fox hunt and I think it's disgusting the way the hounds rip the fox apart while it's alive after chasing it for miles and at the sheer amusement of the hunters sitting on their "high horse" so to speak, pointing and smiling while the fox suffers. How much of a pest can a fox actually be when they keep the real pests (rodents) under control. Wolves in America have always been considered a "pest" and after decades of being hunted almost to extinction, now deer are overpopulating and we have to justify hunting them for sport to "keep the population down". Maybe if man would leave animals to their natural selection then we wouldn't have so many "pests". It would also help if man would stop developing on so much of their habitats, then the animals wouldn't seem like such pests for wandering on their own territory which is now overpopulated with a new pest...humans. It shouldn't matter that fox hunting is an old tradition or sport, that doesn't make it right or ok. Bull figthing, dog fighting, cockfighting, horse tripping, are all old "traditions" or "sports", but that doesn't make them acceptable entertainment or practices in our modern civilized society. It's one thing to hunt for food, but non of the above mentioned sports produce food, just a bloody mess in which the animals are brutally tortured and left to die in front of an audiance of cheering barbarians.

I know an old tradition/sport we should bring back. Throwing rapists and murders in an arena with a lion, tiger, or bear...oh my. We have so many of these "pests" running our streets and sitting in our jails, what better way to keep their population under control, and it's all natural.