Recent content by Oldandcynical

So in that case does the hunting community need to get better at 'shopping their own' ? If we agree that hunting in it's purest form has a role and some people abuse these principles, instead of the cover each other and turn the other cheek approach, should hunt staff and supporters get better...

Thanks for your reply but I think that what you say is the same point as me- the idea of hunting is fine but the reality of what happens and the people are that doing it is sometimes far from what should be happening.....in addition I guess one problem is that for fox hunting to work it needs to...

You are not a million miles away but not oxon, although it was the delightful farmers bloodhounds who I went out with and thoroughly enjoyed. Im in Gloucestershire :-).

Interesting! I thought my lurking was serial but I clearly don't read threads properly. Thank you for the links to those two threads. I see that there are many others like me who are questioning what I have seen and heard. With regards to my identity, I have been reading the posts on this...

I know this feeling well! :-)

I don't feel that it's appropriate (and possibly not even legal) to report the rumours that I have heard on an open forum like this, however the tabloid article that the daily mail ran is in the public domain and searchable. I think it was around a month ago/ 6 weeks ago and involved secret...

I have always been a hunt supporter and followed on foot and horse for many years. I have always supported hunting as a valuable tool for pest control and defended it's existence. However recently I have been hearing things about my local hunt which are questioning my beliefs on this issue. A...