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we got the pony first

Very true but I haven;t seen much from the pro hunting lobby to suggest it has

Of course the best way to ascertain these things is through scientific studies which the Labour Government having promised to legislate on the basis of 'principle and evidence' steadfastly refused to undertake. Never mind LACS in their latest report rolled out a study to 'prove' that deer...

Growing number being caught. Um it's hardly going to go down is it? Unless they get let off on repeal. I believe the figure atm if people prosecuted for actual fox/stag hunting is 11 11 people out of 50,000 that hunt prosecuted in 6 years that's a ration of about 2/50,000 per year...

In interesting point. What percentage of the allegations against hunts are triuthful do you reckon?

I personally would like to see the Hunting Axt replaced with a wide ranging law against all cruelty to any wild mammal howsoever caused. ie with or without dogs. I'd be interested to know if you support or oppose that. If you want to tow the party line don't forget LACS oppose it as do a...

The answer to the question ". Can someone tell me if it is legal to trap foxes, then transport them in a horsebox to another hunt????" is no and I don't think most people would think it ever should be.

So are you saying that the stag hunts operate a 24 hour 7 day a week casualty call out service for injured deer just for fun? How about lambing calls when a huntsman turns up with a few scent hounds to track a fox that has been killing lambs back to its earth?

Have a look on the internet for example facebook. Look at the anti hunt sites. The Hunting Act has been in force for 6 years and a handful of people have been done for formal fox or stag hunting. However they use this to paint people that hunt as cruel law breakers. They can get away with...

Any wild animal's population will ultimately be limited by it's food supply. However if food supply is the only limiting factor this will have a negative effect on it. There's been a big study on the effect of the loss of apex predators (wolves lynx bears etc) in the US and the numbers of meso...

Also bear in mind that you have to kill the fox. It's illegal to bolt it and then just disperse it. This also applies to wild deer or any other wild mammal that is flushed out they have to be killed once flushed.

Same with cyclists and cars http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1269563/Road-rage-motorist-killed-cyclist-revenge-knocking-wing-mirror.html

There wasn't silence though - they put out a statement. the fact is Richard Downs flushed and killed an injured stag in the quickest practical way possible. If he hadn't done so it would have suffered far worse. From the point of view of animal welfare it's a good thing he broke the law...

still has to be voted through by both houses though jm so not just the stroke of a pen

It's interesting that the court said they could see no nets in the LACS video. Presumably if there were nets then they would not have submitted a video where they could be seen?