Hunting Act Repeal, Yes or No?

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Hi. Just joined the forum and I would like to get a feel for the people posting. So, Should the ban on hunting with dogs be repealed? I, by the way, was a staunch supporter of hunting prior to the ban. I now think that if you want to kill a fox, then you should shoot it.
 
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Having found a dead Fox on our land in my old job that had been shot. (we didn't alow them to be shot on our land as i was a HUNT groom) I am against shooting as that Fox must have suffered it wasn't killed streight away like most people claim it would if it was shot.
I don't agree with poisoning as my dog nearly died last year as out on a walk he ate some poison.
And where i now work our cat came home very ill the other week he had bad rub marks on his neck and he had a large abcess. The vet was prity shore he had been caught in a snare and for alot longer than 24 HOURS. He was so weak and thin and he still isn't right poor boy.
So yes i think the hunting act should be Repealed.
 
Well the repeal of the act would not prevent the OP from shooting foxes, should he/she so wish.
I do believe that the act should be repealed.
 
I have to admit that fox hunting is not for me (and would rather not get into a debate about it), so I personally would not support a repeal of the ban - Though I have doubts about how effective the ban really is.
 
I am very much in favour of a repeal of the Hunting Ban.

A convincing case for banning hunting has never been made. I also whip in to a pack of hounds and it is a sobering thought that despite doing my utmost to comply with the law I could be the subject of a spurious prosecution by LACS and dragged through the courts as so many others already have been.
 
You come on Horse and HOUND forum and ask if we want a repeal to the hunting ban... really? Does it not tell you the answer in the name? Yes, I want a repeal on the ban...
 
studentvet said:
You come on Horse and HOUND forum and ask if we want a repeal to the hunting ban... really? Does it not tell you the answer in the name? Yes, I want a repeal on the ban...
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Well, I think it's pretty obvious that there are plenty of different opinions on hunting on this forum, the name doesn't mean much. Not everyone reading H&H is in favour of hunting!
 
zefragile said:
Well, I think it's pretty obvious that there are plenty of different opinions on hunting on this forum, the name doesn't mean much. Not everyone reading H&H is in favour of hunting!
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Yes but they posted in the hunting section of the forum where the vast majority will be pro hunting. :rolleyes:
 
zefragile said:
There has been plenty of discussion in this section of the forum. The vast majority may well be pro hunting but they do not speak for everybody.
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I know not everyone is pro but... come on, to come and post in the hunting section? Hardly a representative sample...
 
studentvet said:
I know not everyone is pro but... come on, to come and post in the hunting section? Hardly a representative sample...
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I'm sure they posted in this section as they found it relevant, the topic is after all about the Hunting Act, where better to post it than in the Hunting section?
 
I think this law should be repealed for a number of reasons:

1) From a legal standpoint, it is a bad, unworkable law because it is not properly defined and impossible to police.

2) I believe it came about through spite and as a 'bone' to throw to disaffected, left-of-left-of-centre backbenchers - but that's just my view!

3) Shooting a fox is not a certain way to kill it - foxes hunted by dogs are either caught and killed or get away - shooting causes painful, slow death unless it's a clean kill, but even if it is, it isn't necessarily the right approach (see point four below).

4) Hunting should be as much about conservation as about controlling a population. Hunting with dogs ensures that the sick and the weak are culled, thus leaving a reduced population of healthy gene-stock to conserve the remaining members of the species.

Of course, all the regular hunters on here know this.... and I don't want to teach Granny to do naughty things with eggs:p but the question was posted, so....
 
All i can see is hounds please and the next time i hear that when we can go out and hunt legally will be the best feeling ever
 
The main thing to suffer as a direct result of the hunting ban in the FOX, indiscriminate shooting wounding by poor shots, snaring and poisoning - at least with hunting the fox was either caught (despatched in seconds) or it got away, it didn’t die a lingering death with half a leg missing or being maggot struck etc.

REPEAL THE BAN
 
I am rather startled to see that we have people on the Hunting pages who are in fact not pro-hunting! Of course the Act should be repealed in the interests of both justice and animal welfare. Those of us living in agricultural and the more remote areas of this country know that there is far more indiscriminate and 'cruel' fox control now than ever before. I was amused recently to hear that an old farmer had called out the hounds to come and find and kill a fox which was taking lammbs. He was politely told that this couldn't now be done, whereupon he became most abusive and considered it was disgraceful that hounds wouldnt be brought to his farm to deal with the problem! Anyone with an ounce of common sense knows this ban must be repealed!
 
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Good point - maybe let sleeping dogs lie. The less foxhunting is in the news the better - to contradict myself.
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With respect (and assuming you are just a member of the field) it isn't your head in the noose every time hounds go out. The pressure that hunt staff and masters are under to ensure the Act is being complied with is immense, and even when you think you are obeying the law you can still find yourself dragged through the courts as Tony Wright was. I am firmly with Oakash, as an Amateur Whipper In to a foot pack, this Act must be repealed.
 
combat_claire said:
With respect (and assuming you are just a member of the field) it isn't your head in the noose every time hounds go out. The pressure that hunt staff and masters are under to ensure the Act is being complied with is immense, and even when you think you are obeying the law you can still find yourself dragged through the courts as Tony Wright was. I am firmly with Oakash, as an Amateur Whipper In to a foot pack, this Act must be repealed.
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Apologies combat_claire - Foolishly I was actually testing the water and I'm amazed that it has taken this long to be brought to task. As wth all hunts mounted or on foot we hunt within the law and yes the ban must be repealed. The fox would be the biggest winner if it were.
 
I'm for repeal.

I believe in conservation, in the rights of individuals to follow tradition country pursuits without being dictated to by ill-educated (on the subject of foxhunting), hysteria-led bigots, and in the commitment of those men and women who breed and hunt hounds.

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LauraWheeler said:
Yes but they posted in the hunting section of the forum where the vast majority will be pro hunting. :rolleyes:
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This forum was originally the 'Hunting Debate' forum. It was changed (as far as I know) to a general hunting chat room so that people could both talk about hunting in general and also still debate.
 
OK. Firstly, let me say that I`m not a towny. I`m a farm manager and manage a small mixed livestock educational multiplying unit. We farm cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys and rabbits. All of our livestock is farmed extensively and since the ban I have actually noticed a reduction in the numbers of stock lost to predation. Primarily, I suspect, due to the decline in "fox farming", and the fact that our foxes are now being left in peace to go about their natural lives on the open forest and are not being pushed from pillar to post and on to my land by regular hunting.

Secondly, since the ban, hunting as a sport has boomed. It is more popular than ever, with some hunts having to turn down prospective members or start waiting lists for membership. How many of these newbies do you think would continue to hunt if they had to be blooded, and do you think this new membership would stand for the reconstruction of their sport. Indeed, why should they? Hunting has changed, diversified and is thriving because of it.

regards.
 
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