dreamerinreallife
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I am not new to H&Ho but have made this new account as I don't want to be identified
I can't make up my mind aboutbhunting. It was something I wanted to try so I went out a couple of times and I enjoyed it from a riding point of view. While I don't have any problems with Fox control and am comfortable with the shooting of vermin I don't believe in unneccesary suffering and have questioned whether being flushed by hounds causes unneccesary stress. However I must stress on the odd occasion I have been out I witnessed nothing untoward.
But I do question whether it is something I want to be associated with. Now as someone with a farming background I am well aware of how footage and news can be manipulated into falsehood. But beyond that I have read stories of hunts being caught in some horrific acts....breaking the law....including one of the packs I have been out with....albeit many years ago,
This does cause me concern. I am in Scotland and we don't have drag or trail hunts here, it is all done as Fox control. I just can't make up my mind. .... what are everyones views bothfor and against? I think I need more education to get a well informed and balanced view......
I can't make up my mind aboutbhunting. It was something I wanted to try so I went out a couple of times and I enjoyed it from a riding point of view. While I don't have any problems with Fox control and am comfortable with the shooting of vermin I don't believe in unneccesary suffering and have questioned whether being flushed by hounds causes unneccesary stress. However I must stress on the odd occasion I have been out I witnessed nothing untoward.
But I do question whether it is something I want to be associated with. Now as someone with a farming background I am well aware of how footage and news can be manipulated into falsehood. But beyond that I have read stories of hunts being caught in some horrific acts....breaking the law....including one of the packs I have been out with....albeit many years ago,
This does cause me concern. I am in Scotland and we don't have drag or trail hunts here, it is all done as Fox control. I just can't make up my mind. .... what are everyones views bothfor and against? I think I need more education to get a well informed and balanced view......