Honey08
Waffled a lot!
I hate hunting.
I've grown up on a farm (with well fenced in hens - haven't lost any yet..) and have worked with horses - including hunting yards in the Midlands, so I've been out with the big hunts. I'd like to think that I'd seen both sides before I formed my opinion.
The best days hunting by far that I've had have been with good drag hunts, like the NE Cheshire. I don't see the attraction of watching an animal get killed to make it better - always think people are a bit wierd who do.
I've not seen many foxes get away after being shot - round us they're usually found. Far more foxes will escape from hounds after being chased for hours by the hunt. Foxes do not have the fittening that the horses and hounds have to prepare them for the hunt, so quite likely they die a slow death or have complications as a result - so I don't buy the "its a better quicker death" line. Hunts catch very few foxes anyway. Its sport and nothing else.
I've also seen too many knackered lame hunters chucked in the auctions, and had to learn a lot of hunting yard tricks when doing my AI - stockholm tarring the legs and throwing clipped horses out in early April to "rough them off quickly" and save the owners money.. In general I got very turned off by the whole scene.
I've grown up on a farm (with well fenced in hens - haven't lost any yet..) and have worked with horses - including hunting yards in the Midlands, so I've been out with the big hunts. I'd like to think that I'd seen both sides before I formed my opinion.
The best days hunting by far that I've had have been with good drag hunts, like the NE Cheshire. I don't see the attraction of watching an animal get killed to make it better - always think people are a bit wierd who do.
I've not seen many foxes get away after being shot - round us they're usually found. Far more foxes will escape from hounds after being chased for hours by the hunt. Foxes do not have the fittening that the horses and hounds have to prepare them for the hunt, so quite likely they die a slow death or have complications as a result - so I don't buy the "its a better quicker death" line. Hunts catch very few foxes anyway. Its sport and nothing else.
I've also seen too many knackered lame hunters chucked in the auctions, and had to learn a lot of hunting yard tricks when doing my AI - stockholm tarring the legs and throwing clipped horses out in early April to "rough them off quickly" and save the owners money.. In general I got very turned off by the whole scene.