Foxhunting

[DodgyAgent]

Have we discussed this? Why is this so important?

Again Brendan O'Neill sums it up

They don’t give a flying fox about hunting | British politics | Liberties | spiked

[BrilloPad]

If I have a mouse problem I get a cat. I don't get 100 hooray henrys dressed up in stupid outfits to chase the thing while they revel in its suffering.

To be fair, if an agent was dropped in a field to be chased by 100 hooray henrys I would not object.

[Lifelongontractor]

Again Brendan O'Neill sums it up

Indeed he does. Incorrectly. He sets off on the wrong foot almost immediately:
"The practical debate is only about whether they should be culled by hunters with guns – and probably dogs – or by hunters with horse and hound"

Aside from the debatable point on whether foxes need to be culled at all (bulk of their diet in rural areas is rabbit, the population of which far exceeds foxes), study after study of foxes, their diet and how they breed shows that culling foxes has no practical effect. Foxes from surrounding areas simply move in to fill the void. Also, culling in winter has been shown to increase the litter of surviving foxes the following spring

The fox hunt is about some segment of people having a good time. Whether that's a good enough reason or not is immaterial to this argument. It does them no service arguing that it is in the interest of the population control

[DodgyAgent]

If I have a mouse problem I get a cat. I don't get 100 hooray henrys dressed up in stupid outfits to chase the thing while they revel in its suffering.

To be fair, if an agent was dropped in a field to be chased by 100 hooray henrys I would not object.

[DodgyAgent]

Indeed he does. Incorrectly. He sets off on the wrong foot almost immediately:
"The practical debate is only about whether they should be culled by hunters with guns – and probably dogs – or by hunters with horse and hound"

Aside from the debatable point on whether foxes need to be culled at all (bulk of their diet in rural areas is rabbit, the population of which far exceeds foxes), study after study of foxes, their diet and how they breed shows that culling foxes has no practical effect. Foxes from surrounding areas simply move in to fill the void. Also, culling in winter has been shown to increase the litter of surviving foxes the following spring

The fox hunt is about some segment of people having a good time. Whether that's a good enough reason or not is immaterial to this argument. It does them no service arguing that it is in the interest of the population control

The point Brendan O'Neill makes is that those that oppose foxhunting basically want to put an end to people's freedoms. As for the practical side of the argument I presume you do not think foxes are a problem for farmers etc.

[darmstadt]

The point Brendan O'Neill makes is that those that oppose foxhunting basically want to put an end to people's freedoms. As for the practical side of the argument I presume you do not think foxes are a problem for farmers etc.

He doesn't make any point at all as the article was written by Mick Hume, once again a rightie gets the facts wrong

[DodgyAgent]

He doesn't make any point at all as the article was written by Mick Hume, once again a rightie gets the facts wrong

Like the lazy confused hypocrite of a leftie europhiile that you are you say he makes no points at all . Actually he does. It is just that you cannot make any counter points. How are they wrong?

[BrilloPad]

The point Brendan O'Neill makes is that those that oppose foxhunting basically want to put an end to people's freedoms.

And you think people should be free to carry out FGM?

[DodgyAgent]

And you think people should be free to carry out FGM?

No

[AtW]

Can't they use robot foxes instead???

Much more humane.