Animation using actual sound recording made at hunts in Sussex, England during clashes between hunts and hunt saboteurs. Made as a tribute by Millie Young to the brave work of hunt saboteurs in the UK.
Sometimes a fox will kill every chicken in a field but it usually buries or hides them and will come back to dig them up on consecutive days to eat. The Fox is simply killing to save energy and time the next time it needs food. It's a bit like people doing a large supermarket shop in one go rather than go to to the shop to get each individual meal. I despise fox hunting and every dickhead that takes part in it. The people you mention not being on horseback are the terrier men so if people just wanted to drag hunt or simply ride they wouldn't need terrier men with spades for dig-outs or a hound pack.For many out riding, the killing of a fox is secondary to dressing up to the nines and galloping across farmers fields for an afternoon. As long as they can do that, it really doesn't matter if it's a fox or drag hunt. Of course there are others that are hoping to catch a fox, and they aren't necessarily all on horseback.
They are generally not present when the fox is caught anyway. A fox is vermin and will kill for pleasure itself, but as you say, in this day and age there are better ways to control the numbers from a wildlife management perspective, or to deal with individuals that become an issue.
Why is the ban unworkable? Just arrest the law breaking twats. or are they too posh to be arrested??
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Minister Jim Paice says Hunting Act is unworkable
The Hunting Act "simply doesn't work", Agriculture Minister Jim Paice has said, as hundreds of hunts gathered for their traditional Boxing Day meets.
On a visit to hunt kennels in Peterborough, the Conservative minister said he supported hunting with dogs.
He added that the coalition agreed there would be a vote on whether to repeal the act when there was "time in the parliamentary calendar".
The 2005 act makes it illegal to hunt wild animals using dogs.
Hunt supporters describe the act as expensive and failed, and are calling for it to be repealed. But opponents say there is no desire among the general public to bring it back.
Ahead of the annual hunt in Milton Park, Peterborough, Mr Paice, whose ministerial portfolio includes hunting, said: "The current law simply doesn't work.
"I personally am in favour of hunting with dogs - and the coalition agreement clearly states that we will have a free vote on whether to repeal the act when there is time in the parliamentary calendar to do so."
Anti-hunt campaigner Michael Haines and supporter Tracy Casstles give their views on fox hunting
Alice Barnard, chief executive of the Countryside Alliance, said 250,000 people were expected to come out to support their local hunt.
It was a point of pride for rural communities across the UK that, despite prejudice, hunting remained as strong as ever, she added.
Tracy Casstles, also from the Countryside Alliance, said the act was "confused" and a waste of police time, as she insisted hunts tried to work within the law.
Hunt saboteur Michael Haines, however, said he has seen the law being broken "every single week".
League Against Cruel Sports chief executive Joe Duckworth said it was "utterly appalling" that people could think "chasing a wild animal with hounds to the point of exhaustion and then taking pleasure in watching it being killed was acceptable".
"This cruel blood sport has thankfully been made illegal in this country and there is absolutely no desire among the general public to bring it back."
North Devon Liberal Democrat MP Nick Harvey said the law was "dangerous" because of the impracticalities of trying to enforce it.
Devon and Cornwall Police have never issued any cautions, fines or convicted anyone associated with hunting since the ban came into effect, and Mr Harvey said: "I think Parliament has passed a piece of legislation that it is not possible in practice to implement, and I think that's dangerous.
"The message that sends out is that some people's activities are beyond the arm of the law."
But Labour's Mary Creagh, the shadow environment secretary, rejected calls to change the current law. She said: "There is no place for animal cruelty in a civilised society and most people back Labour's ban on hunting wild animals with dogs.
"People are worried about their incomes falling, prices rising and losing their jobs, yet this out of touch Tory-led government want to bring hunting back."
Just killing animals for pleasure. Pandering to the worst instincts in humans. The people who do this are the lowest of the low. A thug who kills a cat on a council estate ends up in court. A thug in a Barbour jacket who kills wildlife for sadistic fun ends up being invited to tea by twats like Rees-Mogg. It epitomises everything that is wrong with this country.Sometimes a fox will kill every chicken in a field but it usually buries or hides them and will come back to dig them up on consecutive days to eat. The Fox is simply killing to save energy and time the next time it needs food. It's a bit like people doing a large supermarket shop in one go rather than go to to the shop to get each individual meal. I despise fox hunting and every dickhead that takes part in it. The people you mention not being on horseback are the terrier men so if people just wanted to drag hunt or simply ride they wouldn't need terrier men with spades for dig-outs or a hound pack.
The killing of a a fox is always primary.
Just killing animals for pleasure. Pandering to the worst instincts in humans. The people who do this are the lowest of the low. A thug who kills a cat on a council estate ends up in court. A thug in a Barbour jacket who kills wildlife for sadistic fun ends up being invited to tea by twats like Rees-Mogg. It epitomises everything that is wrong with this country.
Not in my experience Bradley, just kill everything and leave, and leave not because they have been disturbed. Perhaps they intend to come back at some point, but I have no idea.Sometimes a fox will kill every chicken in a field but it usually buries or hides them and will come back to dig them up on consecutive days to eat. The Fox is simply killing to save energy and time the next time it needs food. It's a bit like people doing a large supermarket shop in one go rather than go to to the shop to get each individual meal. I despise fox hunting and every dickhead that takes part in it. The people you mention not being on horseback are the terrier men so if people just wanted to drag hunt or simply ride they wouldn't need terrier men with spades for dig-outs or a hound pack.
The killing of a a fox is always primary.
It1 been illegal to hunt foxes with hounds since 2004 .Not in my experience Bradley, just kill everything and leave, and leave not because they have been disturbed. Perhaps they intend to come back at some point, but I have no idea.
It never hurts to get rid of a few or more, especially around lambing time. They won't go extinct.
There are more involved who are not on horseback than just the terrier men.
How do the riders follow a drag scent without hounds?
There are designated bridle paths, but these don't replicate or allow the galloping of horses across open land like a hunt does. It's doubtful that a farmer would allow such a thing to happen unless it was hunt related.
As I've mentioned earlier on this thread, I have no time for fox hunting on horseback, there are more efficient and effective ways to control their numbers.Seems a bit out of touch with the modern world, how ever if you are a poultry farmer, or have lambs, from your perspective they need to be controlled, i get the impression the hunts are more of a social occasion for the red top snobs who can afford horses, in that case they can drag hunt. If you like bloodthirsty sport go on youtube and watch the ratting with terriers vids, incredible stuff.