Fox Hunting

Jon Dough said:
I live over the river from you I think?I saw one last night in the street, and one today dead on the road in Staines, they are everywhere locally.
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I worked in west London for many years and most of them are covered in mange. Some amazing looking animals rurally that you would never get near on a hunt ( when they were allowed )or a rifle
I watched one walk down Joel St in Northwood Hills one afternoon at about 3pm just before the schools kicked out. It didn’t look too clever
 


cornish mackem said:
I didn’t want to comment on the pending trial and I was surprised the post didn’t get pulled to be honest . But, snitches get stitches so I didn’t report it either.
I fully agree that if someone has done wrong that they should face the consequences and that goes for either side of the divide. I only follow one hunt and know that trails are laid every meet.
The daughter actually rides and has seen foxes whilst out , all running in the opposite direction and never seen one killed. They’d obviously been disturbed and got out of there and it’s a bit comical how inefficient it is. However, it’s a good day, great tests of a rider but unless you involved it’s difficult to understand what it means to a community. Similar to the dolphins thing that people got fixated on the other week
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There's nothing written about the trial in the Packham thread that wasn't being reported in the news. That's where I took all my info from, so don't think it was a problem. The issue here for me, other than the wider fox-hunting thing, is that it's not just a question of an individual doing something wrong, but a systemic refusal to follow the law, lying to the landowners who extend the use of their land to the hunt and the rural law-enforcers usually turning a blind eye to it.|

And I say this not as a townie but as someone who lived, growing up, ten yards from where the hunt met.
 
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cornish mackem said:
I worked in west London for many years and most of them are covered in mange. Some amazing looking animals rurally that you would never get near on a hunt ( when they were allowed )or a rifle
I watched one walk down Joel St in Northwood Hills one afternoon at about 3pm just before the schools kicked out. It didn’t look too clever
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Yup, lots of mange ridden fox, seen some really badly infested ones, must drive them mad.
 
The King of Um said:
There's nothing written about the trial in the Packham thread that wasn't being reported in the news. That's where I took all my info from, so don't think it was a problem. The issue here for me, other than the wider fox-hunting thing, is that it's not just a question of an individual doing something wrong, but a systemic refusal to follow the law, lying to the landowners who extend the use of their land to the hunt and the rural law-enforcers usually turning a blind eye to it.|

And I say this not as a townie but as someone who lived, growing up, ten yards from where the hunt met.
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It was the comment about the pending trial as opposed to the links
The bloke has been found guilty so it’s now fair game
 
Epping said:
What a load of nonsense . It's all about land management.. it's been done for centuries..

Rabbits can do a ridiculous amount of damage to crops as do pigeons and deer
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Maybe let the foxes cull the rabbits. Nature has a way of keeping everything in balance, humans do not.
 
Tuono said:
Maybe let the foxes cull the rabbits. Nature has a way of keeping everything in balance, humans do not.
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This is true. I recall a story about the Australians interfering in nature and bringing in rabbits to fix something and guess what, they are overrun with rabbits 🐰
 
macum1920 said:
Everyone entitled to their opinion and/or view. Dealing strictly with hunting with hounds, imo that is barbaric and should be properly stopped. I don’t know enough about potential damage foxes do so I can’t comment on other methods but I would say @cornish mackem puts a strong case forward for humane methods.
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Still don’t know if he does it for a job or for fun as he has stated “job” not sure if he also supports illegal hunts. He didn’t want to be a grass
 
cornish mackem said:
So how many of my pigs do I allow the fox to get before I take action ?
How many insurance claims do I make for the horses on my land can I make before Saff thinks that enough broken legs is now a problem?
How many hours rebuilding granite hedges do I have to spend before I satisfy your denial that some wildlife needs management?
you say you live in the countryside but you must live with your eyes shut. It’s a beautiful place because someone has made it beautiful
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Don’t farm pigs, eating meat is unsustainable.
 

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