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2006-10-22 06:39:24 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government Law Enforcement & Police

this is for my english homework and i have 2 do for and against arguement. i'm stuck on the for argument. plz help!

2006-10-22 07:45:40 · update #1

37 answers

i believe fox hunting is disgusting, immoral and just plain stupid but to answer your question about the for argument...
the fox's kill the chickens etc, there needs 2 be a balanced amount of foxes and you could say people aren't fighting to ban pest killers just because rats and fleas aren't cute and foxes are, why should foxes be saved just beacuse they're cute?

but i actually don't believe that lol... im against fox hunting but thats a reason why people might be for

2006-10-22 10:05:38 · answer #1 · answered by just_a_metaphor 2 · 1 0

Arguments For Fox Hunting

2016-10-28 10:58:26 · answer #2 · answered by norvell 4 · 0 0

Although I disagree, I have heard several arguments for Fox hunting there is the old chestnut that they are vermin and cause damage and deaths to livestock! Then there is the truly weightless argument that it is an ingrained part of country life and tradition and should be maintained, as well as the fact that jobs would be lost.

Although I sympathise with the death of Livestock and pets after watching some of the documentaries on Fox hunting and the way the foxes are treated before the hunt it seems that just shooting or poisoning them would be more humane, and would stop enjoyment being taken in the death of an animal.

2006-10-22 08:43:31 · answer #3 · answered by Bobby B 4 · 0 0

There is no excuse for hunting for sport just to pat eachother on the back and saying 'Tally Ho chaps'. We have two of the biggest hunts in England locally and the majority of them hunt purely because of the tradition and the sport of it, no matter what defence they put up. The majority are rude, arrogant and the followers are even worse!
Being a farmer's wife though, foxes are a major problem for us. A fox does not kill to ensure it's survival, it too kills for sport. It scavenges for food, hence it's move into urban areas. If a fox gets in a chicken coop, it will kill every chicken and not eat a single one, purely for the pleasure of it. A problem we have is around lambing time. When the lambs are first born we have had foxes dragging them off soon after birth and tearing them apart. Killing foxes is a problem, how do you do it humanely? Traps, shooting, poison? All are barbaric ways to kill them and they usually die a long and painful death.
Foxes do have to be controlled as do every other animal e.g. rats, rabbits. The only sure fire way of doing this at the moment which appears to be the LEAST cruel is hunting. And as this has been allowed with the new rules and regulations enforced the tradition will continue until a different solution is found.

Nick C what a fantastic answer, you have hit the nail right on the head!!!

2006-10-22 07:07:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3 1

Try some of the countryside alliance sites. They do not just argue that foxes kill their small animals like chickens but also that they kill their sheep.

We live on the outskitrts of a town and I have to say that I felt like killing the fox that came and killed a beautiful large white fluffy rabbit and two of our tortoises all in one night. Foxes are a constant nuisance round here ripping rubbish bags and such like when you put them out for the bin man. My husband and I even saw one run across the road the other day with a small cat in its mouth. If they cant get what they want out of the rubbish they kill other animals - simple as that - they have to feed.

The ban on hunting is not actually a ban on culling, it is just a ban on hunting with dogs. There is nothing stopping the farmer from shooting the fox. However, I have been told by the members countryside alliance that the alternative can be more cruel. Horrible as it sounds it takes less than a minute for a pack of dogs to tear a fox to bits, and far less than that for the shock to kill it. If a farmer shoots a fox there is no guarantee that they will kill it and then the fox ends up suffering in agony and slowly dying from a gunshot wound.

See the site below it explains all the alternatives and how much crueller they are.

2006-10-22 08:37:43 · answer #5 · answered by ShumB 2 · 4 0

It ensures that only the fastest wiliest most intelligent and fittest foxes survive.
If fox hunting persists it is estimated that within 50 years the smart foxes will start working on nucleur fusion while the fitter ones keep the hunt busy and away from the top secret fox holes.
In this alternate future the foxes will in the end beat the hunt at their own game by using thermo nucleur robot foxes that explode when in the vicinity of 50+ dogs.
This will also help the UK get rid of the haw haw brigade and free up a few large country houses.

2006-10-22 06:51:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3 1

I have hunted when at a relative of mine who lives off the land in Norway. This is hunting for food, I ate Elk, deer, trout and other animals that lived on the land.

When I saw a deer shot through the head with one bullet, it was a bit gut-wrenching but the taste was so much better - the effort of hiking up the mountains and rowing to catch fish was worth the outdoor feel of being connected.

Fox hunting is undertaken by a different kind of creature. In the UK, it is mostly done by farmers, their land owner masters and a few countryside alliance extremists who want to live in the past.

If you want to control vermin - why spend all day chasing the animal with several hundred hounds, riders and horses? Seems a bad use of resources and just an excuse to get some country air.

The right to torture an animal is weak and I see no justification for this course of action. They may argue that it is a tradition and a right but you could use the same logic to argue that keeping slaves or exploiting other nation's resources is a right.

Not a good thing to do and please try something useful instead of using flawed logic and your 'rights' to justify barbarism.

2006-10-22 07:41:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2 1

i really don't agree with Fox Hunting, but we should really look at the farmers point of veiw on how the Fox take their chickens and also look at it this way, since the ban (which isn't really completeas some areas do still hunt)..There are more Foxes now in Urban areas,which means they are more likely to go through our dustbins to search for food or worse take our pets, like pet rabbits ect, in other countries, they have been known to attack small children seeing them as prey, have we got to have that happen in the UK before we decide Fox hunting is right.. I know that i am confused as the rest of the UK,
I have just read some one elses comment and do agree there should be a better way(more humain) to control the Foxes,

2006-10-22 06:54:53 · answer #8 · answered by sky 4 · 3 0

Lets' see, I'll probably get reported for abuse or some crap but I'm going to answer anyway. For starters hunting on horseback is an English tradition and when asked in other countries what comes to mind when asked about England, hunting is in the top five, along with the Queen, Big Ben, Houses of Parliment, and Princess Diana. This tradition involves using dogs to "flush the fox to guns" it is very rare that the dogs ever rip a fox apart, very rare. Foxes are a menace, and in many other countries can be "shot on sight", but oddly enough you cannot use leg traps or poison because it's deemed inhumane and cruel. Foxes kill livestock, raid rubbish bins, and get into feed stores. Causing much distress to farmers and taking income. Do you think that fox cares about the distress it causes that lamb or chicken or newborn calf when it moves in for the kill? Hunting provides many jobs and conservation careers. What should we do with the thousands of dogs that have been bred especially for hunting. Kill them? Who do you think comes to collect dead livestock from farmers for FREE. That's right, hunts! Many foxes get away too. Foxes are quick and cunning, and to hunt them is a challenge for the dogs and the humans. Like all wild animals as we encroach more and more into the country need to be culled to ensure that a good diversity of wildlife is able to thrive. People who want to hurt or kill hunters are not animal lovers, they're psycotic. Attacking a horse with a rider on the back is extremely dangerous for the horse and the rider, who sometimes are children. How distressing is it when activists dig up the graves, attack grandmothers and kids, strange how we don't hear of them attacking the men of the house. This whole ban is the product of misinformed city dwelling lobby groups, who due to tunnel vision can't see the whole picture. Maybe we should ban all nightclubs and pubs in the city, after all, look at all the fights, and crime in the city fueled by alcohol. Hunting is a chance for people of like mind, who enjoy the outdoors to get together and have a good day out. Not all hunts involve the killing of game either, alot are drag hunts. Personally I don't hunt on horseback, but I have read alot about it, and the thousands of people and micro economy it affects, and after weighing all the facts I say, FIGHT THE BAN!!!

2006-10-22 07:39:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4 8

If you are starving and have nothing to wear and so will eat the meat and use the skin............I guess I would okay that. : )

I do have to admit God does allow hunting but not for using traps. And if you kill you use everything so as not to waste anything. If it's legal and doesn't go against God's commandments I wouldn't have a problem.

So if you need the meat and the skin........

2006-10-22 06:51:45 · answer #10 · answered by bratty1 2 · 0 0

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