Was it right to ban fox hunting?

Question

Don't get me wrong I have no sympathy for a lot of those assholes who have a sick pleasure hunting down a fox to a violent and bloody end but of course we know despite all propaganda that serve as nothing more than an irritating distraction, namely the idea that its nothing more than urban predudice, that the real and only issue that serves as any great good is to minimize the inhumane sufferring to animals. Is hunting by dogs really the only humane way of culling foxes? Personally It has been a suprise to find myself from being 100% anti-fox hunting to being either unsure with many questions to perhaps being pro fox hunting with the exact same philisophical greater good. The fox is a preditor and in its life time it hunts and kills perhaps in the same violent and inhumane way thousands of small mamals. If you kill one fox or one preditor in the most humane way possible and I mean all preditors lions, tigers and foxes how can that not be the right thing considering the mass suffering?

Answer 1

Whoa, slow down.

The UK was the only country in the world that still used hounds and horses for hunting. The rest of the world got with the program and realized that that particular way of hunting was cruel to the animal. Therefore, it has been banned. Fox hunting by stalking, sitting, lures and traps are still valid ways to hunt foxes, and are used.

I hunt fox on a regular basis in Germany and the US, with no problems.

The only uproar is that a tradition has ended. Sorry.

Answer 2

Yes. The main arguments people cite against the fox hunting ban are, that foxes need to be killed to protect agriculture, jobs would be lost, the economy would take a downturn and that banning this hunting is against human rights. Rubbish. People still have the alternative, drag-hunting (when a scent is spread for the hounds and hunters to follow). This provides the hunters with everything foxhunting does except for the result of a bloody and mutilated small animal. Seems that the 'thrill of the chase' is the main draw to their sport. In the end, the only people who benefit from foxhunting are the hunters themselves. The only danger to agriculture that foxes present is the loss of the odd chicken or two. Foxes have been known to eat lamb but for the most part these are carrion. Other countries like Switzerland and Germany have banned hunting and there has been no evidence of an explosion in fox population there. The fact is that re-introducing foxhunting in the UK would simply be a legal form of animal cruelty.

Answer 3

The reason that some people banned fox hunting was because of the way the fox was hunted. The fox would be chased by dogs until it got so exausted it would guve up and either be killed by the dogs or shot by the hunter.

Now in this time most hunters want one shot kills to kill there prey. Its more humane then any of the ways that salauter houses kill. Take a look at this website and see what it is like for animals that are used for there meat like chicken, cows and pig.

Answer 4

No, I don't think it was right to ban fox-hunting altogether. As I understand it, fox-hunting originated as a way to help farmers protect their poultry and other vulnerable livestock. Though farmers now have better ways of protecting their stock from predators, it really wasn't necessary to ban the sport. It's an exciting tradition, and gets people out into the open air, instead of stuck indoors all the time. However, that doesn't mean that I wouldn't like to see a 'catch-and-release' version, such as some fishermen practice.

Answer 5

The environment needs predators to be a healthy ecosystem. If we kill all the predators (foxes, lions, tigers, etc) then there is nothing keeping the herbivore population down. Predators usually kill the sick and weak animals, which helps the evolution of stronger animals. Without predators, the population of the other animals explodes. They will eat all of the plants that they can, leaving nothing left and eventually they will all starve. If predators keep the population down, then they will not starve.

Answer 6

No, it is never right for fanatics to force their dubious beliefs upon everyone. This sounds like PeTA at work again. Their ideas are crazy.

Answer 7

You are very close minded.try looking at the bigger picture.and leave you're ignorant biases behind

Answer 8

NO, when rabies take over they'll spend millions.........