Foxhunting - is this sport?

I would like to use this as an opportunity to give both sides of this argument about fox hunting before giving my own opinion. I will now state the arguments: 1) Those who oppose fox hunting argue that the so called sport is evil and cruel. However in response some would say that the death of the fox is quick and painless due to the chasing dog's instinct to administer a "quick nip" to the back of the fleeing fox's head which kills it instantly and outright. Besides other alternatives - shooting, gassing, snaring or poisoning - would all inflict much more pain and suffering on the foxes. 2) Furthermore it is argued that the fox suffers ...  Read the complete review

Foxhunting. The art of shooting down an animal, whilst it has its back turned, running away from a stupid loud barking bunch of gundogs which have been strategically placed to give the 'hunter' an unfair advantage. This is firstly not a sport, and secondly this is not what I define as hunting. However, it does provide some people, mainly those with an inferiority complex, to feel really manly and great about themselves that they can win in the fairest, greatest battle of all time... Fox VS Man...and dogs...and horse...and gun. This subject is a bit of a tricky one. If you enjoy shooting any form of animal whether it be a ...  Read the complete review

It would be a sport if the foxes were given guns and allowed to fight back.

Foxhunting is not really a sport in my opinion for a number of reasons. There aren't really any properly set out rules. There isn't a clear winner amongst the competitors at the end of the hunt. As far as I'm aware there are no official championships, leagues, league tables, individual or team performance ratings or rankings or anything like that. So how exactly do you measure who is good at foxhunting and who isn't? If it is a sport in the true competitive sense of the word then there needs to be a measurement of ability and results, but their aren't any. But is it a sport if you compare it to some other activities that ...  Read the complete review

hmmm.... Foxhunting. I used to be staunchly against anyone hunting foxes for sport, for fun, for any reason. Much of me still is. I'd certainly not like to go out on a hunt. But, in recent years something changed. Legislation was put forward by city-folk to change the law and ban foxhunting. Why? Because many people thought it was barbaric. This stirred me up somewhat. A great deal of commercial meat and egg production is barbaric. Far more barbaric than the hunting of a fox. Chickens are raised in tiny cages, given no sunlight and pumped full of drugs. Livestock are killed in totally inhumane ways, often not being fully killed by whatever instrument is being used to ...  Read the complete review