Cruel, unequal, its not a sport (Foxhunting - is this sport?)

Member Name: paulie1975

Product:	Foxhunting - is this sport?
Date:	20/01/09 (41 review reads)
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Advantages: None

Disadvantages: Cruel, lazy activity, not my cup of tea

I was born in the countryside and moved to the city, I see urban foxes and yeah they knock over bins and make a noise but hey, theres far worse things going on in the City and I don't see groups of posh people on horses chasing thieves or yobs down the streets to kill them as their an urban menace.

In the countryside I do understand that foxes are hungry and do attempt to kill chickens etc to live, but surely farmers protect against this, my family had chicken coups, which were protected so that you couldn't get in them without having the ability to unlock a gate, which i'm sure foxes haven't achieved in their evolutionary development yet.

Well, as you can guess i'm against fox hunting, its not a sport, foxes aren't willing competitors in this fair contest, with rules, foxes are hunted down simply to be killed, dogs chase the foxes followed by horses, I don't really understand what the people do other than ride the horses and talk about how their benefitting the environment for us all. Maybe its a cultural thing but I never met anyone in my home area who agreed with this and don't in the city either, it seems to be a class thing, done by people who've done it through their families for centuries, either as participants or people who have jobs through this cruel trade.

Either way there are better ways to make a living, and to my mind this definitely ain't a sport, it isn't a competition of equals, you know there will only be one winner and that's generally the red-faced fatty on the horse.

Summary: Something from the past, that should have stayed there.