Foxhunting - is this sport? Reviews

Most people that are for fox-hunting (with hounds) i find, claim that they are country people and know what is best. I thouroughly disagree. I am a country girl myself, I live on a farm and there is nothing i despise more than the fox hunt with hounds. The grim memories of chasing the hunt asking them to get off of our land as they were ...  Read the complete review

.Every country has its own sporting tradition rooted in the weak being preyed on by the strong . From the bible's David & Goliath, the Roman sport of the prisoner fighting a lion, to the prisoner figting a guard, to the Spanish Art of Bullfighting and the English Sport of Foxhunting. History however does not make it right. ...  Read the complete review

Fox hunting has historic roots, as does death for entertainment in almost every culture across the globe. In Rome and its empire pretty much anything was game. Fear, pain, and ultimate death is also still considered a sport in many countries, bull fighting, hare coursing, bear/badger baiting, dog fights, the list of ways humanity can ...  Read the complete review

Like many institutions that permeate society, fox hunting has it's roots in the ancient past. Pre-Roman for England and even further back for many of the countries that practice it in Europe and further afield. Whilst the act of hunting is nothing new and should be totally acceptable, social mores and conventions swing, ...  Read the complete review

First off my personal feeling is that it is wrong to hunt an animal if it is not for any good reason / use such as the survival of the species. I must admit at this point to being a hypocrite because yes I have leather on shoes, but that is another issue. I do not support fox hunting. And in answer to the question, no I don't believe ...  Read the complete review

Foxhunting is not a sport, but rather an inhumane way for some "people" to enjoy themselves. Personally, I am completely against fox hunting, and I simply can't understand the attraction people get from it. What exactly is so enjoyable about chasing a terrified creature with a loaded gun, usually driving it to exhaustion, only ...  Read the complete review

Foxhunting....savagery NOT sport.... Foxhunting is a delicate subject,not so much for the majority of the common people who will agree that it is not a sport,and it is deffinitely not humane.Originally the main excuse for fox hunting and being allowed to get away with this savagery was that the foxes were overrunning the ...  Read the complete review

Although I do not like fox hunting or any other blood sport for that matter , it is after all a sport, And although we see the demonstrations about it nothing is really going to stop it forever. Fox hunting started way back in the 16th century and although times have changed and things are different I don't think people ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

I knew I should never have wandered into Speakers Corner ... Firstly I must clarify - I've never been foxhunting, but I have for quite a number of years now lived in rural locations within the British Isles, and I don't think any would argue that my lifestyle is pretty 'basic,' so I don't have much to associate myself with the ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

In one word - NO. How can you call the slaughter and mauling of these animals sport? I live in the country and have been taught to respect animals, they are not simply creatures for our amusement. They can feel pain just as we do, just because they cannot speak our language and tell us that it hurts does not make it ok to hunt them. ...  Read the complete review

First I'd like to say I'd give Fox hunting 0 stars if I could. Is this sport? if sport now means chasing a tiny animal for hours until it is almost dying of exhaustion and then ordering dogs to rip it to shreds....What kind of person would do that?a coward is the simple answer. I have read all the reviews on ...  Read the complete review

I am against fox hunting and no amount of "good reasons" for fox hunting will ever change my mind. Regardless of what arguments people put forward none of them change a few simple facts: 1. There is something wrong with anyone who enjoys watching any living thing being torn apart 2. It's an ineffective way to control ...  Read the complete review

One of New Labors most pathetic moments, amongst many, over the last eleven years was the majority vote to ban foxhunting with hounds, yet at the same time voting for the invasion of Iraq and so the death of thousands of innocent people, including children. Protecting the fox on some sort of childish class war line seemed more important ...  Read the complete review

Is it a sport, mmmm perhaps not but but i can see why some people may think so. However i believe that it should be used for pest control, not for enjoyment! 'Does the sound of a bugle and a pack of hounds fill your veins with joy and adrenaline or anger and hatred?' - a little biased dont you think there on the ...  Read the complete review

Dooyoo ask: Does the sound of a bugle and a pack of hounds fill your veins with joy and adrenaline or anger and hatred? I don't know about filling my veins with joy or anger, mostly my veins are filled with blood - occasionally diluted with beer, true, but blood nevertheless. Speaking of blood, foxhunting is (or was) ...  Read the complete review