Foxhunting - is this sport? Reviews

It has to go like every other sick blood sport. I grew up in the country and remember very well the idiots on horses and the hounds pounding through the back garden in chase of a fox. All to save what? The entire area was arable land. I am so sorry that some may lose their jobs from their blood sport going but too bad. Just go on ...  Read the complete review

Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there lived a family of foxes. There was mummy fox and baby girl fox and baby boy fox, but unfortunately daddy fox had been run over and killed while eating leftover chips at the side of the road by a car doing 53mph in a 30 zone. Each and every night before bedtime mummy fox would tell the baby ...  Read the complete review

Ok let's get some facts straight here. I don't care about nature and wildlife and all that jazz. I don't care if species are preserved and protected, likewise I do not care to see an aristocratic pompous way of life preserved either. Another thing the category of this opinion is called, "FoxHunting is it Sport", it isn't ...  Read the complete review

Over the past 300 years or so bloodsports have been slowly banned in the UK. The few left which are still legal today include foxhunting. Between 1649 and 1660 Bull-baiting, cockpits and Bear pits were made illegal by Cromwell under the influence of the Puritan 'praise god' Barebones. These pastimes, I am ...  Read the complete review

As far as I can see, the Antis only ever use two points to back up their argument that hunting should be banned: 1) It's cruel and out-dated 2) It's toffs on horses shouting 'Tally Ho'. Both of these points are ludicrous. I can tell you exactly why hunting is not cruel, and rid you of your preconceptions in one ...  Read the complete review

Fox hunting has quite a while been a heated point of argument between those who participate in the hunt and those who seek to protect the foxes and safeguard animal welfare. The main problem when looking at this argument is that groups on both sides seek to muddy the water,the 'country side alliance' say that this all those who ...  Read the complete review

Let's get something out of the way straight off the bat. I don't agree with fox "hunting" at all, not one bit. However, I do see how foxes are considered a pest and must be controlled. Somebody in a 'short opinion' said that "fox hunting isn't cruel if it's done correctly". The method of ...  Read the complete review

I think before everyone starts to give the pros and cons about fox hunting, the question posed should be understood. The definition of a 'Sport' is given in the Oxford dictionary as: "noun 1. game or competitive activity usually involving physical exertion. 2. these collectively. 3. (in plural) meeting for ...  Read the complete review

Should we ban foxhunting? Well that’s a tough question to deal with, after all we let children of 17 with 10 hours of experience behind the wheel loose on motorways alone with no instruction. We allow people to drink a set amount of alcohol and drive, regardless that individuals react differently to that amount of alcohol in their ...  Read the complete review

I have been debating fox hunting amongst other issues with my dad for a number of years. He cannot resist needling me and will take the opposite view to me just to start a debate. We both find it quite funny and enjoyable but Mum generally gets irritated and throws us both out of the room. I am personally against fox hunting totally. I ...  Read the complete review

I don't see how anyone can claim that this is a sport. Are we so backward in time that, to us, barbarically terrorising and ripping the guts out of animals is a "sport". To me, the word sport means a game or an event in which people compete and which provides harmless and light entertainment for audiences. Fox hunting- or any type of ...  Read the complete review

I'm not a fan of fox hunting but i have never tried it and i am one of those people who says don't knock it until you have tried it. To be honest i do think fox hunting balances the eco life in our countryside. Foxes are at the top of the pyramid and to have a large number of a certain species at the top of a pyramid only ...  Read the complete review

I'll try to keep this fairly shot and sweet as i personally find it a pain to read too long ops. I think im fairly typical in that i don't have strong opinions one way or the other on this, as i can't say id get any kind of thrill from hunting a little ball of fur with a bunch of hounds and twenty mates with shotguns. ...  Read the complete review

I am a townie. I'm happy to admit it. I live in the centre of Edinburgh. Therefore, you might think that I have no place commenting on country concerns. You would be wrong because A-I used to live in the middle of nowhere, B-An issue like this is everybody's business. I have decided to steer clear of hard data and statistics in my ...  Read the complete review

In my opinion fox hunting is the only way to go. Foxes are a pest and therefore numbers must be kept down. Farmers in their devastated financial position cannot afford to waste time; getting the foxes themselves, or money; paying people to get the foxes for them. If I was a farmer I would rather have people come free of charge (and in some cases ...  Read the complete review

Ok, I actually did some research for this one from a load of different places (mainly the Royal Society of Veterinary Surgeons website on the matter), plus my own experience… In this opinion, I’m going to have to start with the premise that there is an accepted need to control the rural fox population which will ...  Read the complete review

I am speaking from the point of view of a hunt sabatour,and as a farmers wife. So! the "its keeping the vermin down" excuse doesnt wash with me!!!.Im not a towny made to look stupid about the rules of the countryside.I live there and see cruelty far too often.Farmers not feeding their animals properly,leaving them in dreadful ...  Read the complete review

Once again, Tony Blair has shown his willingness to throw the countryside to the wolves to get himself off the hook. First, Downing Street flagged up the spectre of a new foot-and-mouth crisis to divert attention from the Stephen Byers and Steelgate scandals. This, remember, is the epidemic which Government "experts" ...  Read the complete review

i do not think fox hunting should be banned, it is not cruel if done correctly. - Advantages: foxes are pests, they spread disease, rural towns would become over populated - Disadvantages: if its not done correctly then it is cruel

Fox hunting is a sport a blood sport, the question should be should we allow it to continue as a sport. The argument for it continuing as a sport is the fact that it has a long tradition and has been associated with countrylife for as long as people can remember. It is responsible for providing a number of jobs with people looking after ...  Read the complete review