Foxhunting - is this sport? Reviews

One Boxing Day when I was 15 I told my mum I would be going out and I would be back in time for lunch. She wanted naturally to know where I was going so I told her I was going to see the Lewes Hunt departing from outside the Town Hall. I don’t know what she thought about this, but she let me go. It was a brisk morning and there was ...  Read the complete review

As an honorary fox (my surname), I've often wondered about the justification that fox-hunting is good for the countryside. You could argue that fox are not fluffy cute defenseless animals when it comes to chickens, lambs and rabbits. They are wild animals with sharp teeth, sharp claws and a natural instinct to survive. I'm a city-dweller ...  Read the complete review

Everybody knows what fox hunting involves, and in my opinion it is very, very wrong. I don't even know why it is considered a sport. The way I see it, sport is competition, competition between teams, players, and individuals, not letting a bunch of dogs off a lead and allowing them to chase and kill a fox. Oh dear, this is going to be another ...  Read the complete review

This is brilliant. I killed 146 foxes last year. I am trying to beat my record this year. I have already killed 112 so hopefully, i will kill more soon This is brilliant. I killed 146 foxes last year. I am trying to beat my record this year. I have already killed 112 so hopefully, i will kill more soon This is brilliant. I killed 146 foxes ...  Read the complete review

Who could prossibly enjoy terrifying a poor defenceless fox and then killing it? What is the point? Vermin control-there are much more humane methods. Sport/ tradition- When I think of sport something bloodless and enjoyable comes t mind, like Tennis or Football, but killing in the name of a sporting tradition? It's not exactly ...  Read the complete review

By jiminy, what's this country coming to when people want to abolish hunting? It's disgusting. Next they'll want to ban fishing. Or slavery. Well, they have banned slavery, but that's exactly the kind of wishy-washy liberalism that is destroying this great isle. What people don't seem to understand is that hunting is ...  Read the complete review

This is an issue that I feel very strongly about and i will try to convey my opinion as best I can. Do you honestly think that fox hunting is necessary? Well I know for a fact it isn’t. I accept they have to be controlled and I have been out in the field looking at various methods and have come to the conclusion that a marksman is ...  Read the complete review

The fact that the aim of foxhunting is to actually kill something, immediatley raises doubts as to whether it is a sport or not. Apart from Manchester United's Roy Keane, I can't think of another sportsperson who goes out with the intent of claiming a life or two during a 'match'. But really that is not the main issue ...  Read the complete review

Is fox hunting a sport? Is bombing a shopping centre a sensible way of making a point? One of the great misconceptions about fox hunting is that it is a country man's sport. I am from the countryside, spending many of my younger years on my Grandad's farm, but I don't agree with fox hunting. It is not the country people who ...  Read the complete review

The most interesting debate over democracy has always been where does the will of the majority end and the rights of the minority begin. On no issue is this more relevant than on the banning of hunting with dogs. An overwhelming majority (more than ¾ in every poll conducted) support the a ban on fox hunting and hence, the argument goes, in a ...  Read the complete review

This is a very hot topic and one that i feel very strongely about. Now first off what do the Fox hunters say. 1.IT'S BEEN GOING FOR GENERATIONS AND IS PART OF OUR HISTORY Well yes it's been going on for a long time and only because it was a very long time ago seen for some bizarre reason as a sport. Do we really ...  Read the complete review

More of a rant than an opinion really. How can anybody consider fox hunting sport? Its murder, pure and simple! How can anybody take pleasure in hunting down a living thing and watch it be torn to shreds by a pack of dogs? Fox hunting is a disgrace, this is not the middle ages. Killing these animals in such a way is needless. The ...  Read the complete review

Foxes and Photographs. With thanks to The Oxford University Press, for this extract from the Oxford English Dictionary: Sport, noun (plural, sports) – An athletic activity; a game of pastime, especially outdoors. So, my answer to the main question is: Yes, Foxhunting is a sport. But I guess that’s ...  Read the complete review

There have been arguements either side of this debate but to my mind there is only one real question. People argue about the loss of jobs or that the fox is never caught or and interestingly that there is no better way to kill foxes. First I would like to explode some myths. One, people in the countryside want to keep fox ...  Read the complete review

Here is my viewpoint on Foxhunting, and wether or not it should be banned. Whilst I can understand that for some Foxes are vermin which kill their animals, I don't believe that killing them as part of a ritualistic Sport is right. Foxes kill other animals such as Chickens, not out of malice, but out of survival. Foxes are ...  Read the complete review

When I read the topic title - "is the a sport" I was thinking a great many things, yes it did hurt, no I'm ok now thanks, but it got me thinking - who on earth can say that it's a sport? Foxhunting should be banned, it almost was but the Government are weak and feeble when it comes to policies like this - a tradition, one that ...  Read the complete review

To start with I just have to say Sorry I don’t mean to cause an argument! I Strongly disagree with fox hunting. This might have something to do with the fact that: I am a vegetarian and I was brought up in the city! Well even though I was brought up in the city for part of my life I moved to the country at a fairly young age ...  Read the complete review

"Down in the valley there were three farms. The owners of these farms had done well. They were rich men. They were also nasty men. All three of them were probably as nasty and mean as any men you could meet. Their names were Farmer Boggis, Farmer Bunce and Farmer Bean." Now these three farmers they each had poultry that ...  Read the complete review

Fox Hunting is a subject that really has divided Britain - there are those who beleive this sport to be a cruel, blood thirsty pastime and want it to be banned. There again there are those who beleive that Fox Hunting is part of British Heritage and is a traditional British pastime and should not be banned. In this review I will explore both sides ...  Read the complete review

Fox hunting has no place in a civilised society. - Advantages: absolutely none whatsoever - Disadvantages: Pure sadism