It's a shame if hunts abuse the rules, but how many have? Is is just a few or are a lot of hunts still hunting foxes and trying to hide it?
One of the directors of the 'Masters of foxhounds organisation' was filmed telling members how to use trail hunts to mask illegal fox hunting. They were basically given enough rope after the ban and decided to hang themselves with it. Of course the townies and bunny huggers will get the blame again but only because it isn't PC to use phrases like 'you plebs need to learn your place'.
Anyone who says foxes will become a significant agricultual pest now just needs to look at the badger cull. If anyone says jobs are at risk then tell me where we draw the line at what we preserve in order to save jobs. Is whale hunting ok to save jobs? Do we keep burning fossil fuels and digging peat to save jobs? Do we encourage more migrants to cross the channel so the lifeboat crews don't get bored? It's a thin argument however you look at it.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Foxes are a pest in towns too. I'm sure that a humane way could be found to decrease their numbers everywhere. Blokes in red coats on horses chasing uncontrollable packs of dogs might not work in urban gardens. These gentlemen have no more respect or consideration for the dogs than they have for the foxes . The dogs and foxes are tools of the sport, much like a cricket bat . Humane - I've always considered that a strange concept
Just heard on Radio 4’s Farming Today programme that, while trail hunting has been banned, drag hunting has not.
So don’t worry Lyn, all those tailors of red jackets who might have gone out of business can now turn their hands to making big flouncy dresses. And think of the business opportunities for the make up and wig industries.
I've just had another of those 'laugh out loud' moments. Visions of drag queens running across the countryside with the hunt in hot pursuit.
maybe they could dress one of the hounds in a fox skin and the others could hunt it? They always say " it's just a quick nip to the back of the neck " don't they?
maybe they could dress one of the hounds in a fox skin and the others could hunt it? They always say " it's just a quick nip to the back of the neck " don't they?
Maybe the hunters could take turns to dress up as foxes and be chased around the countryside by their mates on horses and a pack of hounds? The hounds can't help what they've been bred and trained for.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
maybe they could dress one of the hounds in a fox skin and the others could hunt it? They always say " it's just a quick nip to the back of the neck " don't they?
Maybe the hunters could take turns to dress up as foxes and be chased around the countryside by their mates on horses and a pack of hounds? The hounds can't help what they've been bred and trained for.
maybe they could dress one of the hounds in a fox skin and the others could hunt it? They always say " it's just a quick nip to the back of the neck " don't they?
Maybe the hunters could take turns to dress up as foxes and be chased around the countryside by their mates on horses and a pack of hounds? The hounds can't help what they've been bred and trained for.
That's what drag hunting is.
Ah, I see. I'd assumed someone went out and laid a scent trail of some sort rather than actually being hunted themselves.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
There are two sorts of drag hunting, depending on the type of hounds used ...bloodhounds have a much more sensitive sense of smell and can follow the scent of a human, whereas foxhounds and harriers usually follow a human dragging a scent (I think it's usually aniseed). The human has a bit of a head start but the scent is fresh.
Trail hunting, which the Nat. Trust has just decided to ban, follows a pre-laid trail and as has been found is open to abuse by some.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Humane - I've always considered that a strange concept
I've just had another of those 'laugh out loud' moments. Visions of drag queens running across the countryside with the hunt in hot pursuit.
They always say " it's just a quick nip to the back of the neck " don't they?
https://horseandcountry.tv/everything-you-want-to-know-about-drag-hunting/
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Trail hunting, which the Nat. Trust has just decided to ban, follows a pre-laid trail and as has been found is open to abuse by some.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.