Fox hunting is merely to provide entertainment
HUNT DEBATE: May I ask G Lloyd (letters, May 6) in response to my anti-fox hunting letter of May 1, which he would prefer – death after being chased for four hours or more by a group of men and women armed with lethal weapons, with little chance even to pause for breath, or a simple, comparatively painless death? As G Lloyd says, the fox might indeed have a family to support, but do the hunts actually stop to find out before they let their hounds tear him or her into thousands of pieces? I think not. I have no fear of butchers' shops – I'm a carnivore – but this is a false comparison as a fox is not killed for human consumption, merely to provide an afternoon's entertainment to a group of individuals who have an extremely perverse way of getting their enjoyment.
TIMOTHY I MULLEN
Blurton
2 Comments
by Michael, Stoke
Tuesday, May 11 2010, 4:04PM
“Man pitting his wits against a cunning wild animal?
It's the dogs that do the tracking, man simply follows on behind on horseback. Not exactly brain-taxing.”
by M.Davies, Blythe Bridge
Monday, May 10 2010, 10:46AM
“Nothing wrong with a bit of fox hunting, the sport has been with us for many many years. Its man pitting his witts against a cunning wild animal.”