We can dress it up anyway we want but more than 99.9% of us hunt because we enjoy it, yes we are assisting the farmers by keeping rat, rabbit, fox populations in check. But lets be honest, we don't breed, rear, pay for food, vet bills, equipment, kennels purely to assist farmers. For me hunting has never been about the kill, thats just sometimes the end product. I enjoy seeing a dog work, whether that a terrier finding a rat on the river bank or a dog lifting a rabbit in the beam. It's about control, not eradication. If an animal isn't causing a nusiance, the farmer/keeper doesn't demand