Sorley x 32 Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/countryside...91466-20098424/ Not really sure how much weight these add to the case though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueCoyote 0 Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/countryside...91466-20098424/ Not really sure how much weight these add to the case though. i read most of it but had to stop at one point.. “They demonstrate the animal welfare benefits of hunting, something which has not always been obvious in the past,†he said." they never considered that before? what? why not? thats the forerunner of conservation i thought.. the foundation even... a balanced ecosystem and each animals place in it... including us and our dogs. “Numerous arguments against hunting have been put forward over decades, ranging from morality to class war. However, the most common accusation is that hunting is simply cruel. The chasing of a wild animal with dogs is automatically regarded as an act which causes suffering and the coincidental fact that it is also regarded by followers of the hunt as a sport only attracts further condemnation. so its less cruel when a fox chases a rabbit? or if a hawk catches a squirrel and drops it? (had a wild hawk nearly drop a squirrel on the hood of our car once... they were both in the middle of the road. the hawk was smart enough to drop his prey so he could get more lift to avoid being plastered to our grill) .. and the squirrel didnt appreciate the ordeal in the slightest! and i can understand how some might think it being cruel to call it a sport... and some forms of hunting ARE cruel.. yesterday there was a HUGE raid, and two year sting operation, to bust up a canned hunt business. if you dont know what canned hunting is... the "hunters" pay someone to keep numerous types of caged animals.. they go to a remote location with a pack of dogs and the quarry.. open the cage a few yards away from the truck... release the animal (coyote, fox, bird, bobcat, mountain lion, bear, or leopard... you name it) and then they release the dogs to chase it down, attack, kill, tear it apart, or pin it down so the hunter can kill it. if thats the sort of thing that was going on when they first banned hunting then i can understand. there is no sport in that at all. training is one thing, but they were just destroying animals so they could watch it happen or brag that they killed a mountain lion with their bare hands.... anyway.. thought i would comment.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
T.F.Student 0 Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Cheers Sorley The evidence is mounting and everything that we already know will, i hope will be public knowledge and the hunting act shown up for what it is. I would love to see a breakdown of the costs in policing the ban and a price per conviction. Then i should like to see what this kind of money could of done in fighting real crime that actually affects peoples lives. The public hates not getting value for money . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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