@@user-bh4rx8mf8g no I'm highlighting people's way of justifying horrific acts, rape is highly found upon for obvious reasons yet murder for shits and gigs is just fine. So you can take your accusations and fuck off
I suppose people opposed to hunting imagine that when a fox becomes weakened by old age or illness that it retires to a comfortable home for elderly foxes.
No we just imagine that people wouldn't call it a sport to kill. You constantly miss the point. Yes, animal control is necessary at times especially when it comes to apex predators which foxes are (ironically because people who hunt killed the solves), but to make a sport out of it and have fun is utterly disgraceful. Not everyone is a tree hugger, but wanting to take a pack of hounds out on your horse to blow a horn and watch an animal be killed for a ''jolly good day out'' is inadmissible.
@@laurens5890 Why is it wrong for hunting to serve two purposes? It is management and sport at the same time, much like deer stalking, people take part in it because its enjoyable, but also good for the local economy and the welfare of the quarry. Nor is hunting with hounds cruel. In a hunt if the fox is caught its over in second, if it is not caught it escapes uninjured. When shooting to cull foxes the evidence suggests that there is at lease a 40% wounding rate. Hunting is the fundamental human sport; it has been considered so for thousands of years
@@Joannaxxxx To control the populations of foxes. If it can't be done with wild wolves, hounds are the next thing. You can't rely on a good gunshot every time.
ban the ban keep hunting. hunting like shooting teaches good manners and self control, most people who voted for the ban would'nt understand that. hunt forever
great video and very respectful to the animal and that quot from Jose Ortega y Gasset was true and once again great video and it looked like a lot of fun.
I'm from Germany and fox hunting with horses has been banned here for decades. We go drag hunting here and that's so boring compared to proper fox hunting. It's a shame that such a traditional and fun sport is now banned in England too.
There are loopholes that can be exploited, its not banned to do a drag & if "Charlie" pops his head up you wont get the hounds off. If you started a drag & kill a fox what law has been broken?. The law has to be flexible.
@stephenugent omg amazing this is who i am hoping to go out with now the weather is clearing just fittening up my new hunter lovely grey ISH from the break she had because of the snow as bronte is being semi retired everyone looks so friendly i cant wait xxxxxxxxxxxx
Do they even need to hunt a fox, or any animal for that matter? I am a horserider myself an I recognise that there is nothing better than going for a ride through the countryside. However, the fact that the fox even needs to be involved is cruel an unnecessary, why can't they keep the traditions alive but let the old cruelties die. I know that foxhunting is a tradition but it needs to move with the times.
Yeah, I'm with you! The sport itself looks like a lot of fun, but I don't think they need to use live animals-foxes, that is-to be hunted. Couldn't it be slightly changed so that perhaps what they're hunting is a mobile toy or something else that's not alive, but still able to move? I would think that would be much safer, much less cruel, and every bit as exciting and fun!
Hello. Pro fox hunting arguments from my brother which may help you understand: Since wolves were hunted to extinction (how ironic!) foxes have become the apex predator and their populations have gone wild. They have moved into cities and villages to find food. Farmers were the original hunters, going out together on their horses (for speed) with their dogs, in order to deal with the fox that was killing their stock. Fox hunting was later adopted as a 'sport' by politicians and whatnot. I don't like seeing foxes die, but neither do I like my pet chickens dying at the hands of a starving fox. To keep an animal populations under control is to keep it healthy: habitats are not overrun, and there is enough food for everyone. That is the problem with foxes. There are too many of them since the ban, so they become a nuisance. Remember. The key statement is: hounds are the next best thing to wolves. Most people who would hunt are not trained in shooting. It's more cruel to shoot, not kill and leave the fox wounded and in pain than it is to use hounds. So many hounds/wolves and it's over in seconds.
@harrietbrown, We need to reintroduce native apex predators. We have the moral responsibility to restore order to our ecosystems. Humans, on the other hand, have moral agency and should know that it is wrong to unnecessarily hunt and kill innocent animals. They have feelings and need to be protected. And I’m a country girl. I know a lot about nature and animals. I know that, in nature, animals kill and eat each other, and fight each other, over territory, mating rights and for food. However, they do not have moral agency and need to kill to eat to survive. Humans, for the most part, don’t.
They all look different, have different personalities and even distinctly different voices! I confess that I never knew all the names of the hounds in the pack I followed, but I could name by sight about 20 or so.
Joanna you mightn't like the sight of the fox being 'broken up'- admittedly it isn't for everyone- but console yourself that it isn't cruel at all. It is the dead body of the fox that the pack is mouthing. A display of savage pack nature red in tooth 'n claw perhaps, but not cruel as the fox is not alive. As you can see from 09:00 the fox carcass is also very much not 'ripped to shreds'.
@PalingLcw It would be possible to fence off an area where the birds and the rabbits to live and foxes wouldn't get through. If you're really 'environmentally friendly' then that's what you would do.
But the president is just the head of state. A bill against hunting would have to be passed by the whole government, and I'm sorry, but at the moment, there are too many other issues in Ireland.
Working Hounds are one of the fittest dogs going and they look very happy, hopefully the BAN will be lifted and everyone can carry on as normal All the the best HUNTERS
What do they do with dogs that are to old or have an injury or something like that that makes it so they can't hunt horrible sport don't think it should be called a sport more a sick game
There is something special and exciting about hunting with hounds. I have experienced it and now have a beagle and and an American Foxhound as pets. Every day is interesting living with hounds.
Hopefully my dogs will never harm a fox or any other animal. I don't hunt anymore and my hounds are pets. It's true that dogs and cats kill wildlife so it's important to keep them under control.
@supporttheban . I am worried about my local herd of roe deer. the council want to put a bypass round the village . And fill in with houses . there are already too many people in the area.there will be no where for the wildlife to go. Its alright for birds but not alright for large mammals. If you have an eye for the country you will also know what is right for nature.Hunting has been banned but do not give up the fight to let nature have free of our countryside..
@PalingLcw hmmmmm i think the ones that are overcrowding and ruining the place are humans themselves. So lets get rid of some of those. Starting with the most worthless first, lets get rid of those that are cruel to animals followed by those that condone cruelty to animals. Lets chase them down and set dogs on them. Sounds like a plan.
@fireflyar1 .They want to stop hunting .ok . but dont stop nature going across our countryside.britain has wildlife as well as africa , and the developers are destroying it.Look at Milton Keynes for example, how much land was denied to wildlife there.in my home area they want to build more houses , but here are too many people on the planet, we need to get back to out basics.If Britain were blockaded for two weekks we would starve.
Zappa, why don't you just not participate? Noooo, your just one of those people who can't get up in the morning without telling some one else what to do. Get a life of your own!
Fun is relative. Some people will think that pushing old ladies down a flight of stairs is fun. Just because some people like it doesn't mean it's right.
Awful. Just awful. Thoughtless and cruel. To think these barbarians actually get off to the fact that they're torturing an innocent life is not only disturbing but slightly frightening. They don't treat their hounds and their horses right either and it really makes you wonder how they must treat their families and children. It's all so despicable that it makes me literally sick to my stomach. Fuck animal abusers.
Another idiot who hasn't got a clue! Foxes are not tortured and the hunting folk are certainly not barbarians.You are so much of a liar when you state that the hunting fraternity treat their horses and hounds in a bad way. 'Tell the truth"! Typical (antis)!
It's funny how predictable the antis are- they have such an extraordinarily small repertoire of comments: (1) hunters are barbarians, (2) hunters are inbred toffs, (3) hunters "get off on" killing. Admittedly we didn't get the full set on this comment, so the bingo card remains incomplete, but we ticked off some of the good ones. In particular I have never understood the "hunters get off on killing things" line of argument. The antis have this bizarre fetishistic fascination with assuming that every action that anyone takes must be in order to "get off on it". How lucky we would be if such a broad range of activities really did deliver a sexual thrill. Alas, it does not. Such pathetic comments say more about the puerile minds of the antis than anything else.
Tom, I read your comments regarding the somewhat bizarre statements the (antis) always seem to throw at the hunting fraternity, especially within their reference to (murdering poor innocent creatures). It not only becomes totally tiresome but obviously boring and so inaccurate. "One particular buffoon said that we hunters found a certain sexual pleasure when animals are killed.'These people are so deranged in their thought processes and I find it extremely offensive that a (SMALL) minority of people decide to use bully boy tactics in their ultimate aim to try and extinguish such a wonderful tradition as (Fox hunting)."All death is cruel. However, one has to look at the bigger picture and balance such an emotive subject portrayed by the animal lunatics. "They never admit the damage they do within the countryside and especially to the hunting folk who are always provoked into certain conflicts with these mindless bunch of thugs. It isn't about foxes at all, but about an hatred of another type of people who enjoy hunting. "A fox knows every inch of its territory, hedgerows, paths, escape routes and every hole. He uses these to his advantage which is so often the case. The antis never talk about control methods, ok some will say shooting foxes perhaps. However, it has been seen that shooting can often leave animals in a wounded condition.With hounds , the fox is either caught or killed, (simple) and the truth.
It's important to see the truth and that is why someone like myself will watch this video. It's been hidden for far too long. If you are having problems with foxes being predatory to your animals. perhaps you should be more involved in your livestock's care. Nothing will discourage a fox as an active and attentive farmer. You are very wrong Sir, I want you to enjoy your beautiful land, horses. and gorgeous days. But I expect you to be more civilized. No wildlife, no person should ever be brutalized. This is moral issue.
Tom I just disagree with hunting, and sorry for not quoting the source, but I know I have seen it, they killed a dog that was not doing its job eg running fast enough and it was 5 or 6 years old I don't make shit up! I don't need to!
davegadge1 so what is the source? if you can't provide it then it is hearsay at best. oh wait I found a source that said your source is wrong. if you expect me to believe you then you should believe me.
The natural predator of the Red Fox is the Grey Wolf. Wolves have been extinct in Britain for centuries, and reintroducing them in any numbers is going to result in livestock, pets and children being killed. The nearest natural alternative is large canines, which do exactly the same thing that the wolves did. Unless their numbers are kept within limits, foxes are huge predators of ground-nesting birds - many of which are now under threat. The hunted fox dies more quickly and suffers less than one which is poisoned, and is less likely to suffer a non-fatal injury than one which is shot. A hound-hunted fox is either killed in seconds, or escapes in perfect health. Just because people enjoy the ride, watching the dogs work and hearing those wonderful voices, does not make it wrong. Your inability to understand it does not make it wrong. You asked the wrong question. The proper question is “What hard evidence do you have, and what are the alternatives?”
Joannaxxxx You are incorrect on both counts: (1) it is no crueler than any other form of death, and a good deal more humane than most and (2) it is necessary. Every animal has to kill something for its own survival. Mankind is probably unique in not only killing to ensure its own survival, but also killing in order to ensure other animals' survival.
Tom you are using this as an excuse It is cruel and unnecessary. I dont see such pomp and ceremony for the killing of rats and I dont see why a fox would challenge Mankind's survival. You have a choice and you choose to support a cruel and unnecessary past time in the name of what???? You seem to put a HUGE amount of effort into killing one fox. Look at the ratio of riders to foxes and tell me what benefit there is to the killing of one small fox. As if the elements and mange and other conditions aren't bad enough for them their cubs are taken and their mothers chased until they are exhausted and all in the name of what?? YOU HAVE A CHOICE and choose to participate in something that is against the law as voted by the British Public
Matthew you are trying to attribute to an animal the emotions, cares and concerns of a human being. Most of the anti-hunting lobby seems to have this inability to distinguish between human and animal minds. Do you really believe that a fox, a rat, a sea cucumber or whatever else has the same range and depth of thoughts as you, a human? You (think) you know about fox hunting because you have probably read something on Buzzfeed and watched a couple of UA-cam videos. Has a fox done this? A fox being hunted has never heard of foxhunting (duh) and has never met any higher predator that itself, in all probability never having encountered a foxhound. Of things that it doesn't know it has no fear. It can't waltz into W H Smiths and my a copy of The Guardian, like you. As for your question 'would I like to be ripped to pieces' the answer is actually neither yes or no: I am ambivalent as to what happens to my body after I die. I hope my manner of death will be quick and painless but I don't really care what happens afterwards. I suspect that the same is true of the fox: after the hounds have killed it, quickly and relatively painlessly, I doubt it matters one single iota to the dead fox if several hours hence the huntsman gives the dead carcass to the hounds to eat.
I'm against bloodsports in everyway but I agree with you, to a point. Blocking dens, terrier work, bagging foxes...it's pathetic. Breeding foxhounds to run slower than foxes to drag out the hunt is just one tool in their arsenal....The last lost foxhound I found was shot(not my dog!)....'for getting lost'...sorry state it was in when I found it, running panicked back and forth over the lane....cold, wet, shivering and pitifully thin(the dog not me)...but the hunt doesn't care...tally ho! Idiots.
Yes I make stuff up all the time, it was on what I think was a bbc documentary, maybe someone here can back me up,? You pair sound like a couple of hunting pussies.? That like watch animals hurt each other!.......Because you were bullied at school. Lol
davegadge1"it was on what I think was a bbc documentary, maybe someone here can back me up,?" You're hilarious- you're actually admitting the spuriousness of your ridiculous claim, and appealing to a "maybe someone" to back you up because you have no evidence for your ridiculous comment. Thanks for throwing in the "bullied at school bit", I was worried that we hadn't had that one yet. Please feel free to chuck in the "inbred Tory toff" card next time and we'll have the full set of childish anti-hunt clichés.
All hunters need to ask themselves 2 questions . 1. Do I enjoy killing poor defenceless animals ?.2 is that a good thing for a human to be ENJOYING? God bless you all
Joannaxxxx Why do I have the right to kill? Simple- biology. Science. Evolution. The same answer that every other animal on the planet would give if it could answer.
This is totally barbaric and these "hunters" ought to be pulled off their horses, stripped bare and their clothes burnt. Then let hunters loose into the wild for a week or so. Their horses and hounds given to good loving homes. Then let us see how these hunters survive and if the ravens have eaten out the eyes of those who did not.
That's sad when you have to show the dogs where the fox went. Those dogs couldn't compete with a Texas fox hound. Our dogs strike a fox and run for hours or until they tree or go to ground. That fox must have been cage raised. It didn't have a clue where to hide.
music to my ears hearing those hounds.
May I suggest Van Morrison?
How gorgeous are those hounds. Humans at one with nature. Animal communication
dreadful excuse
@Goddess Of Oddness you are indeed, still, won't be long before Allman and his cronies seriously hurt or kill someone and get you all in the shit.
@Goddess Of Oddness lefty tossers
For sure lovely to watch tally Ho
who would ban this sport i am glad i live in ireland they will never ban it here theres too much money involved lol
LIFT THE BAN
Who du hunt with
Are you a psycho even all these years later?
Lovely to see foxhounds doing what they do best.
its cruel and not necessary
Lovely to see a rapist doing what by they do best... No... Well least t that doesn't doesn't end in death.
@@user-bh4rx8mf8g no I'm highlighting people's way of justifying horrific acts, rape is highly found upon for obvious reasons yet murder for shits and gigs is just fine. So you can take your accusations and fuck off
Bloody barbaric
I agree
Great documentary!. Ban the Ban and carry on as we have since the 1600's
I suppose people opposed to hunting imagine that when a fox becomes weakened by old age or illness that it retires to a comfortable home for elderly foxes.
let's hope you never are chased by baying hounds
No we just imagine that people wouldn't call it a sport to kill. You constantly miss the point. Yes, animal control is necessary at times especially when it comes to apex predators which foxes are (ironically because people who hunt killed the solves), but to make a sport out of it and have fun is utterly disgraceful. Not everyone is a tree hugger, but wanting to take a pack of hounds out on your horse to blow a horn and watch an animal be killed for a ''jolly good day out'' is inadmissible.
@@laurens5890 Why is it wrong for hunting to serve two purposes? It is management and sport at the same time, much like deer stalking, people take part in it because its enjoyable, but also good for the local economy and the welfare of the quarry. Nor is hunting with hounds cruel. In a hunt if the fox is caught its over in second, if it is not caught it escapes uninjured. When shooting to cull foxes the evidence suggests that there is at lease a 40% wounding rate. Hunting is the fundamental human sport; it has been considered so for thousands of years
Coyotes are protected species here in my state, roam freely feeding on our pets.
This is the situation 5 miles from Boston.
@@heidicarman9097 If they're so near to town, they don't need number protection. They need their natural habitats protected.
Poor foxes. These people have enough privilege, yet they still want more.
I can't believe this is illegal. come on Cameron lift the ban now
Its not if you use the loop holes, easy to do.
I miss hunting. I grew up fox hunting with my grandpa.
Hunting does not miss you
@@Joannaxxxx you're horrible
@@Joannaxxxx ill make sure to get rid of an extra 40 foxes before the end of this year for you.
Pathetic...
They should get rid of you
Really good piece. Hunting is passion and way of life. Nothing to do with blood sport. Something those useless layabout saboteurs will never grasp.
Why kill something? Nothing to do with blood sport?? what is the reason to get on a horse and chase an animal to death?
I hat you people
The people who go hunting aren't chasing an animal, they're merely watching the hounds. For your argument to make sense it has to be true, Joanna.
@@Joannaxxxx To control the populations of foxes. If it can't be done with wild wolves, hounds are the next thing. You can't rely on a good gunshot every time.
Never use the term "Blood sport", its an emmotive word made up by anti's. They are called "Field sports"
fox hunting is well cool, i think it should come back and i love how the hounds are so friendly!
ban the ban keep hunting. hunting like shooting teaches good manners and self control, most people who voted for the ban would'nt understand that. hunt forever
Lovin it.. Keep hunting!!!
Keep the ban
nice vid, well done , hunting forever.
I think this lady was stupid intervene as it was already too late! Bring it back I say just because some Labour softies didn't like it!
I think we should defy inept stupid politicians & just carry on
great video and very respectful to the animal and that quot from Jose Ortega y Gasset was true and once again great video and it looked like a lot of fun.
Nice bunch of hounds!
Great film.
EXELLENT VIDEO GOOD HOUNDS I CANT WAIT FOR IT TO BECOME LEGAL AGAIN AND IT WILL HAPPEN
KEEP HUNTING
FIGHT THE BAN
Keep the ban as all hunters are missing brain cells
Good old days #bringbackfoxhunting
well the ban has been so effective NOT i have still been hunting its great fun
BAN THE BAN keep hunting!!!
Congratulations on the caring for your hounds
There isn't any money involved really. If there were, they'd never have banned it here.
@007kenmac a good hunting country is one where the wildlife prospers aswell.where the hunt can run nature can run too !
I'm from Germany and fox hunting with horses has been banned here for decades. We go drag hunting here and that's so boring compared to proper fox hunting. It's a shame that such a traditional and fun sport is now banned in England too.
There are loopholes that can be exploited, its not banned to do a drag & if "Charlie" pops his head up you wont get the hounds off. If you started a drag & kill a fox what law has been broken?. The law has to be flexible.
Hitler banned it in Germany
Most riders ride for the hunt, id ride for the hounds
@stephenugent
omg amazing this is who i am hoping to go out with now the weather is clearing just fittening up my new hunter lovely grey ISH from the break she had because of the snow as bronte is being semi retired everyone looks so friendly i cant wait xxxxxxxxxxxx
Do they even need to hunt a fox, or any animal for that matter? I am a horserider myself an I recognise that there is nothing better than going for a ride through the countryside. However, the fact that the fox even needs to be involved is cruel an unnecessary, why can't they keep the traditions alive but let the old cruelties die. I know that foxhunting is a tradition but it needs to move with the times.
Yeah, I'm with you! The sport itself looks like a lot of fun, but I don't think they need to use live animals-foxes, that is-to be hunted. Couldn't it be slightly changed so that perhaps what they're hunting is a mobile toy or something else that's not alive, but still able to move? I would think that would be much safer, much less cruel, and every bit as exciting and fun!
fuck off
Hello. Pro fox hunting arguments from my brother which may help you understand:
Since wolves were hunted to extinction (how ironic!) foxes have become the apex predator and their populations have gone wild. They have moved into cities and villages to find food.
Farmers were the original hunters, going out together on their horses (for speed) with their dogs, in order to deal with the fox that was killing their stock. Fox hunting was later adopted as a 'sport' by politicians and whatnot.
I don't like seeing foxes die, but neither do I like my pet chickens dying at the hands of a starving fox. To keep an animal populations under control is to keep it healthy: habitats are not overrun, and there is enough food for everyone. That is the problem with foxes. There are too many of them since the ban, so they become a nuisance.
Remember. The key statement is: hounds are the next best thing to wolves. Most people who would hunt are not trained in shooting. It's more cruel to shoot, not kill and leave the fox wounded and in pain than it is to use hounds. So many hounds/wolves and it's over in seconds.
@harrietbrown, We need to reintroduce native apex predators. We have the moral responsibility to restore order to our ecosystems.
Humans, on the other hand, have moral agency and should know that it is wrong to unnecessarily hunt and kill innocent animals. They have feelings and need to be protected. And I’m a country girl. I know a lot about nature and animals. I know that, in nature, animals kill and eat each other, and fight each other, over territory, mating rights and for food. However, they do not have moral agency and need to kill to eat to survive. Humans, for the most part, don’t.
How do they tell those dogs apart?
They all look different, have different personalities and even distinctly different voices! I confess that I never knew all the names of the hounds in the pack I followed, but I could name by sight about 20 or so.
Hounds, not dogs.
lovely kennels
8:13 and the fox is magnificently ripped to shreds!
That's a sight to behold. I wish that I was there. God bless hounds
gross comment you should be ashamed
What its all about for these hounds! Hound just want to have fun!
Joanna you mightn't like the sight of the fox being 'broken up'- admittedly it isn't for everyone- but console yourself that it isn't cruel at all. It is the dead body of the fox that the pack is mouthing. A display of savage pack nature red in tooth 'n claw perhaps, but not cruel as the fox is not alive. As you can see from 09:00 the fox carcass is also very much not 'ripped to shreds'.
@@Joannaxxxx why should he
@@user-bh4rx8mf8g You're vile
The good old days
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Hi, the reason the kill isnt shown is because its normally all over before the huntsman even get there
Wash it all down with a pint!
@Bababatra No.
Great video. Very well mannered hounds!!
beautiful.
They won't ban it anytime soon, thats for sure. Not with the Irish economy in such a state.
most people can't control one dog so these are really very skilled men. Keep on hunting as the fox is an absolute pest
Liar.
Agreed
@PalingLcw It would be possible to fence off an area where the birds and the rabbits to live and foxes wouldn't get through. If you're really 'environmentally friendly' then that's what you would do.
But what about prey birds like hawks and eagles
Oh yeah?
In October 2011, we elected Michael D Higgins as our president. He is openly against animal abuse.
Think before you speak.
He hasn’t done it yet and fox hunting isn’t abuse
How would you like it if you were literally ripped apart by a vicious pack of hounds?
But the president is just the head of state. A bill against hunting would have to be passed by the whole government, and I'm sorry, but at the moment, there are too many other issues in Ireland.
Working Hounds are one of the fittest dogs going and they look very happy, hopefully the BAN will be lifted and everyone can carry on as normal
All the the best HUNTERS
nice hunt
What do they do with dogs that are to old or have an injury or something like that that makes it so they can't hunt horrible sport don't think it should be called a sport more a sick game
@shadowdude2009 why its a way of life not just a hobies so SCRAP THE ACT KEEP HUNTING
There is something special and exciting about hunting with hounds. I have experienced it and now have a beagle and and an American Foxhound as pets. Every day is interesting living with hounds.
Yes if there not ripping foxes apart
Hopefully my dogs will never harm a fox or any other animal. I don't hunt anymore and my hounds are pets. It's true that dogs and cats kill wildlife so it's important to keep them under control.
@Sarah7179 shall we also ban the ban on torture for fun and badger or bear baiting?? we was doing that also in the 1600's.
All for show to the camera, hunting is illegal so why are these still breeding them
My input was not ment to be constructive but, to call you what you are....
That is so mean why cant they find another hobby
And you have nothing better to do than brag about being a killer
I would pay to see you chased in the same way
@supporttheban . I am worried about my local herd of roe deer. the council want to put a bypass round the village . And fill in with houses . there are already too many people in the area.there will be no where for the wildlife to go. Its alright for birds but not alright for large mammals. If you have an eye for the country you will also know what is right for nature.Hunting has been banned but do not give up the fight to let nature have free
of our countryside..
We will bring a horse box tell to jump in and take them to some green and pleasant fields ok 😮😮😮
nice video
@chimbo151 Bring back wild boar, that would give you something to do.
We have them 😮😮😮
Berk
Poor thing
@PalingLcw hmmmmm i think the ones that are overcrowding and ruining the place are humans themselves. So lets get rid of some of those. Starting with the most worthless first, lets get rid of those that are cruel to animals followed by those that condone cruelty to animals. Lets chase them down and set dogs on them. Sounds like a plan.
Long live then coney - I pray
@fireflyar1 .They want to stop hunting .ok . but dont stop nature going across our countryside.britain has wildlife as well as africa , and the developers are destroying it.Look at Milton Keynes for example, how much land was denied to wildlife there.in my home area they want to build more houses , but here are too many people on the planet,
we need to get back to out basics.If Britain were blockaded for two weekks we would starve.
What are the benefits of this?
@MCshlthead cuz we as humans build shit everywhere so some places get overcrowded so we have to intervene ;)
hunting in latvia is different. real adventure! see you in my profile
Zappa, why don't you just not participate? Noooo, your just one of those people who can't get up in the morning without telling some one else what to do. Get a life of your own!
love it this drag hunting is not the same get rid of the ban
fucking love it the best fox in my eyes is a dead one
it's cruel and not necessary
There are so many people that can't stand to see anyone having fun
Fun, you call the ripping apart of an animal fun? Tosser!
Your idea of 'fun' is perverted.
Fun is relative. Some people will think that pushing old ladies down a flight of stairs is fun. Just because some people like it doesn't mean it's right.
@PalingLcw that made no sense at all.
Oh dear
Poor fox running for his life 😢
Sport hunting is just disgusting. Weather it be with a pack of hounds or just one human with a gun. WTF wrong with these people?
Excellent sport these dogs have a purpose and those vegans aught to get a life there wearing leather trainers and driving about in diesel 4x4 jeeps
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Awful. Just awful. Thoughtless and cruel. To think these barbarians actually get off to the fact that they're torturing an innocent life is not only disturbing but slightly frightening. They don't treat their hounds and their horses right either and it really makes you wonder how they must treat their families and children. It's all so despicable that it makes me literally sick to my stomach. Fuck animal abusers.
Another idiot who hasn't got a clue! Foxes are not tortured and the hunting folk are certainly not barbarians.You are so much of a liar when you state that the hunting fraternity treat their horses and hounds in a bad way. 'Tell the truth"! Typical (antis)!
It's funny how predictable the antis are- they have such an extraordinarily small repertoire of comments: (1) hunters are barbarians, (2) hunters are inbred toffs, (3) hunters "get off on" killing. Admittedly we didn't get the full set on this comment, so the bingo card remains incomplete, but we ticked off some of the good ones. In particular I have never understood the "hunters get off on killing things" line of argument. The antis have this bizarre fetishistic fascination with assuming that every action that anyone takes must be in order to "get off on it". How lucky we would be if such a broad range of activities really did deliver a sexual thrill. Alas, it does not. Such pathetic comments say more about the puerile minds of the antis than anything else.
Tom, I read your comments regarding the somewhat bizarre statements the (antis) always seem to throw at the hunting fraternity, especially within their reference to (murdering poor innocent creatures). It not only becomes totally tiresome but obviously boring and so inaccurate. "One particular buffoon said that we hunters found a certain sexual pleasure when animals are killed.'These people are so deranged in their thought processes and I find it extremely offensive that a (SMALL) minority of people decide to use bully boy tactics in their ultimate aim to try and extinguish such a wonderful tradition as (Fox hunting)."All death is cruel. However, one has to look at the bigger picture and balance such an emotive subject portrayed by the animal lunatics. "They never admit the damage they do within the countryside and especially to the hunting folk who are always provoked into certain conflicts with these mindless bunch of thugs. It isn't about foxes at all, but about an hatred of another type of people who enjoy hunting. "A fox knows every inch of its territory, hedgerows, paths, escape routes and every hole. He uses these to his advantage which is so often the case. The antis never talk about control methods, ok some will say shooting foxes perhaps. However, it has been seen that shooting can often leave animals in a wounded condition.With hounds , the fox is either caught or killed, (simple) and the truth.
you have a choice kill or not to kill you choose to kill and then try and justify it
Joannaxxxx Your comment is misplaced. People riding with the hunt don't kill anything.
It's important to see the truth and that is why someone like myself will watch this video. It's been hidden for far too long. If you are having problems with foxes being predatory to your animals. perhaps you should be more involved in your livestock's care. Nothing will discourage a fox as an active and attentive farmer. You are very wrong Sir, I want you to enjoy your beautiful land, horses. and gorgeous days. But I expect you to be more civilized. No wildlife, no person should ever be brutalized. This is moral issue.
An attentive farmer knows when to get out a gun, rifle or call the local foxhounds.
Ginrech
Don't kill them
I always feel mean seein vids of them gettin killed:p I hunt tho lol
Tom I just disagree with hunting, and sorry for not quoting the source, but I know I have seen it, they killed a dog that was not doing its job eg running fast enough and it was 5 or 6 years old I don't make shit up! I don't need to!
find a source or its hearsay.
Well it's not hearsay as i am not quoting an additional source. I watched it!
davegadge1 so what is the source?
if you can't provide it then it is hearsay at best. oh wait I found a source that said your source is wrong. if you expect me to believe you then you should believe me.
Its call a cull.. it dies... oh well keep going...
Emm...what FattyFignon said wasn't wrong in any way...what's your point?
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Hhow is this a good thing?
The natural predator of the Red Fox is the Grey Wolf. Wolves have been extinct in Britain for centuries, and reintroducing them in any numbers is going to result in livestock, pets and children being killed.
The nearest natural alternative is large canines, which do exactly the same thing that the wolves did. Unless their numbers are kept within limits, foxes are huge predators of ground-nesting birds - many of which are now under threat.
The hunted fox dies more quickly and suffers less than one which is poisoned, and is less likely to suffer a non-fatal injury than one which is shot. A hound-hunted fox is either killed in seconds, or escapes in perfect health.
Just because people enjoy the ride, watching the dogs work and hearing those wonderful voices, does not make it wrong. Your inability to understand it does not make it wrong. You asked the wrong question. The proper question is “What hard evidence do you have, and what are the alternatives?”
no I believe I did say something and it stannds
If it was Upto me it would have not been banned 👍👌🦊
Stupid, cruel, outdated and unnecessary. Glad its now banned.
How many foxes has the ban saved?
its cruel and not necessary and you should be ashamed
Joannaxxxx You are incorrect on both counts: (1) it is no crueler than any other form of death, and a good deal more humane than most and (2) it is necessary. Every animal has to kill something for its own survival. Mankind is probably unique in not only killing to ensure its own survival, but also killing in order to ensure other animals' survival.
Tom you are using this as an excuse It is cruel and unnecessary. I dont see such pomp and ceremony for the killing of rats and I dont see why a fox would challenge Mankind's survival. You have a choice and you choose to support a cruel and unnecessary past time in the name of what???? You seem to put a HUGE amount of effort into killing one fox. Look at the ratio of riders to foxes and tell me what benefit there is to the killing of one small fox. As if the elements and mange and other conditions aren't bad enough for them their cubs are taken and their mothers chased until they are exhausted and all in the name of what?? YOU HAVE A CHOICE and choose to participate in something that is against the law as voted by the British Public
Matthew you are trying to attribute to an animal the emotions, cares and concerns of a human being. Most of the anti-hunting lobby seems to have this inability to distinguish between human and animal minds. Do you really believe that a fox, a rat, a sea cucumber or whatever else has the same range and depth of thoughts as you, a human? You (think) you know about fox hunting because you have probably read something on Buzzfeed and watched a couple of UA-cam videos. Has a fox done this? A fox being hunted has never heard of foxhunting (duh) and has never met any higher predator that itself, in all probability never having encountered a foxhound. Of things that it doesn't know it has no fear. It can't waltz into W H Smiths and my a copy of The Guardian, like you. As for your question 'would I like to be ripped to pieces' the answer is actually neither yes or no: I am ambivalent as to what happens to my body after I die. I hope my manner of death will be quick and painless but I don't really care what happens afterwards. I suspect that the same is true of the fox: after the hounds have killed it, quickly and relatively painlessly, I doubt it matters one single iota to the dead fox if several hours hence the huntsman gives the dead carcass to the hounds to eat.
u are the worst it is sick I am a rider and this is crazy what did they do to you get ur logic back
@ilovemorrisons Berk
This isn't hunting weres the twelve pack and guns no cooler and no snap backs wat kinda joke is this
I'm against bloodsports in everyway but I agree with you, to a point. Blocking dens, terrier work, bagging foxes...it's pathetic. Breeding foxhounds to run slower than foxes to drag out the hunt is just one tool in their arsenal....The last lost foxhound I found was shot(not my dog!)....'for getting lost'...sorry state it was in when I found it, running panicked back and forth over the lane....cold, wet, shivering and pitifully thin(the dog not me)...but the hunt doesn't care...tally ho! Idiots.
LOL!!! BAN THE BAN......KEEP HUNTING
wow that fox had loads of fun being torn to bits by around 20/30 dogs not one bit of cruelty there
Absolute freaks
the sad thing is they shoot these dogs when they get about 5 years old…...
+davegadge1 Please refrain from spouting of your Marxist animal rights nonsense and lies.
That would be very sad. Fortunately, it's not true (but you knew that).
Yes I make stuff up all the time, it was on what I think was a bbc documentary, maybe someone here can back me up,?
You pair sound like a couple of hunting pussies.? That like watch animals hurt each other!.......Because you were bullied at school. Lol
davegadge1"it was on what I think was a bbc documentary, maybe someone here can back me up,?"
You're hilarious- you're actually admitting the spuriousness of your ridiculous claim, and appealing to a "maybe someone" to back you up because you have no evidence for your ridiculous comment.
Thanks for throwing in the "bullied at school bit", I was worried that we hadn't had that one yet. Please feel free to chuck in the "inbred Tory toff" card next time and we'll have the full set of childish anti-hunt clichés.
Ggg
All hunters need to ask themselves 2 questions . 1. Do I enjoy killing poor defenceless animals ?.2 is that a good thing for a human to be ENJOYING? God bless you all
Paul I have two questions for you: (1) Is English your first language? (2) Why can't you write more accurately?
I have 2 questions for you 1 How can you attack instead of justify ? 2 why do you feel you have the right to kill?
Joannaxxxx Why do I have the right to kill? Simple- biology. Science. Evolution. The same answer that every other animal on the planet would give if it could answer.
I hope you come back as a fox in your next life
1=yess i do 2=fuck off u townie
This is totally barbaric and these "hunters" ought to be pulled off their horses, stripped bare and their clothes burnt. Then let hunters loose into the wild for a week or so. Their horses and hounds given to good loving homes. Then let us see how these hunters survive and if the ravens have eaten out the eyes of those who did not.
keep it banned
fox hunting will NEVER be banned because the queen loves it.
. It isnt a sport its cold blooded murder
That's sad when you have to show the dogs where the fox went. Those dogs couldn't compete with a Texas fox hound. Our dogs strike a fox and run for hours or until they tree or go to ground. That fox must have been cage raised. It didn't have a clue where to hide.
Obviously you're welcome to your opinion Jim, but you've clearly never had any experience of the English countryside or of the native English red fox.