Re: Fox Hunting...
Indeed the lines of animal cruelty appear to be blurred.
If i swat a fly, noone bats an eyelid. If i smashed a dog with a sledgehammer, id be in jail.
Equally so, i will openly admit, i hit my dog. hes a Bullmastif, and weighs about 3 times as much as me. If i didnt hit him, and keep him in line, he could and maybe would have killed someone by now.
Of course this isnt nearly the same as someone setting a pack of dogs on a fox, im just exampling the lack of clarity on this matter.
My hopefully final point on this thread, is that while i think harming and even killing some animals can be deemed neccesary...i think the real anger comes from the enjoyment derived from Fox Hunting. I dont agree that setting a pack of dogs on a Fox should be fun...
Maybe youre right, maybe its too much to demand people stop doing this, and to force their liberties from them...but thats Law for you. Murder is against the law, id never argue that its unfair because if you want to just kill someone, you should be allowed. And while i realise a Fox isnt human, it does have rights...
But if you have to concede to letting people kill a fox, how do you stop them enjoying it?
Theres seemingly no good answer to the whole situation...
-Hyp
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