Just found this on facebook

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The only thing I can see you backing up there is how many veterinary surgeons there are registered. Nothing to do with hunting.

I'm not debating with you the best way to deal with a high number of foxes. I am telling you that a fox 'ripped apart by dogs' is dead within seconds, almost instantly in most cases. A fox shot with a gun is MUCH MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER. In an individual case by a profficiant marksman this may not be the case, however earlier in this thread I provided you with the statistics as to the percentage of foxes that suffer at the hands of people who shoot multiple foxes with the gun.

Don't get me wrong, i'm all for shooting them. The less of the little blighters the better. I'm simply stating that there is also nothing wrong with hunting them with hounds, in fact they are likely to suffer less.

I've read through this thread in one go, and earlier on you were most DEFINITELY claiming that hunting is done to curb foxes. Since then you've said they often get away and are not dug up, and NOW you claim NOT to be debating the best way to kill, them just trying to defend something you do for fun.

The only real FACT is that hunting with horses is a hopelessly inefficient way of controlling any genuine pest, as has already said, a man with a gun will get 60 a day, a hunt will get one or none. The ONLY reason for hunting with horses is for enjoyment.

 

[fork me]

No need to apologise. Just so I don't waste any time, can you let me know what you will accept?

YOU'RE the one claiming that everyone else in uneducated, surely you learned about reliable sources during your superior edcation.

No?

 

[mistahclarke]

Hunting by hounds is the most natural and humane way of controlling the population of all four quarry species in the countryside - fox, deer, hare and mink. That statement is supported by over 500 members of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.

oh, those four species that over-populate the countryside? How many times have I seen those four species in the wild do you think?

Good job at controlling the population It is meant to be animal genocide I take it?

 

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I think Junior has finished their fishing trip.

 

[gripper stebson]

I have read with interest either side of this contentious debate and have one thing to say...

POSH GIRLS IN STOCKINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BadFish]

YOU'RE the one claiming that everyone else in uneducated, surely you learned about reliable sources during your superior edcation.

No?

Now hang on, he has said the same thing over and over (well changing it a bit, but only a bit!) and he has "assured" and told us that his opinion is "fact". Surely that holds some sway with the intellectual powerhouses?