Should fox hunting be illegal in the UK?
Yes, it should be banned
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No, traditions should be kept
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When a child hunts down and tortures animals in the countryside, it's viewed as a key indicator of psychopathy. If you do it on horse back, with hounds; people claim it should be viewed as a "British Tradition". At one point, Slavery was a British Tradition; as was invading and taking over countries, and trying to "civilize" other cultures. Society moves on. Side: Yes, it should be banned
Lets break this response down: "Taking a whitetail for the delicious venison is torturing an animal" Probably not, but then again, nothing in my argument implied, stated or argue that it would be. However, I will point out that having hounds chase a fox for hours to the point of exhaustion, and then effectively tear it limb from limb for entertainment bears little equivalence to simply hunting for meat, or even for sometimes of sport, or using animals for food in the past, and thus you should not be trying to argue as if they are the same. Finally, children were not mentioned in the heading of this post; but for that matter neither was whitetail or venison. It is clearly neither invalid or unwarranted to make analogies or draw comparisons (when they are valid) to examples that are not mentioned in the initial argument. In this case, I pointed the hypocrisy of the fact that the same or similar actions in a child would be viewed as disturbing, whereas on horseback with hounds is viewed by some as acceptable. Side: Yes, it should be banned
I only tend to agree with hunting when all parts of the animal are used and there is specific reason such as feeding your family with the meat. There are others who simply hunt for sport and leave the carcass to rot and waste, others still who just want to kill the biggest thing to feel good about themselves. That I don't agree with at all. If it's just for sport, like the fox hunt, I think it should stay banned. There are plenty of other traditions they can bring back that don't involve the death of an animal. Side: Yes, it should be banned
Fox hunting in the U.K., bull fighting in Spain, cock fighting in Mexico (and other places) and dog fighting anywhere! ALL are "cruel and unusual" punishment to a creature. I would even recommend the elimination of "FOX WATCHING" in the U.S. ..... it's cruel and unusual punishment for the mind. (And the country!) Side: Yes, it should be banned
It's cruel and unusual mentality for the mind to spend too much time watching the brainwashing of Faux News, Now, THAT is a fact! (Note the correct usage of "to" and "too"). Outhouse, you really should learn to read and write and understand English. You stop making stupid remarks about me, and I'll stop making them about YOU, outhouse60. Side: Yes, it should be banned
We do have an overabundance of foxes in the U.K. but foxes are only a problem in urban areas. In the countryside (where these fox hunts take place) foxes don't pose much of a problem. In addition to the lure of easy food from our refuse, countryside fox hunts were in effect incentivizing foxes to migrate to the towns and cities. Moreover, the method of killing the foxes was grossly inhumane. Packs of foxhounds would be released to track down and tear the foxes to shreds. There are more effective and humane methods of pest control, assuming pest control of foxes is even necessary. Side: Yes, it should be banned
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