Huntswoman thrashes saboteur with a riding crop

What is certain is that, far from dying out, the process of hunting has prospered, with some 45,000 people regularly taking part and 250,000 turning out across the country for the most recent Boxing Day meets. Officially these are “drag hunts”, where hounds follow a chemical trail laid across the countryside, or “trail hunts”, where the hunt’s path loops and overlaps to simulate unpredictable vulpine meanderings. Yet it would be wrong to say that hunting is now a bloodless sport, because – whisper it – some foxes are still pursued to their deaths.

There’s no way to know for certain how often this happens. If you ask Lee Moon, the answer is “all the time”. Moon is the spokesman for the Hunt Saboteurs’ Association (HSA), an umbrella body for 40 or 50 local groups who spend their winters chasing, tracking and disrupting hunts. Saboteurs, or “sabs”, spray oils on the ground to mislead the dogs, crack whips to deter them, and blow hunting horns to confuse them.

Neon Knight wrote:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5099577/Huntswoman-repeatedly-whips-saboteur-riding-crop.html

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Background: Fox hunting in England was banned in 2005 . . .

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/countryside/11418998/Ten-years-on-from-the-hunting-ban-has-anything-really-changed.html

What is certain is that, far from dying out, the process of hunting has prospered, with some 45,000 people regularly taking part and 250,000 turning out across the country for the most recent Boxing Day meets. Officially these are “drag hunts”, where hounds follow a chemical trail laid across the countryside, or “trail hunts”, where the hunt’s path loops and overlaps to simulate unpredictable vulpine meanderings. Yet it would be wrong to say that hunting is now a bloodless sport, because – whisper it – some foxes are still pursued to their deaths.

There’s no way to know for certain how often this happens. If you ask Lee Moon, the answer is “all the time”. Moon is the spokesman for the Hunt Saboteurs’ Association (HSA), an umbrella body for 40 or 50 local groups who spend their winters chasing, tracking and disrupting hunts. Saboteurs, or “sabs”, spray oils on the ground to mislead the dogs, crack whips to deter them, and blow hunting horns to confuse them.

Neon Knight wrote:It's a countryside tradition going back hundreds of years. I support the ban and so do a large majority of the people here.

Magyar Lány wrote:

Neon Knight wrote:It's a countryside tradition going back hundreds of years. I support the ban and so do a large majority of the people here.

When nobles lived in Hungary, hunting was a popular sport. There wasn't baron, count etc. who didn't go to hunt. If I remember well maybe some communist leaders liked it. I didn't want to write any inappropriate or offending, but I don't know Britain very well.

Sary wrote:Are all types of hunting banned in England or is it just fox....are they endangered an endangered species?

There is a lot of wildlife in the area where I live. Although I do not really care for the sport,I see how some people enjoy hunting and fishing.  Many hunters are conservationists and nature lovers.

3. Mammals - There are different rules for foxes, deer and other mammals.
Foxes - It’s illegal to hunt foxes with a pack of dogs. You can use dogs to simulate hunting, for example ‘drag’ or ‘trail’ hunting. You can use up to 2 dogs to chase (‘flush’ or ‘stalk’) foxes out of hiding if the fox is causing damage to your property or the environment. Your dogs can’t go underground to find the foxes unless they’re threatening wild or game birds kept for shooting - only one dog can go underground at any time.

You must: *shoot the fox quickly after it’s been found  *carry proof you own the land you’re shooting on or written permission from the landowner

You can be fined, and your dogs or hunting equipment taken away, if you break the law. There are other ways you can control foxes if they’re causing damage to your property or the environment.

You must follow the restrictions on when you can shoot deer and what type of firearms and ammunition you can use. You need a licence to shoot deer: *in the closed season  *at night (at any time of the year). You can’t use a vehicle to chase deer.

You can hunt or shoot some other mammals. There are rules on when you can hunt or shoot and what equipment you can use.

Neon Knight wrote:This goes like Monty Python at the end:



A woman with a pet fox she reared from a cub:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5107143/Mother-keeps-fox-pet-lets-play-children.html

Neon Knight wrote:This goes like Monty Python at the end:



A woman with a pet fox she reared from a cub:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5107143/Mother-keeps-fox-pet-lets-play-children.html