If a prospective (likely) Prime Minister of a party came out and said they endorsed the savaging of animals in the U.K. then would that affect your view of them and the values they stand for?
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gorgeousgeorgeEFC
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It certainly would. And I don't think I'm alone in that. I tend to vote Labour, but my daughter has always voted Tory, for a variety of reasons. However, in light of May's comments about fox hunting, my daughter is going to abstain from voting in next month's general election.
For those who don't know just how grotesque fox hunting is, the following exposition by the League Against Cruel Sports illustrates the barbarity of it perfectly:
The Burns Report produced in the year 2000 stated that “There is a lack of firm scientific evidence about the effect on the welfare of a fox of being closely pursued, caught and killed above ground by hounds. We are satisfied, nevertheless, that this experience seriously compromises the welfare of the fox.” That is one of the reasons hunting with dogs for sport was banned in Britain over a decade ago.
Foxes naturally escape predators by going underground, but hunts employ staff to block up these escape routes the morning before a hunt meet, forcing an unnaturally long chase. If someone is found guilty of blocking a badger sett, it is often done for this reason.
If a fox does succeed in escaping underground, hunt followers send terriers down the hole to trap the fox while they dig it out and then shoot it. Again, the Burns Report concluded that the inability to escape dogs underground causes the fox ‘extreme fear’ and is a ‘serious compromise of its welfare.’
Autopsies reveal hunted foxes are not killed quickly, but endure numerous bites and tears to their flanks and hindquarters - causing enormous suffering before death. Foxes forced to face terriers underground can suffer injuries to the face, head and neck, as can the terriers.
https://www.league.org.uk/fox-hunting
Fair points.
It seems out of place, but I'm a city dweller so have little knowledge of the impact of foxes on farm life or the best way of humanely managing that situation.
Humanely managing that situation isn't getting other animals to rip it and its young apart to die in harrowing pain and fear surely?
Come on. Answer the question and swerve the partisan politician answers.
I'll be voting Lib Dem mate, but fox hunting isn't an issue I know (nor really care) a great deal about.
Brexit innit.
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Some pest foxes need culling in the countryside, but there are more efficient ways than letting loose a psychotic bunch of ostentatious free-loaders.
Like @roydo said in another thread, lamping's effective, but i don't agree that it's a chore to get out of bed. If you cba to lose a little sleep, it's not a problematic fox.
The badger population does need reducing however.
Like @roydo said in another thread, lamping's effective, but i don't agree that it's a chore to get out of bed. If you cba to lose a little sleep, it's not a problematic fox.
The badger population does need reducing however.
It's a savage and vile thing and would influence my vote. Animal cruelty is for cowards.
A Tory, a large field and a couple of lions.....turn the tables a bit
A Tory, a large field and a couple of lions.....turn the tables a bit
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It would if it had a poll attached.
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