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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
It's supposed to be one dog that does the kill with one bite and only two of the riders are supposed to be present to witness it, the other riders are supposed to stay well back for the saftey of the dogs. We've been over it in depth earlier in the thread and I accept that it doesn't always turn out this way but that's what is supposed to happen.
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Originally Posted by Chris
The population control argument in favour of hunting is that hunting foxes tends to take out only the weak whereas shooting them is random.
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Aren't these all problems existing methods of population control deal with more effectively? We don't hunt badgers for example. Foxes are quick and clever which is probably why they're so ideal for sport. Does a hunt even kill a adequate number of them or is that were the argument it targets the weak come in? How many would typically be killed in a hunt or is it too hard to say?
There are other sports where the use of animals is questionable but has less stigma. There isn't a serious campaign to ban horse racing for example even though it seems to me that causes pain to the horses involved and a number of them die whilst racing....