Hunting is kinder than steel traps (From Worcester News)
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Hunting is kinder than steel traps
8:10am Thursday 6th May 2010 in Read
SIR – Tim Palmer (Letters, April 30) complains about the lengthy hunting debate in the Worcester News, then joins in.
He claims to have fully experienced hunting then admits his knowledge is gained from the internet.
Just because it’s on the web doesn’t mean it’s correct. According to Mr Palmer, hunting is totally uncivilised. If this is true then how come the great democracies of Canada, India, Australia, France, New Zealand and the USA see no reason to ban it?
Mr Palmer agrees the fox requires proper control but sadly claims trapping is the best method. This shows a great disregard for animal welfare. A healthy fox will generally escape hounds but it will certainly fall victim to a baited steel trap. It would be held for up to 24 hours, in an alien environment, under extreme stress. But according to Mr Palmer this is humane treatment.
Hunting removes sick, injured and old foxes that face a slow, painful death, leaving an acceptable, healthy, well-dispersed population that is little problem to farming.
Jon Burgess
Malvern
Comments(8)
Tulstar
says...
8:22am Thu 6 May 10
The argument will never go away - both sides will always find new "information" to support their corner.
One thing I will say though is that the anti-hunt people who write in tend to COMPLETELY forget about the cruelty that some of their more 'serious' members inflict on the horses and hounds.
Bleach, sticks, stones, bottles - I've witnessed the latter three being thrown at the hunt animals and I've certainly heard about instances of the first.
Dereck
says...
8:31am Thu 6 May 10
Do not tell us that the fox killing industry existed to help foxes.
Prohunters however would miss the
chase, killing and the hysteria of
blooding their children.
Tulstar
says...
8:37am Thu 6 May 10
Anybody who has seen footage of an animal (whether it is a rabbit, fox, deer, whatever) caught in a steel trap will know that it is far from a humane way to kill them.
I am not arguing here that fox hunting is a better method, so please don't jump on the anti-hunting bandwagon. I'm simply saying that anyone who claims that trapping is the best method to dispose of animals is sadly misguided.
Dereck
says...
9:03am Thu 6 May 10
Inflicting injury to other annimals involved in illegal hunting as tulstar points out is no better than doing it to the fox. Any anti hunt supporter is guilty of hyprocracy if they engage in such needless pain infliction on other annimals.
trekker
says...
8:26pm Thu 6 May 10
crowquill
says...
2:03pm Fri 7 May 10
There speaks someone who does not keep any stock!
Dereck
says...
5:25pm Sun 9 May 10
I am a vegan (for over 60 years) I work ( in my 80th year) my older brother still works in his own business and remains busy and does it without the need to canablise the body of another salient creature.
Who needs to kill to be successful ?
Not human kind!
conscience
says...
11:07pm Tue 11 May 10
ll sort of way.However if a fox is a pest;because a farmer or smallholder does not have the ability to build a fox proof chicken pen for example-(!)then a Rimfire bullet to the head of said pest is surely a more humane way to put him down than terrorising him and tearing him apart?
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