DEAR EDITOR - At the fox hunt meet on Boxing day in Droitwich Spa, animal rights campaigners questioned the posters saying "59 per cent agree with hunting", as we strongly suspect that the survey was carried out among 1,000 members of the Countryside Alliance. Other surveys carried out by nationally recognise bodies have produced 70-80 per cent against hunting with dogs.
It is a disgusting "sport" involving so much terror to the fox, that even if it escapes the chase, it is so burnt out and stressed that within 24 hours, it is likely to die of pneumonia.
Another revulsion is that the fox will more than likely be disembowelled when caught because the hounds instinctively go for the rear end, they rarely kill with a bite to the neck.
Horses suffer awful injuries in jumping hedges and fences and those killed are often fed to the hounds. It is a barbaric pastime!
Janet Cummings
Rugby
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