Friday, May 28, 2004
COUNTRYSIDE STAMPED ON
GB said: The countryside is being stamped on all over by this Government.
It set up the Burns inquiry, which destroyed the justification for a ban on fox hunting.
He added fox hunting was being targeted because of people's ignorance about the animal.
He said: An awful lot of people don t understand fox hunting.
I can see that people think it s wrong because they don t like to imagine being chased across a field by a pack of dogs themselves.
But the fact is that foxes don t ever die in nice circumstances. They die from starvation, disease, or from being shot.
Being killed by hounds in less than 10 seconds is the best way for them to die.
It set up the Burns inquiry, which destroyed the justification for a ban on fox hunting.
He added fox hunting was being targeted because of people's ignorance about the animal.
He said: An awful lot of people don t understand fox hunting.
I can see that people think it s wrong because they don t like to imagine being chased across a field by a pack of dogs themselves.
But the fact is that foxes don t ever die in nice circumstances. They die from starvation, disease, or from being shot.
Being killed by hounds in less than 10 seconds is the best way for them to die.
