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Everyone else seems to have given their views on this…..As usual it’s a straightforward argument about whether foxhunting is cruel/necessary etc……But what about the ban? What about its consequences?
Cruelty is a subjective thing, but I dislike hunting and it is something I would never involve myself in in any way. But is the ban a greater evil?
What are the positives?<br>Some foxes will die a little less painfully than they do now…..It’ll make people feel better……I can’t think of anything else.
Negatives? (None certain….But all distinctly possible)
Destruction of rural communities….Financial hardship….Loss of jobs…..Destruction of hounds…..Destruction of horses….Alienation of large minority of law abiding people……Increasingly desperate civil disobedience, of which this week was just a taste.
In a perfect world, hunting would never have even started….But it isn’t a perfect world.
Balancing positive and negative…..Which is worse?…..Hunting or banning it?
What a sickener…..There isn’t much more to add….It’s a black day for racing….. Persian Punch was a great advertisement for the sport….He carried it outside its own narrow boundaries.
There have been many tears shed after his victories. But the wrong kind of tears today.
I remember him as a novice hurdler, absolutely bolting up at Chepstow, one day. He was still pulling like a train half way up the run in.
The way he carried his head, I could swear that sometimes, you could almost see him thinking about it.
