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The whole point of hunting is to preserve a pastime for a section of society who follow a ritual of getting dressed up in full combat gear mounted on horses accompanied by a pack of hounds to pursue an animal that has an insatiable lust for killing.
This animal is classed as vermin whose description was probably defined by one of their own ilk and must be hunted at all costs ( apparently thousands of jobs and untold thousands of pounds in the upkeeping of 20.000 or more hounds )

To the uninitiated viewer it would defy logic to see all these mounted hunters in traditional combat gear charging about the countyside pursuing an animal not much bigger than a cat but, it is their tradition and must be upheld at all costs.

They will tell you that their aim is to control this killer animal but it has such a lust for indiscriminate killing that the hunters don't want to eliminate it.... why ?

Fact is that the fox is the chosen quarry and if there was another animal more suitable to their needs, they would pursue it and give suitable excuses why it would have to be hunted.

<blockquote data-quote="221bar1" data-source="post: 2037199" data-attributes="member: 65106">The whole point of hunting is to preserve a pastime for a section of society who follow a ritual of&nbsp; getting dressed up in full combat gear mounted on horses accompanied by a pack of hounds to pursue an animal that has an insatiable lust for killing.This animal is classed as vermin whose&nbsp; description&nbsp; was probably defined by one of their own ilk and must be hunted at all costs ( apparently thousands of jobs and untold thousands of pounds in the upkeeping of 20.000 or more&nbsp; hounds )To the uninitiated viewer it would defy logic to see all these mounted hunters in traditional combat gear charging about the countyside pursuing an animal not much bigger than a cat but, it is their tradition and must be upheld at all costs.They will tell you that their aim is to control this killer animal but it has such a lust for indiscriminate killing that the hunters don&#039;t want to eliminate it.... why ?Fact is that the fox is the chosen quarry and if there was another animal more suitable to their needs, they would pursue it and give suitable excuses why it would have to be hunted.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="221bar1, post: 2037199, member: 65106"] The whole point of hunting is to preserve a pastime for a section of society who follow a ritual of getting dressed up in full combat gear mounted on horses accompanied by a pack of hounds to pursue an animal that has an insatiable lust for killing. This animal is classed as vermin whose description was probably defined by one of their own ilk and must be hunted at all costs ( apparently thousands of jobs and untold thousands of pounds in the upkeeping of 20.000 or more hounds ) To the uninitiated viewer it would defy logic to see all these mounted hunters in traditional combat gear charging about the countyside pursuing an animal not much bigger than a cat but, it is their tradition and must be upheld at all costs. They will tell you that their aim is to control this killer animal but it has such a lust for indiscriminate killing that the hunters don't want to eliminate it.... why ? Fact is that the fox is the chosen quarry and if there was another animal more suitable to their needs, they would pursue it and give suitable excuses why it would have to be hunted. [/QUOTE]

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