A Welshman has been fined £200 for hunting with a dog in Wales.
The man was seen by an off-duty policeman who was out walking putting a terrier down a fox hole. The dog flushed out the fox and the fox was shot dead with an air pistol.
From what I can gather, he wasn’t actually fined for the act of hunting with a dog but for failing to ensure that there was another hole for the fox to escape from, failing to shoot it with a shotgun and … this is the best bit … failing to give the fox a chance to escape.
It’s been a while since I lived out in the country but I’m pretty sure the point of hunting a fox is that you kill the damn thing, not give it a chance to escape! Or does the Hunting Act require that the fox is allowed to escape so that a chase can take place? Wasn’t that what upset the lentil eating, yurt dwelling, sandal wearing beardies in the first place?
Could you send me the source link for this story please?
I like to use such great successes for the LACS as one of their chief nabobs likes to comment back whereupon I get to donder him in return. Childish I know, but every little helps…
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MH
“…the point of hunting a fox is that you kill the damn thing, not give it a chance to escape!”
You’re just not a sportsman, Wonko! Unlike the toffs with the horses & hounds, who confidently tell me that the fox actually enjoys the chase.
MH, with pleasure. It was good old Aunty Beeb.
That is one hell of an airgun.
That’s what I was thinking. Perhaps he had a portable compressor strapped to his back? 😉
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