This is how I feel about foxes now (From York Press)
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This is how I feel about foxes now
11:15am Wednesday 23rd June 2010 in Letters By Reader's letter
BEING one of the “anti-hunt brigade” that Bryan Lawson refers to in his letter, I felt I had to respond (How do we feel about foxes now? June 21).
It is not how I feel about foxes, badgers, dogs, ducks or any other animal that has ever been the issue. I believe all creatures deserve respect and have the right to live on this planet unharmed by humanity.
I think that Mr Lawson, along with the other “pro-hunt fraternity”, always misses the point.
It is possible that foxes kill “for fun”, but they are animals of supposedly lesser intelligence than humans. They follow an instinct that has been with them for thousands of years.
What has always been the point is that in today’s society, it is unacceptable that a supposedly intelligent human being kills any creature “for fun”.
Sad as it is to hear about the young twins in London, we often hear in the news about children tragically being mauled to death by family pet dogs.
Domestic cats these days kill “for fun”. Again following instinct.
Ruth Craven, St Stephens Road, Acomb, York.
Comments(4)
moneyforwhat
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8:10pm Wed 23 Jun 10
Ragnar wrote:thank you this is a very well considered comment and this is faultless - by those at least who have the thought process in place. It may be disappointing for some, but there are not only human beings in this world
Ruth, I too am anti fox hunting and you are correct, it is not how I feel about the fox, it's about how I feel about cruelty. I have no problem with foxes or any other animal that may need to be culled when human and animal interests conflict with no other alternative. For instance, if local authorities find they need to cull urban foxes as a result of these attacks, then so be it as long as it is carried out humanely and quickly. What I would object to if it was possible, is horses and riders chaging down the high street chasing the poor animal to exhaustion and them getting some inhuman pleasure from it. I have no problem killing rats or mice that invade my property, but I get no satisfaction from doing so, other than that I have stopped a pest and maybe the spread of disease. I detest as much as Fox hunters, the animal rights idiots, who have in their stupidity, cause lots of problems in OUR counrtyside, by letting Mink go free years ago, which are devestaing some of our own natural wildlife. It's time people started using their brains instead of their passions and emotions
Ragnar
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9:55pm Wed 23 Jun 10
petethefeet
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10:44pm Thu 24 Jun 10
To rid ourselves of the old 'us-and-them' society we need to erase such pompous idiocy from our collective memory.
Ragnar says...
3:10pm Wed 23 Jun 10
I have no problem with foxes or any other animal that may need to be culled when human and animal interests conflict with no other alternative.
For instance, if local authorities find they need to cull urban foxes as a result of these attacks, then so be it as long as it is carried out humanely and quickly. What I would object to if it was possible, is horses and riders chaging down the high street chasing the poor animal to exhaustion and them getting some inhuman pleasure from it.
I have no problem killing rats or mice that invade my property, but I get no satisfaction from doing so, other than that I have stopped a pest and maybe the spread of disease.
I detest as much as Fox hunters, the animal rights idiots, who have in their stupidity, cause lots of problems in OUR counrtyside, by letting Mink go free years ago, which are devestaing some of our own natural wildlife.
It's time people started using their brains instead of their passions and emotions