So much for your hunt ban, Mr Blair

The Sunday Telegraph (UK) ^ | February 20, 2005 | By Daniel Foggo, Karyn Miller and Tony Freinberg

[aculeus]

The Countryside Alliance said the tally of dead animals was 91

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Jeremy Irons, the actor, also registered his opposition to the ban by attending the Bicester in Oxfordshire. He said the legislation was "the thin end of the wedge".

In American , "slippery slope."

[AnAmericanMother]

"Play up, play up, and get tore in!"

Hope they continue to defy the ban. The farmers will sure appreciate it.

[Hot Tabasco]

We could use some organized fox hunts here in Michigan, might help our pheasant population. Unfortunately, with the expansion of sub divisions, I don't think they would approve of folks on horses thundering across their lawns in pursuit of foxes.......LOL!

[billorites]

"The South Shropshire, whose joint master is Otis Ferry, son of the singer Bryan Ferry..."

Who knew he'd bred?

[aculeus]

The farmers will sure appreciate it.

And suburbanites. Our fox problem is nonexistent. Theirs is enormous.

[AnAmericanMother]

Even though suburbia is spreading, in the U.S. there's still a great deal of waste land (neither built over nor agricultural) where foxes can exist without bothering folks very much.

England is so much smaller and its land so intensively used that there is almost no waste land, except for infertile moor and bog land. Every square inch that can be farmed is being farmed. The foxes are a terrible problem in such an intensively used area.

[KarlInOhio]

I don't think they would approve of folks on horses thundering across their lawns in pursuit of foxes.......LOL!

Horseback fox hunts wouldn't be very American. We'd use pickup trucks and SUVs.

[tubebender]

Tally Ho...

[Still Thinking]

What the heck do they shoot the foxes with, slingshots?

[JennysCool]

Jeremy Irons, the actor, also registered his opposition to the ban by attending the Bicester in Oxfordshire. He said the legislation was "the thin end of the wedge".

"England is made up of minorities, whether Asian or huntsmen. I believe we should be allowed to live in liberty,"

Sounds like a patriot amongst the acting set. And a darned good actor he is, too.

[aculeus]

Horseback fox hunts wouldn't be very American. We'd use pickup trucks and SUVs.

It (hunting on horseback) is quite popular here in Virginia. So are pickups for that matter.

[wildehunt]

The Waterloo Hunt is active in and around the Mi. state preserves in the Waterloo area.

They hold a hunter pace annually, in April, which is open to all riders ( no matter your discipline). It's a great day cross country.

I plan to be there.

[marktwain]

Our fox problem is nonexistent.

They could hunt coyotes. We have plenty. They are a bit faster and smarter than foxes, though. Ought to give a really good hunt.

[Capriole]

Horseback fox hunts wouldn't be very American. We'd use pickup trucks and SUVs.

There are an awful lot of places horses can go that pickups and SUVs can't. Motor vehicles aren't useful because their smell keeps the hounds from finding scent, and they can't go up steep inclines, across streams, and over fences and stone walls like horses, foxes, and hounds do. We foxhunters are modernized to the extent of communicating with walkie-talkies in a big country and calling the ambulance with our cell phones, though!

[aculeus]

Sounds like a patriot amongst the acting set. And a darned good actor he is, too.

What you said.

[squirt-gun]

Re # 10.... What the heck do they shoot the foxes with, slingshots?

No...You don't understand. Youy think no person in GB has a gun.

Brits are allowed to have guns, but only if they have the money and are well connected.

[wildehunt]

There are an awful lot of places horses can go that pickups and SUVs can't.

For example: Afghanistan..

[TXBubba]

When I lived in Michigan I would have enjoyed a few horse running through my lawn....and crushing a few hundred stupid Canadian geese in the process!!!