DON'T you love it when the hunt people claim that fox hunting is humane and not cruel?

Would they say the same if it was a loved one in place of the fox, being chased to exhaustion and then torn to bits by hounds? I somehow doubt it.

I said this to a hunt person once and they were horrified, saying 'that's barbaric'(exactly!) and 'It's not the same'.

No, it's not the same. A fox is smaller, for one point, and is unable to say 'stop'. At least a human would be able to understand why they are surrounded by dogs wishing to kill them.

All this done for human pleasure. It disgusts me to the core.

Yvonne Welsh,

Lilling Ave,

York.

Updated: 10:02 Wednesday, December 01, 2004