From: "Andrew Chastney", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The argument I always use against banning fox hunting
is that foxes will become extinct in various areas as there will be no
reason to put up with them any longer.
Steve.
It's a good argument; the Isle of Man is a case in point. Foxhunting
had taken place there for years and a healthy fox population thrived.
Then the only hunt on the island packed up due to a lack of funds.
Many farmers hands were now turned against the fox and within ten
years foxes were extinct on the island.
A parallel result has been seen with Exmoor's red deer herds. Over the
years, for a number of reasons, there have been various periods when the
deer have not been hunted. In each of those periods the deer population
has plummeted, recovering only upon the resumption of hunting.
If hunting is banned it will not save the life of a a single fox, hare or
deer.
On the contrary, greater numbers of all three species will be killed. Foxes
will never become extinct on the mainland; there are just too many of them,
they are too widespread and extremely adaptable. But I think it is almost
inevitable that the red deer on Exmoor will be wiped out and that large
tracts of arable currently supporting high numbers of hares will also
become hare-less.
Andrew Chastney
Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org
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