From: "Ron Rosenfeld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I thought that the Stockholm Syndrome related to hostages becoming attached to their captors. Those who don't like fox hunting should beware. A gamekeeper I know has said that his landowner will have every fox on his land shot on sight if foxhunting is banned. On his land foxes are only tolerated because he rides with the local hunt, otherwise they are a proverbial pain. If Tony & his crew get their way expect to see foxes hunted like the prairie dogs are in the USA. Ron ---- Yes, hunts vary a lot. Some, especially the upland packs, are purely a vermin-killing service which meshes with other means of pest control in rugged country which favours the fox's survival. In lowland areas, most hunts fulfil a social function while managing foxes as a renewable resource and conserving their environment. As for prairie "dogs", they are actually rodents - serious agricultural pests which can also carry bubonic plague. Unlike foxes, they live in "towns", sit in front of their burrows, and are no brighter than rabbits or Stockholm sufferers who vote for more government. Shooting them (the PDs) with rifles has proved to be a safe, humane, effective and enjoyable means of pest management. Alternative means of control such as gassing or poisoning are much more likely to result in complete extermination than trapping, shooting or hunting. The same goes for foxes and rabbits. Peter. -------[Cybershooters contacts]-------- Editor: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website & subscription info: www.cybershooters.org
