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RE: Typical early commute to work through the Forest of Dean this morning.
It is an issue here, but the farmers I know don’t seem to make a big deal about it, so I guess it’s not a major issue. Shooting Fox’s on site for farmers is fine, but the fox hunters here hunt them on horseback with packs of dogs. Although it is a long English tradition, what goes on behind the scenes with the dog training, hunting methods, and damage to property etc, It has made the government take action. They have been culling boar here but it had been kept as quite as possible, as protesters would inevitably turn up in numbers.
Ah yeah, fox hunting, the traditional horseback, type is a little archaic I guess. I have never seen the point. That's why we have foxes here...The early settlers brought them for hunting.
We seem not to have the anti-hunting protests here for pigs but they turn up in duck hunting season. I tend to agree I guess, as the ducks are native. With ferals (introduced pets) though, well, I don't think they deserve to stay. Just my opinion.