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Petition to retain the legislation banning fox hunting

There will be a General Election here in the UK by early June.

Although public opinion could change over the coming months as the year’s events unfold, the opinion polls are indicating a strong likelihood of a change in Government and the replacement of Gordon Brown as Prime Minister by David Cameron.

The current Government introduced the Hunting Act 2004 which may be found on the Office of Public Sector Information’s website at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts2004/ukpga_20040037_en_1. One of the practices that this legislation outlawed was fox hunting.

Before the Act was introduced, one of the traditional ways of hunting foxes was by a Hunt. The term Hunt refers to an organisation which owns horses and a pack of hounds bred for hunting, stables and kennels in which to house them and staff to look after them. The members of the Hunt would go out on horseback accompanied by the hounds. When the hounds picked up the scent of a fox, they would follow it. If they found the fox, a chase could take place for several miles. If the fox tired quicker than the hounds, the hounds would tear the fox apart while it was still alive when they caught up with it. Sometimes a fox would take refuge in a hole in the ground, in which case fox terriers might be sent underground to chase the fox out, at which point it would usually be shot.

The cruelty in the practice lay in the fox having to run for its life and then to be torn apart whilst still alive.

David Cameron has stated publicly that should he win the General Election he will allow a free vote in the House of Commons over whether the current legislation should be amended to allow fox hunting again. Whilst there is no guarantee that a free vote would result in a change of legislation, there must be a possibility that this could happen.

Opponents of fox hunting argue that there are more humane ways of culling foxes in areas where the local fox population presents a problem for farmers and livestock.

Hilary Benn, the current Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, is bitterly opposed to any suggestion that fox hunting could be allowed again in Britain and has taken the lead in the fight to mobilise public opinion by setting up a website which allows people to sign an online petition against the reintroduction of fox hunting. If readers of this page have empathy with what he is trying to do, please take the time to visit his website at http://www.backtheban.com/.

I have put this page up on my website as I do not believe that the humans have any right to inflict unnecessary suffering upon animals and that David Cameron’s stance on this issue is inappropriate.

Thank you.

Date of posting : 15th January 2010

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