Fox Hunting, Public Pressure and Political Change

Last December, I wrote about fox hunting and political evasion and why I do not believe tradition alone justifies the organised pursuit and killing of a wild animal for pleasure. I wrote then about my rural farming upbringing and my father’s deep dislike of fox hunts and terrier men. I highlighted the cynical attempt to recast opposition to fox hunting as hostility toward rural communities, rather than acknowledging how many people from farming and rural backgrounds object to it. In that ......