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| *and added verifiable information: that hunting with terriers is largely illegal in Britain, how that came to be and what the law says | *and added verifiable information: that hunting with terriers is largely illegal in Britain, how that came to be and what the law says | ||
| Perhaps concerns could be discussed here? ] 07:51, 4 January 2007 (UTC) | Perhaps concerns could be discussed here? ] 07:51, 4 January 2007 (UTC) | ||
| Hobday has gone all over wikipedia spreading his animal rights advocacy and it is not needed here. This post is about working terriers and not about a specific law in a specific country. As to the question of whether terrier work in humane or whether fox are at historical record populations in the UK, perhaps he should read "Running With the Fox" by David MacDonald, who is the UK best red fox biologist. The book is widely available, and in it MacDonald notes that "If hunting stopped, the same number of foxes, or even more, would be killed by people using other methods such as traps, poison, snares or night-shooting," as most fox that are purposely terminated in the UK are on bird-shoot estates where the fox is in direct competition with the "excess" birds released into the wild. As MacDonald notes, hunters are willing to pay £10 a bird -- fox are not. | |||
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It is not clear what user:PBurns3711 objects to in my edit:
- I removed claims that were not verified - that hunting with terriers is humane, and that the UK red fox population is at a high;
- and added verifiable information: that hunting with terriers is largely illegal in Britain, how that came to be and what the law says
Perhaps concerns could be discussed here? MikeHobday 07:51, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Hobday has gone all over wikipedia spreading his animal rights advocacy and it is not needed here. This post is about working terriers and not about a specific law in a specific country. As to the question of whether terrier work in humane or whether fox are at historical record populations in the UK, perhaps he should read "Running With the Fox" by David MacDonald, who is the UK best red fox biologist. The book is widely available, and in it MacDonald notes that "If hunting stopped, the same number of foxes, or even more, would be killed by people using other methods such as traps, poison, snares or night-shooting," as most fox that are purposely terminated in the UK are on bird-shoot estates where the fox is in direct competition with the "excess" birds released into the wild. As MacDonald notes, hunters are willing to pay £10 a bird -- fox are not.