Should Fox Hunting Be Banned?

Fox hunting should it be banned?  Well everyone seems to have their own opinions and arguments for and against the above question, some put forward more strongly than the others but that doesn’t make them more right or wrong.  In this essay I will be looking at both arguments for and against the ban of fox hunting, I will then be writing a conclusion of my findings as to who has the strongest argument and what the answer to the question is. I will also gain evidence to prove my findings and to prove that the answer is correct.

Arguments against a Ban on Fox Hunting

Fox hunting is a sport which over 200,000 people in the UK alone enjoy.  There are rules and regulations to follow when fox hunting applied by the MFHA ‘The Master of Foxhounds Association’.   Here are just a few of them published on the BBC website    

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‘Foxhunting as a sport is the hunting of the fox in his wild and natural state with a pack of hounds. No pack of hounds, of which the Master or representative is a member of this association, shall be allowed to hunt a fox in any way that is inconsistent with this precept’

‘When a fox is run to ground it is for the Master to decide what is to be done and he shall have regard to the wishes of the landowner concerned. If the decision is that the fox be killed it must be humanely destroyed.’

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‘The fox hunting year commences on 1 May. 1 February is the last date on which notice should be given or received from hunt servants.’

This is only a few of the rules that fox hunters have to take into consideration when hunting.  A fox hunter’s opinion is that if they stick to these rules then there shouldn’t be a problem with what they are doing.

  Fox hunting is also seen as a tradition and in some families the tradition, along with the skill and knowledge, has been passed down from generation to generation over the years giving ...

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