Why did they outlaw fox and hound hunting in England? Is it legal in the US, Scotland?
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i know for a fact it is illegal in the us because i'm an american. go george bush
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The law DOES treat animals like living beings and it definitely does differentiates between animals and property.\n\nFor example: there are "cruelty to animals" laws.\nSo it is illegal to mistreat even the wild animals. \nThere are no "Cruelty to chairs" laws. \nIf you find an abandoned chair you can beat it until it breaks, and people will just look at you funny.\nIf you find an abandoned dog and beat it, you will be arrested and charged.\n\nAlso you can destroy your property all you like. But you can't just kill your own pets.
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It won't work.\nAnimal rights activists will shut you down before it begins.\nThis is why cockfighting and dog fights are also illegal in the United States.
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Are you asking this as a legal question?  If yes:\n\nMunicipal governments in the U.S. can limit the number of animals on a property within their jurisdiction.  They can also prohobit the presence of certain animals... usually exotic or dangerour animals, but sometimes animals which might be considered more appropriate on a farm or ranch.\n\nThe reasons for these laws are often passed is for public health and safety.  I'm not making a comment here in favor or opposing these laws... just relating what I'm familiar with in one state (Kansas)\n\nAn example:\n\nThe city of Goddard, Kansas, has the following law in its city code:\n\n"NUMBER OF ANIMALS. It shall be unlawful to, in one household, keep a combined total of dogs and cats in excess of Five (5). The total number of dogs and cats in one household shall not exceed Three (3) animals of either species For purposes of this section, dogs and cats less than Six (6) months of age shall not be included in the total number of dogs and cats allowed, provided that no more than one litter of puppies and one litter of kittens shall be maintained in one household at any one time. (Ord. 496; Code 2001)"\nhttp://www.goddardkansas.us/citycode/chapter2_animal_control.htm\n\nRegarding prohibiting certain types of animals...\n\nThe Andover, Kansas city code states:\n\n"It shall be unlawful for any person, who as owner, lessee, or occupant to maintain any stable, shed, pen or other places where horses, goats, hogs or sheep are kept with the city limits."\nhttp://www.andoverks.com/documents/City%20Code/CODE%20Book%20Partial%20Revision%20%28one%20doccument%29.pdf\n\nThe code goes on to require how chickens and other "domesticated fowl" can be kept within the city limits with restrictions on housing the birds, etc.\n\nThe city code also prohibits pit bull dogs within the Andover city limits with minor exceptions as well as many kinds of "exotic animals."\n\nIt's good to find out what your local municipality allows and disallows before you bring animals into your house.  Many cities have their codes online.
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Ridiculous.  Is the law requiring cars to stop at a stop sign based on a Nazi law?  Because the laws are remarkably similar to laws in Nazi Germany requiring cars to stop at stop signs.\n\n(One group has claimed that the origin of the distinction between guns suitable for sporting use and other guns comes from Nazi Germany.  And the group further claims that when the Brady Bill attempts to outlaw private ownership of semi-automatic weapons (which are only good for killing large numbers of people quickly, in war or otherwise, or practising to do so) it is applying this distinction first developed in Nazi law.  But 1) that is a far cry from the Brady Bill being a "translation" of Nazi legislation, 2) the Brady Bill ban on selected semi-automatic weapons is not the same as a ban on private ownership of any weapon not suitable for sporting use, and 3) the concept of a ban on such weapons in private hands goes back way before the Nazis, and existed throughout Europe, back into the days of Kings and nobility.  It was not invented by the Nazis.\n\nOppose gun control if you like.  But this is not a reason to do so.
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Omer - normally I would probably disagree with you when you ask a question relating to England as I know you simply do not like us, and I guess that is your free choice (blinkered that it is, and a shame  as the vast majoirty of us are very decent people).  However, on this ocassion, I agree with you that the English hooligans are not better than animals - but please remember that it is not just English people that are involved in this, and that England have been trying very hard to clean up our act in this area.  What to do with them - well with today's techonlogy it would not be too hard to impose a life travel ban on the idiots that cause trouble. As for Germany they should impose prison sentances on them, but doubt they want to waste their taxpayers money on these idiots.
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I agree that foxes are a pest for most country folk.  However, I do think that it is disgusting to allow dogs to tear a living animal to pieces.  I also don't agree with hunts and packs of hounds following foxes across farm land and private property as it does damage.  Yes I know it shouldn't happen, but in reality it does.  I live in Derbyshire and have seen happen it many times.\n\nGassing underground is an option but it's not just foxes that will be killed.\n\nShooting to kill is acceptable to me (just my opinion) but as you stated, this can result in wounding and a painful death.\n\nSnares are barbaric and should be outlawed.  Full stop.\n\nAs far as culling is concerned, it should be done in a way that's as humane as possible but to be honest I don't know what the answer is.  That's probably why this debate rages on.
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No.  It should be legal because it's another means for people to provide food for their family.\n\nWhere I disagree with it is when people just hunt for the thrill of the kill and for a trophy.  That shows a disrespect for life.
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Don't be silly, there are no laws in Scotland.  Scotland, as everyone knows, is a hellish wasteland ruled by vicious gangs of barbarians, who ride from place to place on motorcycles seeking the precious "juice", the gasoline which will keep them going for another day.\n\nOr maybe I'm thinking of Mad Max...
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The phrase tally-ho is used in foxhunting, shouted when a rider sees the fox.\n\nThe phrase was first brought to Britain by William the Conqueror, an avid stag hunter, after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The old Norman phrase was "Ty a Hillaut," and was shouted when a deer had been found. It became the phrase "Tally-ho" in England, and is still shouted in fox hunts today. One book contained a theory that "Tally ho" came from the Palestinian Arabic for "Come here!" (Tāl hum or similar) brought back by returning Crusaders.\n\nTwo hundred years ago, according to a magazine of that date, the English fox-hunter's cry was " Tallio, Hoix, Hark, Forward,"\nwhich is a corruption of the French hunter's call. Four hundred years ago the French hunter encouraged his dogs with the musical cry of "Thia-hilaud a qui forheur!" sometimes printed "Tya-hillaut a qui forheur!"  From this the English manufactured "Tallio, hoix, hark, forward." Later it has been abbreviated to simply "Tally-ho."\n \nApart from foxhunting, this expression was used during the Second World War by English-speaking fighter pilots to say that an enemy aircraft has been sighted. This phrase has since been used by civilian pilots in response to traffic advisories provided by air traffic controllers. The pilot's response "Tally" or "Tally-ho" tells air traffic controllers that the pilot has seen the air traffic in question.♥
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Well, when the Animals in 1984 got together, they overthrew the pigs who imposed rules without consideration from the farm animals.  The American revolutionaries did the same to the British monarchy for the same reasons.
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It is illegal to sell duty free goods in the UK
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Ah, every one love a confrontiation!  I just got done answering a question about why the world will never have world peace and I wish i could tag this to the last responsse.\n\nYou Brits are witty, but a "bone of a wolf" would and could never be used to properly till the soil here in the Americans.  Possibly a Bison.\n\nNice try though!\n\nHappy hateful hunting and may "long live the queen"
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I live in Alaska, where hunting and trapping are part of everyday life. I don't personally do either, but most people I know at least hunt, and many of my friends trap. (Say what you will about fur - it's a renewable resource and it's WARM) \n\nMost animal rights groups are extremists, boarding on terrorists. I know from personal experience - my brother is a hunting guide and a trapper and has spent YEARS under various types of attack from these idiots. One group went so far as to post his home phone number on their web site with the message, "feel free to call him and tell him what you think." My nephew couldn't answer the phone at home for months after that. The same group also admitted, in the same post that gave his phone number out, that they have a history of harassing my brother. They have a biostitute (a biologist who sells his "knowledge" to the highest bidder) who flew over my brother's house so low that my nephew was afraid to go out in his own yard. They admitted THAT on their web site, too. \n\nAnti-whaling groups freak out when our Natives hunt whales - tradition in coastal Alaska. It's not like the people who live in a small village that's not on the road system can just pop up to 7-11 or Safeway if they need to eat. \n\nIf someone ever throws paint on my beautiful coat, they'd better hope to God that I don't see them when I'm driving.\n\nWhy aren't they going after poachers? Or the jerks who shoot an animal just "for fun"? How about the puppy mills? Or the (@&! who abuse their pets? There are plenty of illegal activites out there they  could focus on, but they prefer to ignore that. I don't get it.\n\n"Fur is more violently opposed than leather because it's easier to pick on rich women than motorcycle gangs." - bumper sticker
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Sporting & Fun:\n\nHave you heard of "Fox Hunting"...A fox was released, and blood hounds were releases, and men on horses went after the fox.  Once they caught the animal, it's tail was cut off.\n\nSurvival:\n\nLike Davey Crocket. . . they used trapps.
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Its horrible. The whole pest buissness is ridiculous. If they were a pest why do they need to be chased by dogs until exausted and then ripped apart. This is quite close to my heart my mother was running as a fox hunt was on and saw a fox chased. Later she saw it exhausted and dying because of it . How is that at all justifiable it is just barbaric and power hungry. " fight prejudice fight the ban" what a load of .. . If it was tradition to kick your dog would it be prejudice to try and stop this.\n\nHunting was natural when we did it for food do people eat foxes no they kill them and show them off its nothing to do with natural instinct so there is no need for it . And the disgusting way in which they are killed is not needed. In fact none of it is needed .\n\nMay i add- the "fox hunting" going on in Iraq, im from the UK i equally think that is unfair . I was not old enough to vote when Tony Blair was elected into power nor do i think the majority of the UK believed that Tony Blair would decide to lead this country into war. I for one protested against it as did a lot of people in the UK but did they listen no they did not
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No. It is not illegal until our Congress says it is, which it hasn't. As long as the gun was not loaded, the child was supervised, and the parents are at least half responsible, the child is safe. Where I come from guns are a fact of life. Deer hunting is quite popular.