Hunting haiku

[ChristopherSea]

Oh yes, there is fox hunting through Europe, United States and Australia. I think that using hounds to chase and tear the poor beast apart is outlawed for the most part. Now, they just flush them out of the bush and chase them into their lairs. The Chase must be halted after they take to going underground.

...or we poison them so that they die rotting in ther lairs, or shoot them badly so that bleed to death slowly or die of starvation or thirst. Snares are often used,too. These catch the fox by paw or muzzle and tighten in the ensuing struggle so that the hapless creature often loses a limb to gangrene before finally succumbing.
I was chatting to a fox last week and he said bring back hunting...but he said it with little hope of it ever happening...what with the plethora of humane ways of killing his species.
Best,
tectak (an english coutryman and animal lover. God preserve us from the ignorant righteous.)
Please do nor reply or I will be forced to remove myself to the Discussion Forum and I have nithing else to say.
The haiku was a little non-conformist but people who are non-conformist say it is OK.
So.
Foxy lies red and dead
in clouds of flies and fuming:
well, in death so would you be.
tectak

Why would folks poison or snare them when it is perfectly legal to shoot them if they are clear pests or overflowing their range? That is just as cruel as making a game of it and watch hounds tear them apart.