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FOX HUNTING AN ENTERTAINING SPORT... OR BARBARIC CRUELTY? Some people still see foxes in the stereotypical light that generations have portrayed them in, as cunning, vicious, pests that plunder livestock. This is not the case. This cruel sport seems to be no more than another outmoded British tradition. Huntsmen often hide behind the false pretence that the hunt is actually a form of 'pest control'. Foxes are not 'pests', but a natural part of the British Wildlife. If anything a fox's diet of rabbits and rats is actually beneficial to farmers. This excuse can no longer be used to justify the hunt, as it is actually a very inefficient form of population control. Foxes naturally balance their own numbers based on food supply and territorial availability. A 1996 MAFF booklet states that only 0.4% of lambs who die do so due to accidents, dog attacks and all other animal predation, including being taken...

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