Sentences with phrase «of hunting fox»

Originally, this dog is bred for the purpose of hunting foxes, however, because of its running skills and great stamina, it also became the best dog to use for hunting deer.

Not exact matches

For example, we should stop «hunting for sport or furs; farming minks, foxes and other animals for their fur; capturing wild animals (often after shooting their mothers) and imprisoning them in small cages for humans to stare at; tormenting animals to make them learn tricks for circuses, and tormenting them to make them entertain the folks at rodeos; slaughtering whales with explosive harpoons; and generally ignoring the interests of wild animals as we extend our empire of concrete and pollution over the surface of the globe» (ALNE 23).

Eggnog frolics, candy - pullings, charades, dances and every description of games that can be played indoors or out and indulged in, and horseback - riding, driving, fox - hunting, bird - hunting, and every description of equestrian exercise are participated in by both sexes.

Fox hunting, Kroenke - style is illegal now, as are all forms of animal cruelty.

Mill CreekHunt in Wadsworth, Ill. has as master of fox hounds Mrs. James Simpson Jr.What's more, she and her three lady whippers - in are vastly more attractive onor off a horse than their traditional opposites, and they are so proficientthat they hunt the Mill Creek hounds without benefit of a professionalhuntsman, a situation rare in fox hunting.

A smaller, but no less dedicated, group in the beagle fraternity is the pack masters, people with more time and money who prefer to run beagles as individually owned packs with much of the formality of a fox hunt.

Plenty of time as someone else said for the coks to choke and the Foxes (who I applaud along with their manager) to be hunted down by us Gunners!

Pursued today from coast to coast, the fox has been a favorite quarry for 200 years in the U.S., and the talk of the members, the elite of American fox hunting, was not a far cry from the 18th century.

This principle argument has, however, spun off countless sub-debates on what level of pest foxes are; what damage is caused by hunts to the countryside; and what freedoms and liberties the individual has.

«I'm afraid the stuff on fox hunting, none of us saw it coming.

There is no reason similar cases could not be won for any number of political or social sympathies — from supporting fox hunting to reading Batman comics.

In August 2006, Exmoor Foxhounds huntsman Tony Wright became the first person to be convicted of illegally hunting a fox under the terms of the act.

This culminated in the September 2002 «Liberty and Livelihood» March through London, organised by the Countryside Alliance, when an estimated 400,000 people demonstrated in support of rural concerns, chief among which was keeping fox hunting.

Historically they didn't vote on issues which applied only to England but all of a sudden they're intending to vote against fox hunting in England.

The rural affairs minister, Alun Michael, introduced a new hunting bill in December 2002 which would ban stag hunting and hare coursing and introduce a system of licensing for fox hunting.

Although all forms of hunting are controversial, fox hunting was the most widespread form of hunting with dogs, and as such, has been the focus of public and political attention.

On animal welfare, the Burns report did conclude that hunting «seriously compromises the welfare of the fox», but suggested that other methods such as using shotguns during the day or snaring could be considered equally cruel.

A number of different animals have been hunted with dogs, including foxes, deer, hares and mink, with each quarry species hunted in a different way.

The development of modern fox hunting is believed to have arisen following the Restoration in 1660, and modelled on the royal sport of stag hunting.

Fox hunting has also emerged as a symbol of tensions between urban and rural Britain.

The issue of fox hunting was part of a wider issue relating to a political attack by the Labour Party on rural England and we fully support rural communities to decide for themselves if they want fox hunting or not.

«As the independence of members of the House of Commons has decreased under the system of party discipline — it is known as «whipping» by analogy with the fox hunting practice of whipping pack of hounds into order for the pursuit — so both the quality and reputation of MPs has declined, rendering them even less likely to behave independently.

The Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael has said the Government would neither «oppose nor support» an application from the Countryside Alliance to delay the implementation of the ban on fox hunting.

As it happens, personally, I've always been in favour of fox hunting and we maintain our commitment — we had a commitment previously — as a Conservative Party to allow a free vote and that would allow parliament to take a decision on this.

The law, introduced by Labour in 2004, bans the use of dogs to hunt foxes and other wild mammals in England and Wales.

12:29 - John Spellar (Lab, part of the furniture) asks if the M still wants to repeal the fox hunting ban.

She has declared that she is personally in favour of fox hunting

As it happens, personally I have always been in favour of fox hunting and we maintain our commitment, we have had a commitment previously as a Conservative party, to allow a free vote.»

The argument that hunting is supposedly insignificant in managing the fox population, as claimed by the anti-hunting groups, once again fails to understand that as a wildlife management process, it is not about the numbers killed, but the health and reduced level of the population left alive that is important.

Arguments about the economic importance of shooting, and the use of shooting for pest control as well as sport or hunting, are stirring memories of the bitter struggle over fox - hunting of a decade ago.

Dominic Raab, the justice minister, is a robust defender of our ancestral liberties: he just doesn't see the need to restore the freedom to hunt foxes with hounds — which is what the amendment would do in practice.

As much as I dislike fox - hunting, that particular ban seemed spiteful and unnecessary - certainly considering the amount of parliamentary time it consumed.

Fox hunting with hounds was outlawed by Tony Blair's Labour government in 2004 and polls suggest that more than 80 per cent of people are now opposed to the practice.

But May baffled and frustrated many of her own MPs by saying during the election campaign that she supported fox - hunting would offer a free vote on lifting the ban.

Under the current law, passed after years of parliamentary battles, hunts are allowed to use two dogs to flush out foxes that can then be shot for pest control purposes.

Certainly numerous inquiries have failed to demonstrate that, although the Burns inquiry did contribute to the gaiety of the nation by concluding that hunting with dogs «seriously compromises» the welfare of the fox.

So instead we are left with this angry, class - ridden confusion in which we lash out at fox hunting because it's done by posh psychopaths and consider the image of a man fishing somehow idyllic.

David Cameron was accused of lying to the Commons today, when a lighthearted response to a question on fox - hunting saw him tell MPs he had never broken the law.

Oliver Letwin, the Cabinet minister given the job of drawing up the manifesto, has agreed to commit to a free vote on 2004's Hunting Act, which outlawed the hunting of foxes and a number of other wild animals with hounds.

At the time of the vote in 2004, however, 61 % supported Parliament's decision to outlaw fox hunting, while 30 % opposed it.

It would be like conducting a poll on fox hunting in the Countryside Alliance's Facebook group and presenting that as representative of the countryside's views on foxhunting.

• Labour supporters who switched to the Tories early in the campaign, were scared off by the dementia tax and the possible return of fox hunting, and have come back to the fold • Supporters of smaller parties - the Lib Dems, the Greens and to a lesser extent Ukip - switching to Labour • Young voters

«Do you think the Conservative pledge to hold a vote on whether to make the hunting with dogs of deer, hares and foxes legal again is more in keeping with a «nasty party» or a «Compassionate Conservative» party?»

The group's frontman Morrissey is a famously outspoken critic of former Tory prime minister Margaret Thatcher and a vocal opponent of fox hunting.

Simon Titley, who knew Clegg when he was an MEP in Brussels between 1999 and 2005, says he has only seen him truly passionate about one issue — the abolition of fox hunting, which he opposed from a libertarian point of view.

«In these circumstances, it is right and proper that we assert the Scottish interest on fox hunting by voting with Labour against the Tories» proposals to relax the ban - in the process, reminding an arrogant UK government of just how slender their majority is - just as we will vote against the Tory welfare cuts next week, and appeal to Labour to join us.»

BBC presenter Andrew Marr (left) was forced to apologise after falsely accusing the Prime Minister (right) of saying fox hunting is his favourite sport

«The study has the grandeur of providing a big picture of the advent of farming and how this shift from hunting and gathering to food production had a crucial impact on the evolutionary history of Europe, East Africa, India and Central Asia,» says Carles LaLueza - Fox, a palaeogeneticist at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology in Barcelona, Spain.

Marmots are hunted by foxes, coyotes and, to a lesser extent, bears; about 50 percent of marmots die in their first year of life.

One good outcome of the hung parliament chaos is a Queen's speech devoid of an utterly unscientific vow to resume fox - hunting, says Stephen Harris