The recent ban on fox hunting has been very controversial, and there have been many arguments, both for and against hunting. Fox hunting is typically viewed as a traditional British activity, but actual fox hunting that uses hounds takes place all over the world. Historically wherever the British have gone building their empires, they have taken the sport of fox hunting with them. In addition, plenty of other European countries have their own fox hunting traditions. In France, Italy and Ireland they thriving fox hunts. In many parts of France -- foxes, hares, wild boars, and mink are all hunted. In this essay I am going to cover a few of the basic areas of both sided of fox hunting.
People who support fox hunting believe that it is a sport and a way of preventing foxes from overrunning the countryside. Many of the people who support fox hunting are farmers and they believe that foxes are vermin that ought to be hunted because they carry all sorts of nasty diseases that could be dangerous and perhaps even fatal to humans and other animals. They believe it helps to keep down pests and that foxes are not good animals, so there is no way that if a farmer sees a fox he is prepared to let it live. Foxes eat farmer's chickens, other livestock, and their crops and therefore they believe that they have a right to kill the fox. In Victorian times fox hunting was considered to be a very enjoyable and popular sport and it is still a fun pastime because it is an Old English tradition. Those who take part in it and enjoy it believe that they should be able to carry it on. Fox hunting is a good pastime because as well as letting people practice and play their favourite sport they can ride around the English countryside with a few friends, and lets them enjoy the open air. Horses and dogs are trained to run at the same speed limit as foxes which is useful as they can then be used for other jobs.
However there are people who believe fox...