Fishcake Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Only if you get it wrong. You won't hurt your hands if you do it right. Oh wait - you meant cruel to the kittens? Sorry, no. I meant cruel to the spectators as it would be quite dull unless you could strap a knife to the animal to make it more challenging. Rabbits are quick and can break a nail if they kick you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bladesman Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I am against hunting them for sport but I am certainly not opposed to them being culled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Sorry, no. I meant cruel to the spectators as it would be quite dull unless you could strap a knife to the animal to make it more challenging. Rabbits are quick and can break a nail if they kick you. Surely though if you arm the quarry then that becomes **** fighting with spurs and you would need two rabbits or kittens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 As an ex chicken keeper, Charlie can be more than a pest, more like a killing machine. They will kill 20 for the "fun" of it only to take 1 away. That's fact, not propaganda. Why did you put the word fun in quotes? Is that because you don't know exactly why they do it, or because you asked a fox, and that is what he said? They are not the cudlley things you see on telly, more like a giant size rat. In what way, apart from having an even number of limbs, and both being mammals, is a fox like a rat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 In what way, apart from having an even number of limbs, and both being mammals, is a fox like a rat? They're both verminous pests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 If my poll is anything to go on it's closer to 80% agree with it. http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=800958 It depends who you ask doesn't it? Judging by the number of little thuggish tory bully boys on these forums it's only to be expected and is hardly a cross representation of public views. Why not ask the general public in Sheffield City Centre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Why bother? You'd only resort to abuse if they gave you the answer you didn't like so there would be no point since we know you will reject anything other than the "right" answer. Or perhaps that should be in your case the "lefty" answer hey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magilla Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 It depends who you ask doesn't it? Indeed, you would think it'd be advisable to ask people who it directly affects, rather than people who it clearly doesn't. Judging by the number of little thuggish tory bully boys on these forums it's only to be expected and is hardly a cross representation of public views. As opposed to yourself, a thuggish little labour bully boy? Why not ask the general public in Sheffield City Centre? What percentage of those people do you imagine would have a vested interest either way? Or did you give up thinking before you got that far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 If a poll was taken from those of us who actualy live in the Countryside, not in a city then the polls would give a different result. I believe the "official poll" is around 50/50 anyway. As an ex chicken keeper, Charlie can be more than a pest, more like a killing machine. They will kill 20 for the "fun" of it only to take 1 away. That's fact, not propaganda. They are not the cudlley things you see on telly, more like a giant size rat. Regards Angel. No, they are a predator and scavenger who act on instinct and inbred behaviours. They don't kill for "fun". They surplus kill because that is their instinct. In the wild there may be long periods where prey is absent or difficult to find. When they do find a glut of prey they gorge on it, eating as much as possible in as quick a time, because they don't know where their next meal will come from. It is a natural behaviour. To class such behaviour using the human concept of "fun" is a bit daft. By the way surplus killing is not confined to foxes. Wolves, leopards, caracals, coyotes, hyenas, bears, shrews, mink, polecats and weasels are among some of the many species known to surplus kill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Why did you put the word fun in quotes? Is that because you don't know exactly why they do it, or because you asked a fox, and that is what he said? In what way, apart from having an even number of limbs, and both being mammals, is a fox like a rat? They are both classed as vermin is the obvious one to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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