The hunt and those who participate need to get a worthwhile job ,perhaps charity work or some other useful activity.Prancing around after a fox In a ridiculous red coat and using a riding crop on a horse and a fellow human being makes me speechless but fortunately Oscar Wilde spoke eloquently about the vermin that hunt foxes.

A.B.H. is A.B.H. even on private land your lordship.

So is self defence

It could always be the case that both parties are in the wrong and deserve one another.

I doubt it. The individual concerned was endangering himself, the rider and the horse. Probably already did damage to the horse's mouth. She asked him to let go and he refused. If you were in that situation - lets say someone grabbed your dog and swung it around to control you - what would you do? Knowing your dog was screaming with pain.

You say it's been re-legalised. Really? First I have heard of it.

Don't like hunting foxes but as a sport (without foxes) it's pretty much extreme cross-country which is great fun so I am told. I used to enjoy hashing which is considerably nearer to the ground.

Edited by Mapletree (21 Nov 2017 2.59pm)