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Re: Fox Hunting is Cruel

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From: D.Nesmith
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 00:00
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Bernard Morey (bmorey@melbourne.DIALix.oz.au) wrote:
: Ian@Noodle.demon.co.uk writes:
: 
: >I think fox hunting should be banned as it is a very cruel sport.  There 
: >are hardly any foxs left anyway but still this carrys on happening.  Who 
: >do they think they are dressing up in smart RED suites and there poncy 
: >black helmets. Please reply if you think the same way?
: 
: You're a bit off the mark posting this to an aus group -- there's very 
: little traditional fox hunting carried on here.
: 
: Far from being "hardly any foxs (sic) left", they are a bloody nuisance and 
: in no danger of being wiped out.  They _should_ be wiped out -- they are
: feral nuisance and a danger to native animals.
: 
: FTR, I recall reading the area around here (City of Manningham) has the 
: highest urban population of foxes in Australia -- 25 per sq km if memory 
: serves me correctly.  I came across a family living in a stormwater drain
: in my childrens' school last year.
: -- 
: ___________________
: Bernie Morey
: Melbourne
: bmorey@melbourne.dialix.oz.au

-Bernard -

Please note the return address:  Ian is apparently writing from England
(and is, I suspect, about 11 years old).

Your other comments are spot on.

Dorrit

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http://www.newcastle.edu.au/department/gl/dogs.htm
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From: plden@alinga.newcastle.edu.au (D.Nesmith)
Subject: Re: Fox Hunting is Cruel
Date: 1996/02/21
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