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Article #8252Re: Fox Hunting is Cruel
From: D.Nesmith
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 00:00
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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ D. Nesmith plden@alinga.newcastle.edu.au http://www.newcastle.edu.au/department/gl/dogs.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1062c1,34397facbce68b58 X-Google-Attributes: gid1062c1,public From: plden@alinga.newcastle.edu.au (D.Nesmith) Subject: Re: Fox Hunting is Cruel Date: 1996/02/21 Message-ID: <4ggasq$199@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au> X-Deja-AN: 140550620 references: <824656000.7314@noodle.demon.co.uk> <4g9j37$oba$1@melbourne.DIALix.oz.au> organization: The University of Newcastle newsgroups: aus.pets