I just caught a bit of the television news, I know, I do my best not to watch it but every so often it catches you out, especially at this time of year when bulletins are at unusual times.
They were talking about the traditional Boxing Day hunts taking place in parts of the country and inevitably about the "unworkable" law put in place to prevent cruelty to foxes.
Police will no doubt be out in force to prevent trouble between Hunters and those who still feel more needs to be done to prevent cruelty to animals.
Over the years there has apparently been violence on both sides with people defending their principles, and a number of animal lovers have been convicted for standing up for what they believe in.
This is why I am really puzzled at the way in which so many people appear to be blind to a cruelty that is prevalent in this and other "civilised" countries.
The slaughter of animals without stunning them first is both cruel and barbaric. This country has over the last decades led the way in providing decent and humane conditions for animals and it seems a pity that all this hard work has been undone by the refusal of the Government to outlaw these practices.
Perhaps those people who invest so much of their time championing the rights of animals could spend some of their time trying to get this practice banned.
Foxes are inevitably killed regardless of whether they are chased in the hunt, so surely it is a matter of the cruelty involved in their death, so I cannot see why the "religious slaughter" of animals is any different.
Cruelty is cruelty, no matter whose name it is under.
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