Criticized By Activists As The Most Violent And Dirty Secret In England, What Is Fox Cubbing?
JAKARTA - The controversial cubbing season will begin in the coming weeks in the UK, an activity in which hunting dogs are'set' to killVokter.
The widely criticized practice as a cruel act involved training dogs to kill youngmen in preparation for the hunting season that began in November.
"Cubbing is a cruel form of animal abuse," Robert Pownall of NGO Protect the Wild told Euronews, as quoted August 3.
"It involves training young dogs to killminton by targeting their cubs, because dogs don't naturally have the instinct to killroaches," he explained.
Instead of being chased, like in the usual hunt, tiger cubs were locked up in a small forest and prevented from escaping by a herd of hunting dogs, which scared them back if they tried to escape.
"If you think using a herd of poaching dogs to chase and kill frightenedits is bad enough, imagine doing the same to a tiger cub, just days after life," explained Pownall.
"This is one of the most heinous and dirty secrets in England. It is Britain's most embarrassing 'tradition' that is still ongoing and nothing has been done to overcome it," he criticized.
He estimates up to 10.000 " brutally killed" Foxes in hunting across the UK every year.
The hunt for Livexes was banned in England in 2004, despite exceptions to the rules that allow Foxes to be eradicated using dogs.
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The practice continues in some rural areas, such as southeast England, with some calling the exception a loophole in the law.
Activists often obstruct and follow the hunt to monitor if they violate the law, although sometimes leading to violent confrontations.
"Indeed inconceivable to find pleasure in the last days of the summer with great enthusiasm to anticipate another chance to kill," said Pownall. "Only individuals who do not have ethics and affection will be involved in such behavior," he quipped.
Critics claim the hunting of missiles is barbaric and cruel, withokions being chased by a large herd of dogs - sometimes, for as far as a few kilometers - and then being tortured to death.
Instead, the traditional proponents see it as an integral part of rural life, helping to suppress the population ofchanks that can kill livestock.
About 80 per cent of Britons believe poaching should remain illegal, with about 10 per cent of the population looking to see the ban lifted, according to YouGov poll data. Meanwhile, the remaining 10 per cent don't know.
"Foach hunting laws have been violated. Hunting across England and Wales violates flawed laws, hunting not onlymondals but also hunting for their children in an endless attempt to thirst for blood," Pownall said.
"This is crazy. It is a secret that needs to be revealed. This may be the most sick activity in modern Britain that no one seems to know about," he said.
Pownall said the diverse cubbing was referred to as "a fall hunt" or "dog training", accusing hunting of using this term "feuding", "hopeful to confuse the public and distract from their true intentions".
It is known thatkin hunting in England can be traced back to the 16th century where it started as a way to control walnuts, which at that time were seen as pests by many farmers.
The practice rose to prominence during the 1700s and 1800s gaining popularity as an aristocracy sport, peaking in the 19th century, widely seen as an integral part of England's rural life.
Criticism has since grown for the unnecessary suffering it has caused on the huntedite, especially among animal rights defenders.
Pownall said Britain needed "the right prohibition to hunt".
He said NGO Protect the Wild had developed its own 'RuU Hunting for Mamalia', which cleans up "gaps" in existing laws by adding a clause prohibiting "reckless hunting".