More pro-hunting illogical statistics told the audience that 80 per cent of foxes are not hunted at all, and of the remaining 20 per cent, 80 per cent of those escape. From my calculations that means that only four per cent of foxes are ever caught, and that these are supposedly elderly, sickly animals. And this is supposed to be a serious argument for population control?

All arguments put forward from the pro-hunting side were pretty much an insult to the intelligence of the average person. Most of the pro-hunting speakers for example insisted that wild animals, such as foxes and deer, do not possess the human feelings of terror or pain.

I suggest that any person, from any background, who has watched a tame (carted) deer running for its life by the very people who feed it, or witnessed hounds ripping apart a fox, which has sometimes been thrown to them by the hunters themselves, would be ashamed to be classified as a member of a human race that brags about possessing a higher intelligence.

The true essence of a higher intelligence is evidenced when it is combined with compassion and respect for all forms of life, and to rejoice in sharing our planet with every creature that supports Earth's eco-system.

It's a pity that Thomas A Edison could not have attended this 'debate'. Maybe those who hunt for fun would have respected his words:

'Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages'.

Yours,
A Herbert,
Ballybrit,
Galway

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