Sorry about that. Sadly this is the sort of things that the hunters uses to think they could get away with, and in some cases still do (if their dogs "accidently" pick up the trail of a real fox). When I first watched it I was disgusted not only for the treatment of the animals, but also for the effect on the railways. Consider those poor dogs frying on the third rail. That's now blocking the whole line in both direction causing delays. The CIG has oviously picked bits up in it's shoe gear which might be damaged, I can't see it staying in service. Power will need to be shut off to clear up the mess. That's a big cost to the railways. There are then all the poor staff who are involved with cleaning the mess up, not a nice thing. It would be nice to think that any getting caught trespassing would have the book thrown at them, perhaps even action to recover the costs of delays, but of cource the judges are most likely to be pro hunt themselves. The hunters think it's fine "we just follow the fox". They use the same excuse when they trespass on other farmer lands or even into residential areas, damaging crops, attacking animals (both livestock and pets) and causing chaos.
If anyone is interested in making sure this sort of thing doesn't happen again there is a campaign set up by Brian May of Queen to keep the ban in place. This sort of thing highlights why it goes beyond a simple animal rights issue for tree hugging hippies (not that they are wrong, it is cruel too) but does have a much wider effect, even on those who are apathetic to the main issue. The main site is here, they are also on Facebook
http://www.save-me.org.uk/
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But this will start a debate,why have you put it up on rail forums, the film is years old and must have been put on u tube by sabs.
Why have I put it on railforums. Did you not see the trains, the people tresspassing on the railways? This was originally shown to me by my girlfriend who is very anti-hunt and it disgusted me both for the cruelty but also for the effect on the railways. How much did that incident with the CIG cost? Thousands I expect, all for these people to get their barbaric thrills. Say what you want about hunting, an animal rights issue, a countryside issue, but when they cross the boundary onto railway property it becomes a railway issue and that's why I posted it on a railway forum!
Yes, this is an old video, this sort of thing doesn't happen much these days because hunting with hounds is currently banned. The Countryside Alliance has campaigned ever since to overturn the ban and in the new government they have found allies and there is to be a free vote on the issue. If the CA and the Government get their way these scenes could be once again coming to a railway line (or road) near you.
In any case, what do the hunters do now? Do they still hold mock hunts?
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