SIR -- It saddens me deeply still to see so many people willing to defend, support and try to justify the barbaric charade that is fox hunting.
The ridiculous rituals and pretence that hunting incorporates only continue to exaggerate the class divide in our country, but do these people really need to sacrifice the life of an innocent fox to promote their archaic, self-important beliefs?
Some people have surely never heard of the animal food chain and believe that foxes must extract some form of sick, murderous pleasure from killing other animals.
I will not be satisfied until this country passes a total ban on all hunting with hounds. I am confident that this will be inevitable in the future. Sooner, rather than later, is my wish.
PAUL BUCKLAND
Withers Way
Chipping Norton
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