Games of cops and robbers sometimes descend into real violence, and that needs to be dealt with. The provisions already exist, and the primary responsibility rests with the parents. Likewise, trail hunts sometimes end up with the killing of a fox or other quarry by the hounds, and that needs to be dealt with. The provisions already exist, and the primary responsibility rests with the owners.
This is not about hunting as such. Farmers are a wily lot who will find a way, as they did last time. Then, Tony Blair used the hunting ban to buy support for the Iraq War, yet neither he nor the two of his closest allies who were Home Secretary and Chief Whip at the time voted for the ban in the end. The next wars are not only coming, but have already begun. So here we are again.
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