A happy hunting ground is a drag
THE array of colourful hunting scenes in the Irish Independent (December 27) gave the impression that live animal baiting (fox and stag hunting) is a harmless, life-enhancing activity, with everyone involved having a lovely time in a festive wonderland atmosphere.
But these seasonal pictures are utterly misleading and fail to hint at the cruelty to animals that is an integral part of hunting.
All the happy images and the obvious feel-good factor projected by those scenes in your paper could be replicated in drag hunting.
The only element missing from a drag hunt is the hounding to death of animals.
JOHN FITZGERALD
CALLAN, CO KILKENNY.
