What is fox hunting?

As to be expected with a blood sport such as this, the foxes are put under immense physical and mental stress during the hunt and are usually victims of a long, drawn out death. To make things worse the odds are forever stacked against the foxes with very little chance of them being able to survive the encounter. For example, if the fox tries to evade capture by hiding in a nearby hole or badger sett, the fox hunters will either send the dogs in to retrieve and viciously maul them to death, or in some cases they will block up any escape routes the morning before the hunt. The entire ordeal is cruel and torturous. Autopsies of killed foxes have revealed that they often suffer enormously before death, enduring numerous bites, gashes and tears to their necks and backsides before slowly succumbing to their injuries.