I'm picturing the scene Chez Maugham when one of the kids rushes in and says "Dad, the fox is trapped in the fence!" What does Jolyon do? It's Boxing Day morning and he is naked in bed. So,… (View Post)

But the point is he had tweeted about doing this before, in November. He heard a noise, thought a chicken was taken, so he went outside with his trusty baseball bat, again dressed only in his wife's … (View Post)

That's very fair, and I basically agree. I've seen lamping (the alternative to hunting) and it is equally unpretty. You get lots of horribly injured foxes, loping off to die, god knows where, for man… (View Post)

FFS Foxes are not "cruel" or "vicious". This is anthropomorphising. It is the fallacy of an imbecile. Animals do not have higher human desires, let alone a sense of morality they … (View Post)

What? That's just the RSPCA doing their job. Maugham has quite gleefully tweeted that he smashed the fox to death with his baseball bat. Brave man. If this was some teen on a horrible estate, doing t… (View Post)