David Cameron believes the ban on fox hunting was "a mistake".
Click on this link to read what Cameron said on Nicky Campbell's BBC Radio 5 show:
Nicky Campbell and David Cameron on 5 Live
I am against fox hunting. I do not believe that tracking, chasing and killing an exhausted fox using countless horses and hounds for sport or pest control is a good use of anyone's time. It is morally indefensible to treat any animal in such a way.
The defence that Cameron gives would be suitable if the subject was a ban on country walks or riding horses. Take away the killing of an animal and no one has a problem with people riding in large groups through the hills and valleys. Give some rational defence of the element which is actually banned, Mr Cameron.
It can be argued that any method of killing a fox is cruel. But the difference between the banned method and other methods is necessity. If population control is necessary so be it. But dressing in red coats is not necessary; Exhausting an animal through chasing is not necessary; it being torn to pieces by hounds is not necessary. These elements, the elements that those against fox hunting find most distasteful, are done in the name of blood thirst.
A nice walk or ride in the country is no argument for the needlessly cruel death of any animal. David Cameron thinks it is.
Pest control is no argument for the needlessly cruel death of an animal. David Cameron thinks it is.
I'm not voting Tory.
