Showing posts with label David Cameron. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Cameron. Show all posts

Tuesday, 14 July 2015

Keep the ban on fox hunting!

As people living here in the UK know, there will soon be a Parliamentary vote to relax the ban on fox hunting. You know with the title of this post where I stand on this issue: fox hunting is a cruel, barbaric, backward pseudo-sport enjoyed by cruel, barbaric, backward people who hide their uncivilized, crass, vulgar nature behind family wealth and often titles. Like Prince Charles, a prime example of the rich and thick, who threatened to leave the country if the ban was maintained. Please do, Charles! Foxes are part of British wildlife and far more useful to its ecosystem than that parasitic, inbred family of yours. In any case, they are not for your sadistic enjoyment, or your dogs. You little, little man. And Mr Cameron, you are a coward by pandering to those brainless, bloodthirsty idiots.

And don't get me wrong: I am not against hunting per se. I am a meat eater. But I find it pointless to hunt for something you would not eat. It is also cruel and unfair to the animal to go after him riding horses and with hounds to shred the prey to pieces. A prey that as I said has its place in the ecosystem and one of the most beautiful animals of Great Britain. And let's not forget that it is British wildlife that makes this island great in the first place. And the British love of their animals, domestic or wild, is one of their most admirable traits as a people. I felt very proud of my adopted country and its people when I saw these citizens wearing fox masks protesting against fox hunting by the Parliament. One of the most passionate and moving plea for keeping the ban comes from Chris Packham (of Springwatch/Autumnwatch fame) which you can find on YouTube here. I admit I borrowed a lot from him to write this post. Tell it like it is Chris!

Wednesday, 16 February 2011

The cat of Downing Street

This is the kind of news that give me a cheap excuse to put a picture of a cat (took it during our last trip in Brittany). I am a cat lover as my readership knows. I have also an irrational fear of rats. So when I learned that Downing Street had a new feline tenant to hunt down the rats (or so the rumour says), I was enthusiastic. It is not out of pure spite for rats, as I know I should not be so afraid of them (blame it on this movie). I think it is an eco-friendly way to tackle a real problem. Having a hunter doing what is in his nature to do is the best to deal with pest. And what hunters cats are! This is something I find amazing about them: how can such a beautiful creature, such cuddly one as well (when they want!), can be such a ruthless killer? People might find it cruel, but I think that it is better and more humane than poisoning the rodents. And you can stroke a cat before and after the kill, something you cannot do with cyanid. So I think we should all welcome Larry the cat. I like David Cameron a little bit better now. A little bit...