Fox Hunting Survey

[ajm]

Hello, I’m doing a survey “the public’s perception on the repeal of the hunting ban” for an assignment and was wondering if you would take the time to fill out the following questionnaire so that I can get the views from both pro and anti supporters.

The Public’s Perception on the Repeal of the Fox Hunting Ban

Many Thanks

[The Woodman]

Hi ajm

Are you posting the same questionnaire on any other sites to get a balanced view? If so, can you tell us which ones they are please.

Thanks.

[ajm]

Hi

Iv posted on the Horse and Hound website thats the only other one at the moment and i have sent it round a few friends that I know are both pro and anti hunting.

[STYRBJORN]

pm sent

[Paul mabbott]

I've completed it but am unhappy with some of the questions - the one 'Do you agree with the Governments ...... ' is a complex sentence that could lead to people answer yes/no when they don't intend!
Question 15 is meaningless: what 'effects' would 'knock on' exactly? Are we talking ecology, economics, tourism, moral degeneration?
Also, the survey says that it is aimed at assessing the views of the public - surely you should be aiming for a random selection of said public rather than asking groups of born-killers and tree-huggers?

[tufftie]

Originally Posted by Paul mabbott

I've completed it but am unhappy with some of the questions - the one 'Do you agree with the Governments ...... ' is a complex sentence that could lead to people answer yes/no when they don't intend!
Question 15 is meaningless: what 'effects' would 'knock on' exactly? Are we talking ecology, economics, tourism, moral degeneration?
Also, the survey says that it is aimed at assessing the views of the public - surely you should be aiming for a random selection of said public rather than asking groups of born-killers and tree-huggers?

I've done the survey but agree with Paul's comments.

[tufftie]

Originally Posted by ajm

Hi

Iv posted on the Horse and Hound website thats the only other one at the moment and i have sent it round a few friends that I know are both pro and anti hunting.

The readers of Horse and Hound all hunt - so that is hardly going to make for an unbiased survey?

[The Woodman]

Conversely that was my point in the second post, I would have thought that there would be a big bias by surveying WAB members.

I wonder if answers from the two perceived extremes would reflect the views of the public, as Paul queries.

[johnf3f]

Originally Posted by tufftie

The readers of Horse and Hound all hunt - so that is hardly going to make for an unbiased survey?

No they don't. I know a fair number of readers (20+) one used to hunt regularly and two occasionally. Approx 15% - ALL?
INMHO the readers are interested in Horses not foxes.

[johnf3f]

Just completed the survey and like some other posters found the questions a bit inadequate/simplistic.
I have never liked the hunting of anything with hounds. To me a hunting dog is a gun dog. However I have come to see that there are quite a lot of people out there who know a hell of a lot more about our countryside than I do. I have done a fair amount of hunting with air rifles, shot guns and small/full bore rifles according to species and these are the best + most humane methods for me. However shooting animals is not always appropriate and hounds can and frequently do perform the tasks more appropriately - I just don't like it personally.
I went on the pro-hunting marches in London, not because I hunt with hounds (don't and never will), but because I saw the ban as being illogical and ill informed and more importantly is proving bad for foxes.
The best intentions are useless they are tempered by knowledge and experience.