. Hunting with dogs .
- theirishhuntingpod
- Dec 3, 2025
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🚨 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓:— 𝐒𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄, 𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐋 𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐄 & 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐒 🚨
There is a major national conversation happening right now about fox hunting, it’s management and hunting with hounds.
But most people only ever hear opinions, strong feelings, or short clips taken out of context.
What often gets forgotten is this:
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 - 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝐕𝐀𝐖𝐌) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
✅ Over 𝟏𝟓𝟎 𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐬 across Ireland & the U.K
✅ Specialists in wildlife, behaviour, and welfare
✅ Drawing on decades of research, case studies, and field data
These vets have published evidence explaining:
🔹 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬
🔹 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠
🔹 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
🔹 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 & 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞
🔹 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞
This isn’t about tradition.
This isn’t about sides.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬, 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠.
Everyone — whether urban, rural, supportive, unsure or neutral — deserves access to the full picture.
📢 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐃𝐎
🟡 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
🟡 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
🟡 𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 & 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
The goal is simple:
𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 — 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
📚 𝐕𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄
Published by the 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝐕𝐀𝐖𝐌) — a professional body of veterinary surgeons.
🔗 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞:
1️⃣ 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐎𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬
2️⃣ 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐨𝐠𝐬 - 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 & 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞
3️⃣ 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞
4️⃣ 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 & 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞
5️⃣ 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝
6️⃣ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞
https://vawm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Facts-of-Rural-Life-Book-by-Charlie-Pye-Smith.pdf
💬 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃
This topic affects people, animals and welfare decisions — so the least we can do is ensure the conversation is grounded in truth, science and compassion.
If you believe evidence should guide public understanding:
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