Buccleuch denies hunting is cruel

12 August 1999

Buccleuch denies hunting is cruel

BRITAINS biggest landowner, the Duke of Buccleuch, has claimed that if he were a fox, he would prefer to be killed by hounds.

The Duke, whose hunt has been chasing foxes around Kelso since 1827, warned against a ban on fox-hunting.

He claimed that alternative methods to control the fox population would involve acute suffering.

• BFSS questions cruelty evidence, FWi, 05 August, 1997
• The Times 12/08/99 page 2
  
• The Daily Telegraph 12/08/99 page 11
  
• The Herald 12/08/99 page 6