Is there a difference between American foxhunting and British foxhunting?
Americans hunt to chase, not to kill. The British hunt to kill. Before you decry this, remember their agricultural practices are different. Would you deny a rancher the right to protect his sheep or cattle from coyote? The fox is a pest to sheepherders in the U.K. Fortunately, that isn’t the case here, and unless you have chickens or ducks raised domestically, the fox is rather a delightful creature. Also, England passed the Enclosure Laws which changed the landscape from the medieval village model wherein roads radiate from a village like spokes and the farmers live in the village. The Enclosure Laws divided up the kingdom into pretty squares with hedges, bullfinches, fences, etc. It’s much easier to stay with your fox in that type of open, yet contained topography. Here in Virginia, founded in 1607, there’s so much wildness, deep hickory and oak forests and the further west you go (except for large urban areas) the bigger the spaces. Foxes use this to their advantage. The score at th
