Well the Carmarthen Hunt are coming to this tiny valley again today 😡 Fuckers!

[sparrowsion@meow.social]

@BackFromTheDud @JeniParsons I'm going off the hunt folk I knew 40 years ago, and how the Carmarthenshire types present themselves. Who always seemed very English.

[rejoineu@mastodon.online]

@oldoldcojote @JeniParsons Deer cull shooters here. One put a high-velocity round over my head a few years back. On my own land. I didn't see him but he saw me alright. Must've thought it would be fun. I've been in rifle butts and i know what an overhead round sounds like. I cannot support the Deer Cull notion just farted out of the UK Labour Cabinet Not-in-our-manifesto-but-hey-we-are-in -power Bright-Ideas-Factory. Reform voting shooters with licence to patrol at will? No thanks.

[pkyo@kind.social]

@robtherunt @JeniParsons @spytfyre @mason

Shooting the hounds upsets them, but not because they care about their animals. It's about property (the dogs) and privilege (letting them run amok).

[havoc_online@mastodon.social]

@JeniParsons @mason if they deviate from the set trail then they are not trail hunting and are breaking the law as it currently stands. They should face prosecution.
I appreciate that they likely have lots of money to defend themselves and any kind of private prosecution would be costly. But the police should be pushed, hard, to prosecute

[oldoldcojote@climatejustice.social]

@RejoinEU @JeniParsons

Yup. I live in a high population area that was shotgun only hunting up until about 20 years ago when the sport hunter lobby got rifles approved for just about everywhere. Now my roads are full of Rambo's with semi autos during hunting season. Bullets flying everywhere. We've had to put up heavy locked gates on all the drives in because they have no respect for signs and drive their trucks over wire. Its like being in a war zone. Just hate it. I use to hunt, grew up in the north where deer, ducks, and grouse were part of a families food supply. But something has to be done to limit this reckless macho sport hunting.

[davep@infosec.exchange]

@JeniParsons I've used tactically placed livestock guardian dogs to scare off hunters and their hounds before.

Just sayin'...

[jeniparsons@mstdn.social]

@davep good idea but my collie isn’t fierce enough

[davep@infosec.exchange]

@JeniParsons I'd recommend getting Maremmas over Pyrenean Mountain Dogs btw. Great for defending your herd and they eat about half as much food as an adult.

They also terrify hunters, which is nice.

[helenclayton@mas.to]

@JeniParsons bastards. I’ve seen some police forces issue community protection notices against hunts. Maybe worth reporting?

[maker_of_things@cupoftea.social]

@JeniParsons
I still think you should be allowed to shoot them for worrying your sheep.