| Hunting Dogs on the line Posted by LawrenceHillbilly at 13:10, 20th January 2020 |     |
Twitter reports that a train hit some hunting dogs on Saturday. Judging by Real-time trains it was in the Badminton area
https://mobile.twitter.com/BluntThomas/status/1218529333842546693
“Cardiff to London train has stopped, as hunting hounds strayed onto the track, and the train ahead has hit them. The word “carnage” was used..”
Sympathies to all concerned. Sounds nasty
| Re: Hunting Dogs on the line Posted by IndustryInsider at 13:21, 20th January 2020 | |
That sort of thing used to be a far more common occurrence!
| Re: Hunting Dogs on the line Posted by Witham Bobby at 15:28, 20th January 2020 | |
Nasty
A scene involving a hunt and a train appears in the 1973 film "The Belstone Fox". The scene included a D70XX Hymek class loco and a short goods train. Filmed near Leigh Woods Level Crossing on the now West Somerset Railway during the time it was closed-down after BR had withdrawn services
| Re: Hunting Dogs on the line Posted by Phil at 18:36, 21st January 2020 | |
That happened around here (nr. Erlestoke) a couple of years back, except the hunting dogs didn't "stray" onto the main line, they were deliberately directed there by hunt saboteurs.
| Re: Hunting Dogs on the line Posted by Incider at 20:37, 21st January 2020 | |
Twitter reports that a train hit some hunting dogs on Saturday. Judging by Real-time trains it was in the Badminton area
https://mobile.twitter.com/BluntThomas/status/1218529333842546693
Sympathies to all concerned. Sounds nasty
https://mobile.twitter.com/BluntThomas/status/1218529333842546693
“Cardiff to London train has stopped, as hunting hounds strayed onto the track, and the train ahead has hit them. The word “carnage” was used..”
Sympathies to all concerned. Sounds nasty
2 hounds killed, no significant damage to train.
| Re: Hunting Dogs on the line Posted by JayMac at 00:18, 22nd January 2020 | |
Of course, if the outdated and pointless practice of hunting with dogs - even drag hunting - had already been consigned to history, then this incident would never have occurred.
Those responsible for allowing, or directing, the dogs onto the railway should be prosecuted.
| Re: Hunting Dogs on the line Posted by TaplowGreen at 05:42, 22nd January 2020 | |
That happened around here (nr. Erlestoke) a couple of years back, except the hunting dogs didn't "stray" onto the main line, they were deliberately directed there by hunt saboteurs.
Lovely people aren't they?
I remember seeing them once at a Devon hunt scattering ball bearings under the horses hooves.
All brave boys hiding behind their balaclavas.
| Re: Hunting Dogs on the line Posted by broadgage at 08:20, 22nd January 2020 | |
Whilst I am opposed to hunting, I have no sympathy for violent tactics used by hunt saboteurs, especially when such tactics result in harm or distress to horse, dogs or other animals.
Hunting of wild mammals with dogs has been prohibited for some years, and whilst drag hunting and other substitutes that don't involve live victims are permitted, they seem to be declining in popularity.
I support the killing of foxes when they are causing significant harm to young lambs or other livestock, this is permitted AFAIK.
| Re: Hunting Dogs on the line Posted by TaplowGreen at 18:08, 22nd January 2020 | |
I support the killing of foxes when they are causing significant harm to young lambs or other livestock, this is permitted AFAIK.
Farmers can shoot foxes and other vermin - my late cousin who farmed in Cornwall and his labourers took a pretty heavy toll of them every lambing season when Mr Fox would hang around unsettling the ewes and hoping to grab a lamb.
Similarly they can also shoot dogs if they are worrying sheep or other livestock.
| Re: Hunting Dogs on the line Posted by grahame at 18:14, 24th January 2020 | |
| Re: Hunting Dogs on the line Posted by broadgage at 14:41, 25th January 2020 | |
It sounds to me as though the law was broken.
It is reported that the hounds were following a scent. To me that implies that either the scent for drag hunting was laid along or across the line, Or that the hounds were illegally pursuing an actual fox.
| Re: Hunting Dogs on the line Posted by broadgage at 13:38, 26th December 2024 | |
It looks as though "drag hunting" in which hounds track a scent rather than live animals, is to be banned.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1mrj3r30nno news report.
Drag hunting is IMHO less bad than hunting live prey, but nevertheless has resulted in foxes being killed "accidentally" or hounds being killed by trains.
On balance I support the proposed ban.
| Re: Hunting Dogs on the line Posted by Sixty3Closure at 22:33, 2nd January 2025 | |
Living in a rural area with two hunts it can be quite a divisive topic. It's one of the subjects along with tractors on the lanes that gets instantly closed down on the community Facebook page.
I'm not against drag hunting in principle but I did have a 'disagreement' with one hunt recently who had blocked the roads with their vehicles and weren't letting traffic through while they did their thing. I understand why they want to protect the horses and dogs but equally not impressed at being made to wait 20 mins before they eventually moved their large 4x4s to let people past. I think that and the number of 'accidental' trespasses has probably moved me into the banning it if they're not going to be considerate.
