Mr Barnfield points out that if the hunt goes, this service will go too. Another part of my job is to go fencing and ride cutting - that is I manage areas of countryside. Hunting is a sport, there's no denying it. It's a sport which gives a lot of pleasure to a lot of people - but it does not detract from the countryside, it enhances it. The fox thrives in areas where the hunt is.
Nature is cruel.
Anything which involves killing is cruel. The general feeling is that we won't give up without a fight. It won't just be us, either. We had the farrier around here for two hours this morning - and could easily use him for an hour a day. Bob Whitehead, who owns PSB Animal Requisits Ltd, which supplies feed and sundries to farms and stables, says he will almost certainly have to let staff go if the ban happens.