{"id":39646,"date":"2018-12-11T20:53:41","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T20:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=39646"},"modified":"2018-12-12T11:57:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T11:57:07","slug":"hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/12\/hunting\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arrogance and ignorance<br \/>\nFeel very much to me<br \/>\nTo add up in the scheme of things<br \/>\nTo where bio security<br \/>\nIs very much at risk I feel<br \/>\nAnd immunity<br \/>\nPrecautions they are flaunted<br \/>\nAnd vulnerability<\/p>\n<p>Become really an issue<br \/>\nPoorly treated hounds<br \/>\nSpread disease they surely do<br \/>\nPerhaps in leaps and bounds<br \/>\nWhere perhaps the ignorance<br \/>\nOccurs we have to see<br \/>\nAnd be much more aware of it<br \/>\nFor really it is  key<\/p>\n<p>Parasites from carcasses<br \/>\nIn contact with us all<br \/>\nWith hygiene really  at a low<br \/>\nIt becomes a tall<br \/>\nOrder, at the country shows<br \/>\nTo remedy the scene<br \/>\nWhere there is  contamination<br \/>\nAnd the vulnerable have been<\/p>\n<p>Hunts collect the fallen<br \/>\nAnd Contamination may<br \/>\nCarcasses are fed to hounds<br \/>\nThis appears the way<br \/>\nMultiple farms and followers<br \/>\nThey defecate they do<br \/>\nThey urinate just where they want<br \/>\nAnd contaminate its true<\/p>\n<p>A hunt is uncontrollable<br \/>\nWater and faeces can<br \/>\nBe spread really all over<br \/>\nIt might not be the plan<br \/>\nBut how to plan with running hounds<br \/>\nSpreading the disease<br \/>\nWith children and the elderly<br \/>\nWhere There are no guarantees<\/p>\n<p>They ignore basic security<br \/>\nThere is arrogance about<br \/>\nReally they are  breaking laws<br \/>\nOf that there is no doubt<br \/>\nNothing is impregnable<br \/>\nThere are perils everywhere<br \/>\nIt is a road to ruin<br \/>\nLeading onto some despair<\/p>\n<p>It is now fraught with danger<br \/>\nVenturesome I&#8217;d say<br \/>\nAnd the hunt can just go anywhere<br \/>\nAnd all around can pay<br \/>\nHelpless and unguarded<br \/>\nA minefield in a way<br \/>\nNo one heeds the warning<br \/>\nFrom the dire straits of each day<\/p>\n<p>Hunts can spread diseases<br \/>\nFallen stock is not<br \/>\nTested for the cause of death<br \/>\nRight across the flock<br \/>\nFarm animals and parasites<br \/>\nAnd ofcourse disease<br \/>\nAll sorts of vehicles come and go<br \/>\nBasically as they please<\/p>\n<p>We have all felt this for decades<br \/>\nAnd hunts regard the threat<br \/>\nIts costing farming millions<br \/>\nThe industry is set<br \/>\nFirm to prevent the spreading<br \/>\nAnd The lack of  veterinary care<br \/>\nSuch movement across farmland<br \/>\nWhich we know goes everywhere<\/p>\n<p>Treating hounds for tapeworm<br \/>\nOffal being fed<br \/>\nWe know that there are problems<br \/>\nAnd that we are led<br \/>\nDown a slippery path to hell<br \/>\nEverywhere they go<br \/>\nFallen stock must not be fed<br \/>\nTo hounds and this we know<\/p>\n<p>There has to be enforcement<br \/>\nLaws are broken by<br \/>\nHunts we see it every day<br \/>\nTheir arrogance is high<br \/>\nThey hunt with hounds<br \/>\nThey do it despite the sabs who try<br \/>\nThey spread disease<br \/>\nOver boundaries<br \/>\nAnd ofcourse livestock does die<\/p>\n<p>Thats when the wild souls suffer<br \/>\nWhen farmers start to yell<br \/>\nIts all down to the badgers<br \/>\nWe know the argument well<br \/>\nAnd those poor souls are gassed and shot<br \/>\nThe grey suits think they know<br \/>\nAnd the hunting toffs continue<br \/>\nAnd the problems yes they grow<\/p>\n<p>Having laws and keeping to them<br \/>\nWith the police around<br \/>\nLeaving it to unpaid Angels<br \/>\nDown there on the ground<br \/>\nUp against the darkly ones<br \/>\nThe rich landowwners who<br \/>\nCome  out with their bovver boys<br \/>\nThreatening they do<\/p>\n<p>Its a right old battle<br \/>\nClubs and sticks and stones<br \/>\nIts isnt just a war of words<br \/>\nSome  have broken bones<br \/>\nBlack eyes whips across their backs<br \/>\nSome even ridden through<br \/>\nAnd the courts seem very wary<br \/>\nOf charging them its true<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arrogance and ignorance Feel very much to me To add up in the scheme of things To where bio security Is very much at risk I feel And immunity Precautions they are flaunted And vulnerability Become really an issue Poorly &hellip; 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