Nick Fox has written a book about hunting ethics, a topic too rarely discussed or written about.
A couple of points….
Nick Fox is an OBE, a PhD professional zoologist, a livestock farmer, a falconer, and an author of numerous books. He wrote the successful submission to UNESCO that resulted in Falconry being inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Mankind. He has been Master of the Northumberland Crow Falcons for over 32 years.
In short, he most assuredly knows more than I do… or you do.
This is not to say you or I have to agree with him on every point.
It is to say that, where you and I may disagree, it is very likely that, if we are not wrong, we should certainly **entertain** that possibility!
Where to start?
A good place to start is to read Marc Bekoff’s interview of Mr. Fox. It stands alone and is not a waste of your time (promise). >>
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animal-emotions/202503/hunting-ethics-facing-up-to-the-many-muddled-moral-mindsets
Second, order the book. I ordered my copy from Coch-y-Bonddu books in Wales, but you can also order it from Countryside Books >> https://countrysidebooks.co.uk/pages/hunting-ethics? or International Wildlife Consultants at >>
https://www.falcons.co.uk/product/hunting-ethics-a-personal-journey/
The interview is excellent, and even before reading the longer book, Nick Fox has fallen into that rarest of folders: writers and thinkers who challenge, who avoid easy answers, and whose opinion — if I disagree with it — is assumed to be right (and mine wrong).
More to be posted later, but suffice it to say Mr. Fox has found a fan.
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