"what about all the hounds they have to kill if they ban it?
and don't give me any rubbish about being able to have foxhounds as pets."

What about all the hounds the hunt kills regularly? All hunts kill foxhound cubs who are not deemed suitable for hunting after the cubbing season. They also kill hounds at about 7 years of age (half their average life span) when they become too slow to keep up with the younger hounds. The hunts themselves kill thousands of hounds every year, but they don't publisize it for obvious reasons.

I know someone who has two ex foxhounds, and they have made excellent pets. Once again the hunt wants to perpetuate the myth that foxhounds are unsuitable as pets for their own ends. The pest control argument doesn't hold water anymore, so they're going for emotional blackmail and sob stories about killing thousands of hounds when they know full well they do it themselves anyway. They like killing animals, why don't they just admit it?