Outfoxed

All wards produce their side-benefits for civilian use, even if the development of nuclear power from the tragedies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is an ambiguous example. Some good could even come out of the current hostilities over the right to chase small furry mammals over the British countryside.

All wards produce their side-benefits for civilian use, even if the development of nuclear power from the tragedies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is an ambiguous example. Some good could even come out of the current hostilities over the right to chase small furry mammals over the British countryside.

On Boxing Day, hunt saboteurs pushed at the envelope of human science and ingenuity in their attempts to throw the hounds off the scent of their quarry. They have used lemon juice, pepper, ultrasonic whistles and other stratagems too secret to publicise. When the hunting issue is finally decided by Parliament one way or the other, perhaps they will share their knowledge with the rest of us.

As a perusal of our letters page in recent weeks suggests, the one issue which concerns our readers almost as much as hunting (pro and anti) is cats' use of gardens as lavatories (anti). Anything that can stop a foxhound in full cry ought to be effective against the (semi-) domesticated cat. Please, hunt sabs, tell us what works.