Guest guest Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 This fox never stood a chance when it had a brush with the guns at Prince Philip’s shooting party yesterday, writes Maurice Chittenden. First it was blasted by one of eight people taking part in the shoot on the Sandringham estate. Then, as it lay wounded, it raised itself to snarl at a gundog, so a gamekeeper beat it over the head with a flag used to signal to the beaters. Still not sure whether the fox was dead, the gamekeeper was spotted doing the unspeakable to the uneatable, appearing to stamp on it before dragging it into the undergrowth. The prince, whose shooting parties bag up to 7,000 pheasants a season, looked on nonchalantly, shotgun across his arm. Philip, 85, was previously thought to have given up shooting because of failing eyesight. The fox’s demise, although legal, is more likely to cause a ballyhoo among city dwellers. In 2004 the Queen was criticised by animal rights campaigners after taking a wounded pheasant from a gun dog’s jaws and beating it with her walking stick until dead. In 2000, she was photographed wringing the neck of a badly injured bird at Sandringham.Peter H Try the all-new Mail . "The New Version is radically easier to use" – The Wall Street Journal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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