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Equestrianism relates to the riding of horses. This broad description includes both riding horses for practical purposes such as in police work or for controlling herd animals on a ranch, as well as recreational and sporting aspects such as horse riding sports, dressage, show jumping, eventing and polo. Other horse riding activities include horse-racing, hunting, fox hunting, rodeo, jousting and cavalry.
Fox hunting is a form of hunting for fox using a pack of scent hounds of the Foxhound or Harrier breeds. The pack is often followed by riders on horses.
All forms of hunting and fishing are considered to be bloodsports, and as such fox hunting is controversial and has been outlawed in some countries. Pro-hunters consider it an effective method of controlling vermin as it culls the weak and diseased, unlike shooting which is non-discriminatory and can leave injured foxes to die slowly. Animal rights activists believe all use of animals by humans is wrong and that hunting should be banned as it is nothing but one of many cruel sports. Some anti-hunt activists are known as hunt saboteurs because of their use of direct action to stop hunting.
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