Prince philip, is president of the world wildlife fund,And yet he shoots birds, and hunts and kills foxes,?

is this hypocrasy or are the rules different for these ' people'?Prince philip, is president of the world wildlife fund,And yet he shoots birds, and hunts and kills foxes,?
Your obviously not from the countryside are you.


Foxes in the country are classed as a vermin, the numbers are controlled by hunting. As are the times and the way a fox may be hunted.


The birds that are hunted are Game birds that are then eaten, this is a natural way of obtaining a food source. Would you prefer it if a grouse was reared in a battery like chickens?


To the uneducated eye it would appear to be hypocrasy, but the answer is no it is not.Prince philip, is president of the world wildlife fund,And yet he shoots birds, and hunts and kills foxes,?
In no way am I a royalist, so don't get me wrong here! BUT! killing foxes is not always a bad thing - they are a sort of vermin. Very pretty vermin, but vermin nonetheless.





The 'bird' bit does worries me. We have a pheasant farm locally. The birds just wander around the roads all of the time - and we get them in the field next to our garden. This is not 'game' this is killing a pet! These pheasant will come up and eat out of your hand - but then, I don't think that Prince Philip comes to this region to shoot his birds - so you can only blame the rest of the crowd who do.





I think that the WWF is actually considering animals such as the Giant Panda (that is their logo, isn't it?). These animals are getting far more rare and are in danger of dying out forever. Foxes and birds - no way!





There are no different rules - you just have to take various factors into account!
What irony. And Al Gore burns more electricity than a small twon, I hear.
WWF helps endangered species.


Animals that they ';hunt'; are considered ';vermin';-foxes


or are bred specially for the purpose ( pheasants)


and there is no chance of them becoming extinct.





No hypocrisy there.





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i shoot (for food only)


and have the greatest respect for my quarry.


just because he hunts,it doesnt mean he doesnt care about wildlife,maybe he just enjoys eating game birds,are you a vegan????


do you wear leather shoes?


do you buy all your meat pre packed in polystyrene boxes so that you dont have to think that it was once a living breathing creature...i think you may be the hypocrite,not prince philip.
This is bare faced hypocrisy. To preserve the birds for shooting lots of wild life has to be killed
It is total hypocrisy - and many of the aother answerers are missing the point.





The WWF works to help endangered animals and to make people care about the fate of all sentient beings.





To quote battery chickens is diverting from the real issue - battery farming is wrong (Philip's son has an organic farm).





Some people consider foxes vermin (certainly not all people) but the point is that chasing a defenseless animal with a pack of dogs (and destroying the countryside as you ride) then watching it being torn to pieces is sick. It's called a sport because the so called aristocracy like it and it's tradition (so was the right of the first night and feudal fealty but they're gone). It's also okay to rear birds, scare them so that they fly into the line of fire because the aristocracy do it.





It's also laughable to think that this has anything to do with hunger or clearing vermin - it's fun for them. Of course, if the average person did this, they would be in trouble with the law.





These people do what they want, they think they're above the rules so yes, you're right it is hypocrisy .





As Oscar Wilde said 'the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable”. Unspeakable is the word for Philip and his like.
Yes, its hypocrisy, but he gets away with it because of who he is and because nobody takes him that seriously anyway.
I don't see the problem. Hunting is an important part of the ecosystem. There are not as many animals praying on some animals and they will over populate thus restricted gaming laws for certin time of the year to deal with it have come into the law books.
Yes, the word 'hypocrite' does spring to mind.