An old news paper article shows that indecision over how to recognize animal cruelty has been going on for a while. To this day- the debate rages within its own church- with some clergy defending the right to kill foxes for sport and others calling for an outright ban to hounds going out at all. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1325908/Bishop-breaks-ranks-to-back-foxhunting.html