Should we ban hunting?

'Unting is all that's woth living for - all time is lost wot is not spent 'unting - it is like the hair we breathe - if we have it not we die - it's the sport of kings, the image of war without its guilt, and only five-and-twenty per cent of its danger.(R.S. Surtees)

The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable. (Oscar Wilde)

What are animal rights? Can we justify them and what is their scope?
To what extent should citizens of a democracy be allowed freedom of action?
What if this violates any animal rights we have established?
To what extent should the moral stance of the majority legally restrict minorities?

Here are some interesting links. I haven't checked them all out extensively, but will refine this page as I do.

Mike Foster MP's Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill
House of Commons Standing Committee C, debate and proceedings
BBC News - Hunting, sport for all...? (Nov. 97)

UK Organisations:
Countryside Alliance home page
League Against Cruel Sports
Hunt Saboteurs Association

Animal Rights:
Animal Rights Resource Site
Animal Rights FAQ
Jim Powlesland: Hunting vs Animal rights
The Illogic of Animal Rights
Hunters Against Animal Rights Madness
uk.politics.animals and its FAQ: Animal Rights Myths , also ARfaq4 and unofficial webpage (from AR perspective)

Opinions:
Mark Dixon
Jim Powlesland
Emma Howard
Tim Spencer
Mark Hudson
Kevin Wright
Debate on Equiweb

Other:
Xenophon 'On Hunting'
The Dharma of Fox Hunting by Jim Perrin

[note: Americans use the word 'hunting' to refer to shooting and other pursuits, whereas in Britain & Ireland 'hunting' is reserved for hunting with hounds]

Bibliography:

Animal Rights and Wrongs (Roger Scruton) ISBN 1-898309-19-1
Animal Liberation 2nd Edition (Peter Singer) ISBN 0-7225-2415-3
Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man (Siegried Sasson)