So the pheasants in the pen would be far happier to be shot and killed in the name of sport when they are released would they?
If the sporting set are so worried about the hounds they could each take a couple and give them a good home.
As for foxes being vicious, so would any animal be when it is cornered, it's called self preservation.
I would have more respect for the hunting brigade if they were honest and admitted it was a sport and not pretend it was for the good of the countryside.