Foxes Run Free
Pro Wildlife Villanelle
Introduction
This may read a bit disjointed but it is meant to give a sense of freedom for foxes and others.
I believe that animals should be free to roam. Humans steal their habitat then complain when animals try to live by taking what food they can. Foxes would forage and eat other animals, but when their normal prey is removed then they have to target domesticated areas.
The joke of hunting as "pest control" is a lie for bullies to dress up and murder defenceless animals. We see the same with many other animals throughout the world, such as bears and badgers,
All animal hunting should be stopped, and I hate that the hunts justify themselves by classifying their prey as vermin when the real vermin is wearing red coats on the back of a horse.
This poem is inspired by the beautiful painting by Angie Livingstone showing a fox running free.
The music is "Run With The Fox" by Alan White and Chris Squire.
Foxes Run Free
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Our Wildlife Is Precious, Foxes Run Free
Not To Be Fearful, Freedom From The Hunt,
Through Green Woodlands And Dales, Forests And Fields
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The Fox Should Be Safe, That Much You Must See
Wildlife Needs A Working Environment
Our Wildlife Is Precious, Foxes Run Free
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FireFox Running Under Golden Lit Trees
This Creature For Its Prey To Feed It Hunts
Through Green Woodlands And Dales, Forests And Fields
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Wildlife Can't Be Subject To Cruelty
Foxes And Others Must Be Free to run
Our Wildlife Is Precious, Foxes Run Free
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The Only True Hunters Should Foxes Be
To Spend Their Live Under Moon And Sun
Through Green Woodlands And Dales, Forests And Fields
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So Let Foxes Run Under Those Sacred Trees
All Creatures Deserve A Life That Is Long
Our Wildlife Is Precious, Foxes Run Free
Through Green Woodlands And Dales, Forests And Fields
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Comments (6)
They are so pretty. Still food for the bears though.
Yes, it's humans that destroy and take over their habitat. Shame on them!
Beautiful work. One should only hunt for food. Fox hunts are cruel why do the very rich do them?
The saving grace is that there are many good souls who adopt foxes as pets. Let's help such people win! A beautiful villanelle.
That was lovely, Mike. A d I agree.
It is a wild villanelle in more than one sense. But good, I love foxes, their barking and beautiful colour.