World’s Strangest

Fox hunting — at least as it was traditionally conducted with dogs — has been illegal in the United Kingdom since 2005. You can be hunted with the old ways, if you like. But if you want to take down a fox, you’ll have to work with UK Paintball. For £400, the firm arranges for [...]

The title refers not to the report earlier this week of a fox shooting a hunter, but to an announcement that some hunting clubs in England have replaced the traditional quarry with… humans. And although he started the day nursing a sore knee, 54-year-old Andy Kay and his fellow runners are putting up a fine chase, [...]