Foxhunting with dogs

I've listened , watched the debate etc about the above with disgust. It's pure lobby power, when the argument is straightforward IMO.
We banned cockfighting and bear baiting because it was cruel to the animals. If foxhunting with dogs is as cruel--- it should be classed the same way.
Chasing a fox until it is totally exhausted then allowing a pack of dogs to kill and effectively eat it- for fun - I think is- and so I agree with the Government in this instance.
A sentence from a character in the Archers last night [a radio farming soap ] was 'hunting vermin is one thing, but making a game of it ? '... which I think summed up most of the arguments.