 The philosopher Roger Scruton has said that the analogy with cockfighting and badger baiting is unfair, because these sports were more cruel and did not involve any element of pest control.A series of "Mr. Briggs" cartoons by John Leech appeared in the magazine "Punch" during the 1850s which illustrated class issues.More recently the British anarchist group Class War has argued explicitly for disruption of fox hunts on class warfare grounds and even published a book "The Rich at Play" examining the subject.