Is This Dog Cruelty?

Prince Edward has been placed under fire by various British animal welfare organizations, after he was photographed raising a stick at two dogs on a recent hunting excavation.A Buckingham Palace spokesman denied Prince Edward actually inflicted any harm on the dogs. "I can confirm there were two dogs fighting over a pheasant. Prince Edward did separate them but no harm was done to either dog," the spokesman said. "He broke up the fight with the dogs and pictures show him waving his stick around. We cannot confirm, however, whether he struck the dog."

I watched the video. He didn't beat the dogs. I believe his story that he was stopping something happening between the dogs. This story is prompted by is wacky animal rights nuts going ballistic in order to get in the news.