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Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase and, if caught, the killing of a fox, normally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds. A group of unarmed followers, led by a "master of foxhounds" (or "master of hounds"), follow the hounds on foot or on horseback. [1]
The continuation of the current law regarding fox hunting in England and Wales has been guaranteed by the Scottish National Party. [14] The law regarding fox hunting in Scotland was made stricter in 2023, following the passage and commencement of the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023, which repealed and replaced the 2002 Act. [15] [16]
Fox hunting had long been a controversial issue in the UK.. The Burns Inquiry (or Committee of Inquiry into Hunting with Dogs in England and Wales) was a Government committee set up to examine the facts in the debate in the United Kingdom about hunting with hounds.
The League Against Cruel Sports said new figures show there were 303 combined incidents of hunt havoc and illegal hunting in just five and a half weeks between November 1 and December 7.
The Hunting Act 2004 (c. 37) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which bans the hunting of most wild mammals (notably foxes, deer, hares and mink) with dogs in England and Wales, subject to some strictly limited exemptions; the Act does not cover the use of dogs in the process of flushing out an unidentified wild mammal, [4] nor does it affect drag hunting, where hounds are ...
Animal rights activists argue that hunting for sport is cruel, unnecessary, and unethical. [1] [2] They note the pain, suffering and cruelty inflicted on animals who are hunted. [1] [2] The term anti-hunting is used to describe opponents of hunting; while it does not appear to be pejorative, it is widely used as such by pro-hunting people.
The only prosecution of a traditional fox hunt led to a not guilty verdict, but to a clarification of the law, with the sheriff saying that the activity of flushing foxes to guns "will require to be accompanied by realistic and one would expect, effective arrangements for the shooting of pest species.
In The State’s letters to the editor, a reader write about his reaction to a photo of a bear killed during SC’s hunting season. Alzheimer’s, facilities for the homeless and Vista businesses ...