What UK Hunting Act 2004 (c.37): Prohibition of Hunting Wild Mammals with Dogs and Hare Coursing requires
The Hunting Act 2004 (c. 37) prohibits the hunting of wild mammals with dogs and the practice of hare coursing in England and Wales, subject to defined exemptions, and is enforced through the magistrates' courts. Section 1 makes it an offence for a person to hunt a wild mammal with a dog unless the hunting is exempt. Section 2 provides that hunting is exempt if it is within a class of exempt hunting described in Schedule 1, which sets out tightly defined categories such as stalking and flushing out, the use of dogs below ground to protect birds for shooting, hunting of rats and rabbits, retrieval of hares, falconry, recapture of an escaped wild mammal, rescue of an injured wild mammal, and research and observation. Section 3 makes it an offence to knowingly permit land or a dog to be used in unlawful hunting. Section 5 prohibits hare coursing, making it an offence to participate in, attend, or facilitate a hare coursing event. Section 6 sets the penalty for offences, which on summary conviction is a fine. Section 8 confers powers of search and seizure on a constable, and section 9 provides for the forfeiture of dogs, hunting articles, and vehicles on conviction. Section 11 provides the interpretation, including the meaning of hunting and wild mammal. The Act is the foundational prohibition on hunting wild mammals with dogs.
Pillar: Water & Environmental Resources · Authority: UK Parliament / Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/37/contents
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- Hunting Act 2004, section 1 - hunting wild mammals with dogs.
- Hunting Act 2004, section 2 - exempt hunting.
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