The Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Act 2025 came into effect recently. Allowing your dog to chase, run at, or cause distress to livestock is now a serious offence. Can anyone explain why the Government, couldn't simply bring in a law that provided the same protection to wild mammals. It would end illegal hunting within months.
@GhostFraser@AnnelieseDodds Rubbish. There were drag hunts, not trail hunts. The whole point of the creation of trail hunting in 2005 was to mimic fox hunting, because drag hunting is more of an equestrian event. There'd be no bloody point mimicking fox hunting because it was still going on, ffs.
@regan_gil@AnnelieseDodds Trail hunting started in the 2004/2005 season. Hounds will only be killed if you lot kill them. Why not repay all those years of service by dipping in your pockets and paying for their upkeep in kennels until they die a natural death over the next four of five years.
@herbieharry@Ruth_Evershed19@DMBean@CAupdates These were t working dogs, they're dogs used for recreational purposes. There's no exemption for hounds chasing livestock as the exemption only applies to section 2(c) which is the subsection relating to dogs being "at large"