Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Peter Luff (Conservative), on Tuesday, 29 October 2002, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 10 members in total.

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HUNTING WITH DOGS IN SCOTLAND

That this House notes that hunting with dogs remains legal in Scotland, despite the enactment of the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002, that mounted hunts will now operate with shotguns as well as dogs and, as a consequence, will inevitably be wounding foxes in a way which has never occurred in the past with such hunts, and that even if a fox is not shot, but is caught and killed by hounds, this will not be an offence; and believes that, in animal welfare terms, far from being a step forward, Scotland has, on balance, increased suffering in a way that effective regulation would not.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1830 

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Animal welfare Dogs Hunting Foxes Scotland

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk