Running Dogs In Scotland

[shirlnmisty]

Ok the law in Scotland re hunting

Illegal quarry: hare, fox and deer (deer have been for years here anyway)

rabbits and rats are ok my hubby emailed DEFRA when the law was passed here and they said that hunting rabbits with dogs will not be affected

copy of the email

Dear Mr Campbell,

Thank you for your email regarding the hunting of rabbits with lurchers

in

Scotland.

DEFRA does not deal with such matters in Scotland, which are dealt with

by

the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department. I

have

contacted this department, who informed me that the new law on hunting

in

Scotland (the 'Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002') does

not

affect the hunting of rabbits with dogs. A person who hunted a rabbit

with

a dog/dogs in Scotland would not be liable for prosecution. You can

read

the Act at:

www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2002

If you require any more information about this Act, you can contact the

Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department at the

following

address:

Pentland House

47 Robb's Loan

Edinburgh

EH14 1TY

or email ceu@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

I hope this answers your query.

 

[shirlnmisty]

the act

10 Meaning of expressions

(1) In this Act-

"to hunt" includes to search for or course;

"occupier" includes any person who has control of land;

an "orphaned" fox means a fox, the mother of which is dead, which is too young to survive on its own;

"owner" (of land) does not include a creditor in a heritable security who is not in possession of the security subjects;

"pest species" means foxes, hares, mink, stoats and weasels;

"wild mammal"-

(a) includes a wild mammal which has escaped, or been released, from captivity, and any mammal which is living wild;

(b) does not include a rabbit;

© does not include a rodent;

and references to hunting with, or the use of, "a dog" are to be interpreted as also applying to hunting with, or (as the case may be) the use of, two or more dogs.