TopIs it still legal to dig out foxes with terriers?
The Hunting Act 2004 permits the use of no more than one terrier below ground at any one time “for the purpose of preventing or reducing serious damage to game birds or wild birds which a person is keeping or preserving for the purpose of their being shot”. The Act also stipulates conditions about permission and the welfare of both the dog and the fox. This is sometimes referred to as “the gamekeeper’s exemption”, although the Act does not specify that the exemption only applies to gamekeepers.
