Foxhunting: Overview
Foxhunting; ©M. Hart
Foxhunting has been a controversial issue in Britain for a long time. Pro-hunt supporters maintain that fox hunting controlled the fox population and it was, in a way, a form of pest control rather than a sport. Anti-hunt supporters argue that it was an inhumane sport. Foxhunting has been illegal in Scotland since 2002 and in England and Wales since 2005.
Discover about the history of foxhunting in Britain and the research done on foxhunting in these pages. Learn more about how many foxes there are in Britain and about trends in numbers or whether the ban on hunting is going to have an effect on fox numbers in Britain. Use the menu of the left hand side or, if you prefer, explore our Question & Answer section below.
Question & Answer
TopHistory:
- What is foxhunting?
- What is drag hunting?
- When did foxhunting begin?
- Where is foxhunting practiced?
- Is it illegal to kill foxes in Britain?
- What was the aim of the hunting ban?
