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FACTS
Scotland
was the first part of the UK to ban mounted hunting with hounds.
A bill to ban hunting with dogs in Scotland was passed in
February 2002.
Since the ban was imposed most mounted hunts in Scotland have
become gun packs with hounds used not to kill, but to flush
foxes from cover for marksmen to shoot.
Pro-hunters
insist the ban has resulted in the loss of jobs in rural communities
and claim a rising fox population has led to more lambs and
other farm animals being killed.
Hunts
in the South West are waiting to see if the government will opt for
a form of licensed hunting or whether it will use the Parliament Act
to ban hunting outright.
Scottish hunts are currently operating under special licences after
hunting was banned there two years ago.
成人快手 reporter Janine Jansen has been to Kelso in the Borders to see
how the Buccleuch Hunt has adapted.
Traditional
hunting was banned two years ago in Scotland when the Protection
of Wild Mammals Bill was passed.
It
means horses and hounds can be used to flush the fox out into the
path of waiting guns. But it is illegal for hounds to actually kill
the fox.
Here hunts effectively work as pest control services for farmers
and gamekeepers.
In
Scotland more than double the number of foxes are now shot.
There
are ten main hunts in Scotland. Back in 2002, there were fears they
wouldn't survive this change, but they all have.
Hunt
supporters say the 'partial' ban has hit them economically, albeit
not as badly as feared.
Fewer horses and riders go hunting, and the packs of hounds are
smaller.
About half the full-time hunt staff have been paid off. Some horse
livery yards have closed, and some blacksmiths have moved away or
taken on different work.
Their biggest concern is that they now shoot more than double the
number of foxes.
The
campaign organisation 'Advocates for Animals' wants the legislation
to go further.
It would like to see gun packs made illegal because it's against
wild animals being chased and terrified.
It says the job losses are purely anecdotal and believes hunts should
pursue drag hunting - where the scent is laid artificially beforehand.
