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Scottish government urged to act against hunting with packs of dogs
Hounds wait before the Grove and Rufford Hunt sets off from Bawtry in South Yorkshire as hundreds of packs across the country meet for barbaric Boxing Day fox hunt
THE Scottish government must take action to stop hunters and estate owners exploiting loopholes that have allowed hunting with packs of dogs to continue, the Scottish Greens demanded today.
The Hunting With Dogs Act, introduced last year, imposed a two-dog limit for hunts.
But it also includes a provision for NatureScot to issue licences for the use of more than two dogs to control wild mammals when there is no other solution available.
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