Trail hunting is set to be banned in England and Wales as part of a new animal welfare strategy to be published by the ...

Soon after the original Hunting Act was passed it became clear that trail hunting was little more than foxhunting with a fig leaf. In the 25 years I have been writing newspaper columns I have never ...

Four years after John Blair’s bill was rejected by the assembly he plans to make a renewed effort to ban hunting ...

A poacher has been fined for hunting with his dog in a nature reserve. Randell Owen, 23, of St Michael’s Way, Brighton, was caught on camera at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve with his dog. Owen had been ...

Snaring and puppy farming are set to be banned in new sweeping reforms to animal welfare, the government is set to announce. Under the new animal welfare strategy a consultation will also be launched ...

The consequences of a “poorly conceived” law to ban fox hunting have not been thought through – and would cause confusion, ...

Ministers are introducing a series of new measures to better protect pets and wild animals - but critics warn Labour "simply don't care about rural Britain".

As long as we’ve known them, dogs have helped humans hunt. Some hunting dog breeds, like the American Foxhound, were perfected by humans over time to ensure the dogs could effectively track and roam ...

Choosing a hunting dog can be a daunting task. Do you want or need a flushing breed or a pointing breed? A big bold brush buster or small pocket rocket? Male or female? A dog that runs big, or a close ...