Dogs killing wildlife (1 Viewer)

[jackied]

Today in my local forest I saw a dog kill a pheasant, what is the law regarding dogs killing wildlife, and does it depend on what species is killed?
Jackie

 

[stonechat1]

Today in my local forest I saw a dog kill a pheasant, what is the law regarding dogs killing wildlife, and does it depend on what species is killed?
Jackie

Pheasants are game birds, and acccording to this it´s not legal to hunt them without license. If somebody or something do so it´s called poaching.
If this dog has a handler so he is fully responsible for his dog, means when his dog make some damage or kill or hurt another animal so his owner is in a very bad situation.
Take a look at this sites:
http://www.ruralsports.co.uk/bird-hunting.html
http://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/index.aspx?articleid=462
http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/397

Regards,
Roman

 

[jackied]

Thanks for that Roman.
Jackie