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"With Hounds Off I’ve protected my animals from further attacks by hunting dogs.”
RS, Worcestershire

Have you been affected by illegal hunting?

"When hunters killed a fox behind our gardens I contacted Hounds Off and they helped us stop this happening here again."
CR, Kent

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Is illegal hunting a problem where you live?

"Bloodsports degrade us all."
Tony Benn

Warn Off Your Local Hunt

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Uniting Public Support for the Hunting Ban

Is the hunt still riding roughshod around your neighbourhood despite the ban? Are you worried about hunt trespass? Now you can protect your property, pets and livestock. Hounds Off will show you how with our range of no-nonsense online resources developed specifically to keep the hunters and their hounds in check.

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Advice for Landowners

Stop Wildlife Crime

More actions & advice

Click here for more advice about hunting, the hunting ban, and how you can help protect our wildlife and keep our countryside safer.

A Brief History of the Hunting Ban

The Hunting Act 2004 was a landmark piece of legislation. Discover the background, how it came to pass and state of affairs now...
Keep Hunting With Dogs History

(Image © IFAW) Latest public opinion polls show that 80% of British people disapprove of animal cruelty so support the Hunting Ban 2004...
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Outfoxed Again by Mike Huskisson; a book review

Mike Huskisson’s latest book, Outfoxed Again, is an important read for anyone interested in the animal rights movement between 1984 and 2005 – a radical period in terms of campaigning and investigative strategies. It was Huskisson’s work (with others) on numerous front lines which, via printed media, photographs and film, brought the nightmare realities of…

Quorn Foxhounds, 4 Oct 1991. A fox cub is evicted from its underground refuge and forced to run for its life. Seconds later the hounds, standing back but waiting for this moment with the Huntsman, are unleashed.
Still from video taken by Mike Huskisson, featured in Outfoxed Again (AWIS, 2017. ISBN 978-0-9933822-1-5)

Blog Comment:

Chris Bickerdike on Beware The ‘Middle Way’

Nobody 'releases urban foxes into the countryside '. Rather we encroach further into rural areas where foxes prefer to live. Who do you suggest relea...

Beware The ‘Middle Way’

Foxhunt supporters argue their case at a meet before the Hunting Act (2004) came into force.

It’s official – the Government is not planning any attempts to bring back fox, hare, deer and mink hunting with hounds for at least two years. This assurance was given by Dr Thé...

Blog Comment:

Brian John Mason on The Magic Of Hares

This ban must never be revoked and must continually be made stronger. How anyone could take a different view on this matter is totally beyond my under...

The Magic Of Hares

Hounds Off is grateful to Brigit Strawbridge for her permission to use this 2017 photograph.

The Hare Preservation Trust invited Hounds Off Founder, Joe Hashman, to write the The Magic Of Hares to mark the occasion of their 2017 Annual General Meeting & HareFest which took plac...

Wildlife protected by the Hunting Act

Discover which animals in the UK and Wales are protected by the Hunting Act 2004, which forbids the hunting of wild animals with dogs.
See also Badgers & Other Mammals >>

Foxes

Fox Hunting is illegal yet the Red Fox and their cubs are still hunted often in the UK...
Deer

Hunting any deer or stag with dogs is illegal in the UK...
Hares

Hare coursing where two dogs usually compete to pursue or flush out a live hair is illegal...
Mink

Hunting Mink with dogs is also illegal yet still continues...