Schedule 3 - Hunting with Dogs: Prohibition

Part of Hunting Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 2:00 pm on 25 January 2001.

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Photo of Mr Colin Pickthall Mr Colin Pickthall Labour, West Lancashire 2:00, 25 January 2001

I am sorry; climb like a monkey. That is rather less elegant. She presents, therefore, a picture of a mammal, with which, as I said, I am not personally familiar in my part of the world, that is very difficult to hunt with dogs. If pursued by dogs, they are pursued along waterways. They are mainly hunted in spring and summer, when other creatures inhabiting the same territory are busy breeding and flourishing and will be disturbed by the hunt.