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Reforming the Hunting Act to Ban Stag Hunting
Filling in the Government Consultation to ban Trail Hunting
FILLING IN THE GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION TO PROTECT STAGS Our sister group, Action Against Foxhunting, has produduced clear, and easy advice for everyone to look at before filling in the Government Consultation to ban trail hunting. For stags, banning trail hunting will...
The Existing Law, and What Must Change
Stag Hunting, THE EXISTING LAW, AND WHAT MUST CHANGE TO PROTECT THE STAGS Download quick version here. Background A number of “exemptions” within the Hunting Act 2004 (HA 2004) have been (and continue to be) used in ways that allow stag hunts effectively to circumvent...
The Current Situation – plans to change the law
In December 2025, the Government reaffirmed its plans to strengthen the Hunting Act and ban Trail Hunting. We have very little more detail than that. Trail Hunting was included in their Animal Welfare Strategy, but no mention was made of stag hunting. Stag hunts have...