Hunting Act Misfire
Scotsman 3.9.05 Scottish Hedgehog Cull: A prickly problem with the law "One of the more entertaining aspects of the hunting with dogs legislation, actually designed to stop us hunting with dogs, is the complete Horlicks it has generated in the case of Scottish Natural Heritage versus hedgehogs." Alastair Robertson goes on to outline the history of the hedgehog problem and how: "The only way to root out the remaining few and prevent them from breeding is to set the dogs on them. I can only wish I had been present at the SNH legal and scientific sub committee meeting, or whatever, charged with discussing and analysing the implications of using dogs. The full article may be read at http://news.scotsman.com/features.cfm?id=1870982005 |