Gerard Seenan. "Things are done in the countryside for a reason. You can't just come in and change it and expect there to be no consequences."

Terri Judd. Describes the economic and social consequences of the Dumfriesshire hunt disbanding.

Paul Kelbie, Scotland correspondent. "Usually we can expect to lose about half a dozen lambs each spring, but this year we lost up to about 50, despite the fact that we shot about a dozen foxes ourselves."

Paul Kelbie, Scotland correspondent. Ironically, since the legisla-tion was passed by 68 MSPs to 36, with five abstentions, more foxes have been killed than in the year before the ban.

Jeremy Watson. The European Union, which has put £2.5m into a capercaillie protection programme in Scotland, has urged the Scottish Executive to reduce the death toll of the capercaillie from the huge rise in the number of fox snares being set by gamekeepers legally to protect the red grouse.

Paul Gallagher. Lord Watson's anti-hunting act has polarised Scotland while supporters and critics of fox hunting agree that the bill is unworkable.

John Robertson, law correspondent. Two members of the Union of Country Sports Workers who went to court in an attempt to have the ban on hunting with hounds in Scotland overturned were told yesterday that their challenge, based on Articles Eight, Nine and Ten of the ECHR, was unsuccessful.

Mark MacAskill and Donald Collins. The future of the capercaillie, one of Scotland¹s most endangered species of birds, is being threatened by snares set by landowners to catch foxes in response to the hunting ban.

Justin Cartwright. Describes the effect on foxes of the new pest-control laws in Scotland requiring hounds to drive foxes to guns, as shown by a day's hunting with the Duke of Buccleuch's Hunt.

Tom Peterkin, Scottish political correspondent. The challenge by two members of the Union of Country Sports Workers to overturn the Scottish foxhunting ban by claiming that it infringed human rights failed yesterday when a judge ruled that the legislation was legitimate. The decision will be appealed.

Auslan Cramb, Scotland Correspondent. Two hunt enthusiasts began a legal challenge yesterday against the ban on fox hunting, claiming their human rights had been breached. Gerard Moynihan QC, appearing for Scottish ministers contesting the action, said that international laws guaranteeing participation in cultural life did not apply in this case.

The first prosecution for hunting with a pack of dogs has been abandoned after becoming time barred.

Gillian Harris, Scotland Correspondent. Jeremy Whaley and Brian Friend, associate members of the Union of Country Sports Workers, submitted a petition for judicial review claiming the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Bill violates the Human Rights Act and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Magnus Linklater. Describes the changes in Scotland for the fox hunts including the current status of the appeals.

Shirley English. Describes the current situation of enforcing the ban on hunting in Scotland, including comments from Chief Superintendent Watson McAteer of Scottish Borders Police who drafted the policing strategy in the wake of the Scottish ban.