Submission addressing the cruelty and utility of hare hunting.

Includes sections on the CA's position statement, DEFRA questions of 31st May, cruelty, utility, human rights issues and supplementary evidence in the public domain. [pdf]

Joint submission by the IFAW/LACS/RSPCA coalition against hunting addresses each type of hunting with dogs and rejects any utility value in each of them. [pdf]

IFAW/LACS/RSPCA submission addresses the DEFRA questions of 31st May including cruelty, utility, alternatives and the process of banning and controlling various activities. [pdf]

D Jones, huntsman to the David Davies Foxhounds in Llandinam, Powys, addresses issues of cruelty, utility and implementation.

Responses to questions of 31 May.

Dr Jonathan Reynolds. Discusses the problems with the Government's current position. [html]

Dr Julie Ewald. Evidence submitted about habitat management in response to the questions raised about 'utility'. [pdf]

Dr Stephen Tapper. Considers the utility of hunting as being similar to angling, shooting or any other field sport with the addition to dealing with the removal of fallen farm livestock. Includes recreation, animal population control, and wildlife and landscape conservation.

Addresses ways of applying the principles of utility and cruelty and by whom.

Addresses questions of 31 May.

Defines cruelty, suffering and welfare as they apply to all sentient animals, both as individuals and as a species. From the School of Veterinary Science at the University of Bristol.

Describes the utility and humanity or cruelty of the killing process for the individual, the quarry species and other wild life. From the School of Veterinary Science at the University of Bristol.

Covers concerns about various types of hunt activities, the alternative of lamping and questions if the fox even qualifies as a pest. [pdf]

Explains why the principles of cruelty and least suffering are best applied by local tribunals comprising local lay representatives.

Addresses issues of cruelty and utility in hunting, particularly the areas the Burns Inquiry identified as being worthy of further consideration.

By Mark Love, Director of Legal Services, RSPCA. Explains the group's position that regulation would be impractical and all hunting should be banned as a moral issue.

Dr Kreeger's US research is once again misquoted by Mr Harris to bolster his case for cruelty. School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol.

Compares and contrasts the experiences of the United States, specifically the Department of Agriculture, in dealing with the same issues of wildlife management and animal damage control.

Submission on cruelty and utility supported by 540 members of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.