Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase and, if caught, the killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds.
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11 Facts About Fox hunting
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Norman Fox hunting traditions were brought to Britain when William the Conqueror arrived, along with the Gascon and Talbot hounds.
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Fox hunting developed further in the eighteenth century when Hugo Meynell developed breeds of hound and horse to address the new geography of rural England.
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Fox hunting is prohibited in Great Britain by the Protection of Wild Mammals Act 2002 and the Hunting Act 2004, but remains legal in Northern Ireland.
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Fox hunting is usually undertaken with a pack of scent hounds, and, in most cases, these are specially bred foxhounds.
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Cub Fox hunting is illegal in Great Britain, although anti-hunt associations maintain the practice is still widespread.
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Some anti-Fox hunting campaigners have urged hunts to switch to the established sport of drag Fox hunting instead, as this involves significantly less risk of wild animals being accidently caught and killed.
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Clean boot Fox hunting uses packs of bloodhounds to follow the natural trail of a human's scent.
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Anti-hunting activists who choose to take action in opposing fox hunting can do so through lawful means, such as campaigning for fox hunting legislation and monitoring hunts for cruelty.
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Supporters of hunting maintain that when foxes or other prey are hunted, the quarry are either killed relatively quickly or escapes uninjured.
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Fox hunting has inspired artists in several fields to create works which involve the sport.
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