This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition BAN HOUNDS BEING TRAINED TO KILL FOXES AND HARES
The hunts claim that they lay “trails,” but foxes are still being killed.
Hounds are taught to kill foxes when they are young.
If the hounds were not trained to kill, they wouldn’t kill foxes whilst on a trail hunt!
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There is footage of people throwing fox cubs to young hounds to train them how to kill. The hounds don’t naturally kill foxes, they have to be taught!
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the UK Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
The practice you describe is already illegal, so we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
You can find our more about the law on hunting mammals here:
https://www.gov.uk/hunting/mammals
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
There's already a petition calling for foxes to be made a protected species, which you might like to sign:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/245865
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.