The Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act
The equivalent Act in Scotland similarly makes it illegal to chase or deliberately kill mammals with dogs. There are a number of differences between the two Acts:
- The Scottish Act does not place a two dog limit on the flushing of a mammal to guns in order to shoot it;
- With respect to flushing foxes above ground to guns to shoot them, only the Scottish Act permits this to be done to protect game birds;
- With respect to flushing foxes below ground to guns to shoot them, only the Scottish Act permits this to be done to protect livestock;
- The Scottish Act allows someone convicted to be sentenced for up to six months in prison, there is no such power in the Hunting Act 2004.
Read more about this topic: Hunting Act 2004
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