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Ultimately the judge is the judge. Well, Tom says it's cruel, so let's be devils and say: yes, definitely cruel.

It's either not hunting with dogs, or the police/CPS have decided not to pursue the matter. This really is basic stuff. I'm going out now, love!

I think the Act prohibits hunting with dogs, with a number of exemptions.

I think it's a matter of common sense, old chap. For example, if the stag is chased for eight hours, it's probably cruel.

I think foxhunting i.e. where people are hunting foxes with dogs, is hunting with dogs, yes.

Hahaha! tallyhoitus-interruptus?

I think stag hunting is hunting with dogs.

My reply is that you've misinterpreted both the Act, and how others have interpreted it.

I've answered every question put to me. Just because the police take no action doesn't mean no law has been broken. The DEFRA and police policy - and one I agree with - is that hunting has a low priority.

Wright was hunting with dogs. It's very simple.

I think that's allowed under the Act under certain circumstances. As to whether it's cruel or not: depends on how long the hounds chase the fox. In the Wright case for example the judge, I believe, thought that the guns didn't shoot the fox as soon as they could. In these sort of circumstances...

You have to look at the whole picture and not be blinkered. I think, for example, stag hunting is hunting.

"I've had a chat with some pals of mine about your assertion that more than two dogs can still legally be used to flush out wild mammals" What I've said repeatedly is that if you're not hunting with dogs, you're not hunting with dogs. Therefore the Hunting Act 2004 - which prohibits hunting...

I'd need a little more to go on. Describe the scenario in slightly more detail.

I think the DEFRA memo on this says "hunting with dogs" should be interpreted in its normal English sense, or something to that effect. I'd therefore define it as using dogs to hunt. In other words, it's common sense whether someone is hunting with dogs. In the scenario AA has described (oh so...