Category: Animal law

  • Finn’s Law – better late than never.

    Finn’s Law – better late than never.

    Finn’s law came into force in June, 2019 Why did it take so long to protect UK police dogs and horses with Finn’s Law. Until recently police dogs and horses have always been treated just as a piece of police equipment or property. Countries have been extremely slow at recognising the need to protect them…

  • Hunting with dogs and the “unenforceable” ban.

    Hunting with dogs and the “unenforceable” ban.

    The UK Hunting Act 2004 was never going to work. Whenever there is talk about the Hunting Act it tends to revolve around fox-hunting but other forms of hunting with dogs were also banned particularly hare-coursing. Fox hunts were not disbanded, but given an olive branch and allowed to flourish through drag or trail hunting and…