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Hunting: Animal Welfare

Asked by Cameron ThomasIndependentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 13 January 2026UIN 103144

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has her Department made of the potential merits of amending the Hunting Act 2004 to allow only for the retrieval of a dead or wounded animal by a single dog.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Department has not made any such assessment of the potential merits.

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