Petition · past parliament
Ban the terrier men's terriers from trail hunts.
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4,455 signatures
What the petition asks
Since the Fox Hunting Ban in 2004, the terrier men are now simply there to lay the trail. The terriers are no longer necessary. Terriers were only used to flush out foxes before the ban.
The artificial scents that hunts lay should not lead into a badger sett or into a hole in the ground.
In traditional foxhunting the terriermen were used to stop/block fox earths and badger setts in the area where the hunting was to take place to prevent foxes from going to ground. The foxes would be located using terriers, dug out and fox bolted to be hunted again by the hounds. It's hard to imagine which roles terriers could now play in trail hunting and shouldn't be found with trail hunts.
In traditional foxhunting the terriermen were used to stop/block fox earths and badger setts in the area where the hunting was to take place to prevent foxes from going to ground. The foxes would be located using terriers, dug out and fox bolted to be hunted again by the hounds. It's hard to imagine which roles terriers could now play in trail hunting and shouldn't be found with trail hunts.
Timeline
| 26 Jan 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 26 Jul 2018 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
4,455
Status
Closed
Opened
26 Jan 2018
Closed
26 Jul 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.