Petition · past parliament
BAN HOUNDS BEING TRAINED TO KILL FOXES AND HARES
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
The hunts claim that they lay “trails,” but foxes are still being killed.
Hounds are taught to kill foxes when they are young.
If the hounds were not trained to kill, they wouldn’t kill foxes whilst on a trail hunt!
Hounds are taught to kill foxes when they are young.
If the hounds were not trained to kill, they wouldn’t kill foxes whilst on a trail hunt!
There is footage of people throwing fox cubs to young hounds to train them how to kill. The hounds don’t naturally kill foxes, they have to be taught!
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the UK Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
The practice you describe is already illegal, so we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
You can find our more about the law on hunting mammals here:
https://www.gov.uk/hunting/mammals
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
There's already a petition calling for foxes to be made a protected species, which you might like to sign:
Make foxes a protected species
The practice you describe is already illegal, so we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
You can find our more about the law on hunting mammals here:
https://www.gov.uk/hunting/mammals
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
There's already a petition calling for foxes to be made a protected species, which you might like to sign:
Make foxes a protected species
Timeline
| 18 Apr 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 17 May 2019 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
17 May 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.