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A consolidating Act from the previous Deer Acts. Protection of Badgers Act 1992. Makes it an offence to use badger tongs, to dig for a badger, or to disturb it within its sett, or to release a dog into a sett. Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996. Defines a wild mammal as one which is neither domestic nor captive.
Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996. Description: English: An Act to make provision for the protection of wild mammals from certain cruel acts; and for connected purposes.
An Act to continue the Army Act 1955, [m] the Air Force Act 1955 [n] and the Naval Discipline Act 1957; [o] to amend those Acts and other enactments relating to the armed forces; to make further provision in relation to proceedings before service courts; to provide for the taking of fingerprints and samples from offenders convicted in service ...
The act recognises animal sentience in law for the first time. [7] [8] Hare coursing has been illegal in Scotland since 2002 with the passing of the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 and in the rest of the United Kingdom since 2004, with the passing of the Hunting Act 2004.
The Hunting Act 2004 (c. 37) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which bans the hunting of most wild mammals (notably foxes, deer, hares and mink) with dogs in England and Wales, subject to some strictly limited exemptions; the Act does not cover the use of dogs in the process of flushing out an unidentified wild mammal, [4] nor does it affect drag hunting, where hounds are ...
The Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act was an Act of the Scottish Parliament passed in February 2002, making Scotland the first part of the United Kingdom to ban traditional fox hunting and hare coursing. It was repealed in 2023.
The continuation of the current law regarding fox hunting in England and Wales has been guaranteed by the Scottish National Party. [14] The law regarding fox hunting in Scotland was made stricter in 2023, following the passage and commencement of the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023, which repealed and replaced the 2002 Act. [15] [16]
The Sea Birds Preservation Act of 1869 was passed in the United Kingdom as the first nature protection law in the world [17] after extensive lobbying from the Association for the Protection of Sea-Birds. [18] The Game Act 1831 (1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 32) protected game birds by establishing close seasons when they could not be legally taken. The act ...