![]() ![]() The paper argues that the rationale of the HA as discerned by the British Court, and upheld by the ECtHR (Starasbourg) is based on misunderstandings about the way scenting hounds hunt, the effect they have on the welfare of three species of wild, free-living mammals, what it is that hunt supporters actually enjoy by way of sport and why they enjoy what they do. In his opinion, the legislation was compatible with the ECHR for the purpose of the protection of morals. In the leading judgment, Lord Bingham on dismissing the appeal to the House of Lords (now the Supreme Court) ruled that the object of the HA was to prevent or reduce suffering to wild mammals by way of recreational activity and that no less far reaching measure could have achieved that end. ![]() The Hunting Act 2004 (HA) was the subject of judicial review in the British Courts in a legal challenge by the Countryside Alliance and others under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). ![]()
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