About 12% of land in the country is owned by the public and managed for us by public bodies. Hunting is permitted by licence on some of this land, and by default in other parts. Some public bodies have already banned hunts completely – Forestry England, Natural Resources Wales, Lake District National Park Authority and some local councils have done this. Others, the Exmoor National Park Authority for example, and happy to continue to allow it.
It is high time that this stopped. Now that we know the Government is going to ban hunting wild mammals with dogs properly, we need to ask these public bodies what they are going to do while we are waiting for the new legislation.
But first, we need a list. Can you help? Please fill in the form below and tell us of any land you know (however obscure) where hunting is allowed.
We will focus on private landowners soon – this one is just for public bodies.
