Defra

Conclusions of the Committee of Inquiry into Hunting with Dogs in England and Wales

Lord Burns

Former Chair, Committee of Inquiry into Hunting with Dogs in England and Wales

n/a

Principles of Utility generally

(broad impact of hunting on management and conservation of natural habitat and wildlife)

Professor Stephen Harris

Professor of Environmental Sciences, Bristol

Dr Stephen Tapper

Game Conservancy Trust

Managing and controlling the quarry species (fox, deer, hare and mink) populations

Professor Stephen Harris

Professor of Environmental Sciences, Bristol

Dr Jonathan Reynolds

Game Conservancy Trust

Hugh Thomas

Chair, Exmoor Deer Management Society

Dr Piran White

Wildlife Ecologist, York

Utility issues in regard to related areas

(ie hare coursing; ratting; falconry; rabbiting and deer stalking)

Professor Stephen Harris

Professor of Environmental Sciences, Bristol

Dr Jonathan Reynolds

Game Conservancy Trust

2.A

Defining cruelty, suffering and compromising animal welfare

Professor Andrew Linzey

Senior Research Fellow in Theology and Animals, Oxford

Professor David Morton

Director of Biomedical Studies, Birmingham

Professor John Webster

Professor of Animal Husbandry, Bristol

2.B

Method that causes least suffering in controlling the quarry species (fox, deer, hare and mink) populations, and its effectiveness

Dr Andy Butterworth

Veterinary Research Fellow, Bristol

Professor Stephen Harris

Professor of Environmental Sciences, Bristol

Professor John  Webster

Professor of Animal Husbandry, Bristol

Dr Douglas Wise

Veterinary Academic Lecturer, Cambridge

Professor Roger Harris

School of Sports, Exercise and Health Sciences
University College Chichester

2.C

Least suffering in relation to other activities (i.e. hare coursing; ratting, falconry; rabbiting and deer stalking)

Dr Robert  Atkinson

Head of Wildlife Department, RSPCA

Professor Stephen Harris

Professor of Environmental Sciences, Bristol

Professor John Webster

Professor of Animal Husbandry, Bristol

Dr Douglas Wise

Veterinary Academic Lecturer, Cambridge

3.A

Ways of applying the principles of utility and cruelty and by whom

Gordon Nardell

Barrister

Michael Patchett-Joyce

Barrister

3.B

How hunting would be affected if the activity were made subject to tests of utility and cruelty; modifying activity to eliminate cruelty

Professor Stephen Harris

Professor of Environmental Sciences, Bristol

Mike Huskisson

Hunt monitor, League Against Cruel Sports

David Jones

Huntsman, Montgomeryshire

Patrick Martin

Huntsman, Bicester

3.C

How the principles would impact upon those involved in pest control and jobs, e.g. gamekeepers

Charles Nodder

Adviser, National Gamekeepers Organisation

Sean Rickard

Economist, Cranfield

3.D

How to ensure that any activity which may be permitted is effectively regulated

Dr Nick Fox

Zoologist & Wildlife Consultant

Mark Love

Director of Legal Services, RSPCA

Sir Ronald Waterhouse

Judge (retired), Chair of Independent Supervisory Authority for Hunting