Fox hunting

hunting sport using trained dogs

Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase and, if caught, the killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds. A group of unarmed followers, led by a "master of foxhounds" ("master of hounds"), follow the hounds on foot or on horseback.[1]

A hunter with a killed fox

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  1. "The Final Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Hunting with Dogs in England and Wales". Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 9 June 2000. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2008. {{cite web}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)