Therefore, a non-native mammal which escapes from captivity, for example a lion which has escaped from a zoo, will not be living in a wild state and so will not be a wild mammal and will not fall within the ambit of the Act. ![]() “Living in a wild state” requires that the animal has adapted to living in the wild. The definition of British Islands in the Interpretation Act 1978 includes Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.Ĩ. A wild mammal is one which is living in a wild state, is of a species recognised as living in a wild state in the British Islands, or which has been deliberately released from human control. Subsection ( 3) also defines “ wild mammal” for the purposes of the Act. The word “hunting” carries with it a requirement of intentional conduct.ħ. For example, the situation where a dog runs off by itself in pursuit of a wild mammal whilst being walked would not be caught by the offence because in that instance the owner is not hunting a wild mammal using the dog. These are not specified in the definition because there may be circumstances in which they do not constitute hunting. However this is an inclusive definition and other types of conduct which constitute hunting a wild mammal (such as chasing, pursuing, stalking or flushing it from cover) will also be caught by the offence. ![]() It expressly includes searching for a wild mammal (so that hunting does not require that the wild mammal has been identified) and coursing (the practice of using a dog to hunt a wild mammal by sight). Subsection ( 3) provides further detail on what is included in the definition of hunting. ![]() Subsection ( 1) provides that a person commits an offence if the person hunts a wild mammal using a dog.Ħ. Detailed Provisions Part 1: Hunting a wild mammal using a dog Section 1: Offence of hunting a wild mammal using a dogĥ.
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