How, pray, would one hunt them? Run them down and stomp them to death? No, the animal-rights whackos in the UK want to stop all animal-related sport, including fishing, horse-racing, jumping, riding, et cetera. They're on the rampage and they have the Commons in their pocket. The whole situation is monstrously sad. Yet another example of the way the Left is destroying the UK.
Actually, here in the United States, with the notable exception of the Eastern gentrified horse country people, most of us are much too lazy to attempt running down a fox, deer, or hare on foot, on horseback, or by vehicle. However, we are permitted (depending on locale and applicable laws) to stalk and kill them suddenly and instantly with bow and arrow, shotgun, rifle or handgun (and by bear spear, if you are Ted Nugent).
Probably it is the difference between wanting to preserve the animal's utility (as pelt or meat) as opposed to running them until they are exhausted and then letting them be ripped to pieces by the dogs for "sport." (Although I have to acknowledge that dogs are used in some parts of the country to run down and tree certain types of game.)
What I was trying to ascertain is if the law still permitted the taking of these animals (presumably by firearm) if dogs were not used in the process of stalking and killing them. Or has that type of hunting pretty much been banned in the UK as well?