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Prosecutions under the Hunting Act by year

The table below shows Hunting Act prosecutions involving hunts registered with the Council of Hunting Associations by year where government figures for all Hunting Act prosecutions are available.

The Ministry of Justice figures for all Hunting Act prosecutions up to the end of 2020 are shown in brackets

Year

Cautioned

Persons Proceeded Against

Found Guilty

2005

0 (1)

0 (2)

0 (2)

2006

0 (0)

0 (11)

0 (5)

2007

0 (8)

4 (62)

3 (48)

2008

0 (4)

3 (44)

2 (33)

2009

1 (8)

11 (92)

0 (59)

2010

0 (11)

6 (49)

2 (36)

2011

0 (1)

2 (72)

2 (56)

2012

0 (1)

14 (84)

7 (48)

2013

0 (2)

17 (110)

6 (56)

2014

0 (0)

11 (64)

3 (35)

2015

0 (3)

9 (92)

0 (45)

2016

0 (N/A)

10 (57)

0 (31)

2017

0 (N/A)

8 (52)

0 (22)

2018

0 (N/A) 5 (47) 1 (21)

2019

0 (N/A) 8 (49) 3 (17)
2020

0 (N/A)

5 (25) 0 (17)

Total

1 (39)

113 (912)

29 (531)

 

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