Research and observation
49.Paragraph 9 provides that dogs may be used to track a wild mammal if five conditions are satisfied.
50.The first condition in sub-paragraph (2) is that the hunting is undertaken for the purpose of or in connection with the observation or study of the wild mammal.
51.The second condition in sub-paragraph (3) is that is that only up to two dogs may be used.
52.The third condition in sub-paragraph (4) is that the hunting must not involve the use of a dog below ground.
53.The fourth condition in sub-paragraph (5) is that the hunting takes place on land which belongs to the person hunting or which he has been given permission to use for that purpose by the occupier or, in the case of unoccupied land, by a person to whom it belongs.
54.The fifth condition in sub-paragraph (6) is that each dog is kept under sufficiently close control to ensure that it does not injure the wild mammal.