Given what we know about…

Given what we know about communicable diseases moving from wildlife to domestic animals (and from there to human beings), continuing this practice seems unwise. Do we really need dogs picking up some novel virus from wildlife and communicating it to us?

It is also clearly inhumane to "train" or "exercise" dogs on living animals that cannot escape. A hunting dog can be trained by other methods that do not involve gratuitous cruelty and unnecessary suffering. I can understand why previous governments were limiting and phasing out this practice. I do not understand why this government feels it necessary to remove the restrictions that were in place.