Dogs At Work And Play

Members of the Chiddingfold, Leconfield and Cowdray Hunt gather for the traditional Boxing Day fox hunt at the kennels at Petworth House, Petworth, England Saturday Dec. 26, 2009. Fox hunting, which dates back centuries in Britain, historically involved groups of riders following a pack of hounds trained to track down and kill foxes. The Hunting Act, which took effect on Feb. 18, 2005, outlaws traditional fox hunting and other sports in which dogs chase and kill prey. Under the law, dogs can be used to locate a fox and drive it out into open ground, but not to harm the animal, which is shot instead.