A dog's life gets harder in the Mother Country

BBC NEWS | England | Merseyside | Hare coursing moved to avoid ban:
"Thousands of people are due to attend the final Waterloo Cup hare coursing event, which has been brought forward to avoid the impending ban on hunting."

It seems the Brits have not only banned folks on horses chasing hounds chasing foxes, they have also banned greyhounds chasing hares. Just what do these nuts think their own dogs do when they encounter a smaller furry critter in the garden? Dogs chase things, and they often kill what they catch. So do cats. But if people watch them do it, it becomes some sort of crime!

Of course, when it comes to hares, the dog's odds of catching it aren't very good. The organizers of the Waterloo Cup claim that seven of eight hares escape the greyhounds. Based on my observations of my Great Dane chasing rabbits, I'd say that ratio is probably correct. For real sport, though, watch a dog go after a groundhog. Groundhogs have big teeth and sharp claws and put up a very respectable fight.