Editing Fox hunting (section)

===Other countries===
[[File:Hunting in the USSR (3530725667).jpg|thumb|upright|Lithograph. Tourism travel poster issued 1922–1959 (approximate)]]
The other main countries in which organized fox hunting with hounds is practised are Ireland (which has 41 registered packs),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://irishfoxhunting.com/|title=Welcome to the IMFHA- representing Irish Fox Hunting|publisher=The Irish Masters of Foxhounds Association| access-date=27 December 2016|archive-date=2 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202094113/http://irishfoxhunting.com/}}</ref> Australia, France (this hunting practice is also used for other animals such as deer, wild boar, fox, hare or rabbit), Canada and Italy. There is one pack of foxhounds in Portugal, and one in India. Although there are 32 packs for the hunting of foxes in France, hunting tends to take place mainly on a small scale and on foot, with mounted hunts tending to hunt red or roe deer, or wild boar.<ref name="Venerie">{{cite web|date=9 June 2000|publisher=Venerie|title=Venerie-the Organisation representing hunting with hounds in France |url=http://www.venerie.org/}}</ref>

In Portugal fox hunting is permitted (Decree-Law no. 202/2004) but there have been popular protests<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publico.pt/2017/03/03/sociedade/noticia/cidadaos-organizam-manifestacao-a-pedir-fim-de-caca-a-raposa-pratica-cruel-e-barbara-1763966|title=Cidadãos organizam manifestação a pedir fim de caça à raposa, "prática cruel e bárbara"|website=PÚBLICO|date=3 March 2017 |access-date=23 August 2019}}</ref> and initiatives to abolish it. A petition<ref>{{cite web|url=http://peticaopublica.com/pview.aspx?pi=PT84351|website=Petição Pública|title=Pelo Fim da Caça à Raposa em Portugal }}</ref> was handed over to the Assembly of the Republic<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parlamento.pt/ActividadeParlamentar/Paginas/DetalhePeticao.aspx?BID=13005 |title=Petição No. 324/XIII/2|website=Parlamento |language=pt}}</ref> on 18 May 2017 and the parliamentary hearing held in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parlamento.pt/ActividadeParlamentar/Paginas/DetalheAudicao.aspx?bid=107725|website=Parlamento|title=Audição Parlamentar No. 59-CAM-XIII |language=pt}}</ref>

In Canada, the Masters of Foxhounds Association of North America lists seven registered hunt clubs in the province of Ontario, one in Quebec, and one in Nova Scotia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mfha.com/hunt-map/ |publisher=Masters of Foxhounds Association of North America |title=Hunt Map |year=2022 |access-date=18 November 2022 }}</ref> Ontario issues licenses to registered hunt clubs, authorizing its members to pursue, chase or search for fox,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/980665 |publisher=Ontario.ca |title=Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 |access-date=18 November 2022 }}</ref> although the primary target of the hunts is coyotes.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Joe |date= 11 December 2018 |title=Horses, hounds and coyotes — Meet Canada's only woman employed as a huntsman |url=https://financialpost.com/financial-post-magazine/horses-hounds-coyotes-meet-canadas-only-woman-employed-as-a-huntsman  |work=Financial Post Magazine |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref>