Laura, you can still go rabbitting with dogs,it is only if you do it to mice or hares that you are in trouble. But you can still hunt rats. The Shambles and GUEST still keep stating that this law is about cruelty, but I wish one of them would explain why it is cruel to rip a fox apart with dogs, but perfectly OK wth a rabbit. And of course you can blast off at either with a shotgun whenever you like.