Category: Hound Education


  • Rabbit Hunting Season & Dumped Beagles

    November 2022 – It’s rabbit hunting season…or as we know it in rescue “beagle dumping season”. Every day, hunters take out their beagle packs to hunt rabbits. When beagles can’t keep up with the pack, don’t come back at the end of a hunt or get too old/slow, they are often left behind, dumped in…

  • Hound Dumping Season

    December 2020 – It is that time of year we dread in hound rescue, Hunting Hound Dumping Season. This happens every year from December-February, hounds used for hunting rabbit, deer and other critters from November-January that don’t meet hunter expectations or cannot keep up with their pack are discarded. Often hunters first attempt to sell…