Editing Hare coursing (section)

===Informal coursing===
The oldest form of hare coursing simply involved two dogs chasing a hare, the winner being the dog that caught the hare; this could be for sport, food or [[pest control]]. In order to indulge in the informal practice, or hunting, various cross breeds (under the generic British term [[lurcher]]s) have been created;<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.dogshome.org/rehome/choosing_a_pet/which_breed/lurcher.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071123085551/http://www.dogshome.org/rehome/choosing_a_pet/which_breed/lurcher.html|archive-date= 2007-11-23|publisher=Battersea Dogs and Cats Home|title=Guide to lurchers|access-date=2008-02-17}}</ref> such animals may be specifically bred for coursing, such as the staghounds used to hunt coyote in the United States. Informal coursing has long been closely associated with pheasant hunting or [[poaching]],<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Rural History|volume=17|issue=2|year=2006|title=Rural and Urban Poaching in Victorian England|author1=Osborne, H.|author2=Winstanley, M.|pages=187–212|doi=10.1017/S0956793306001877|s2cid=162704842|url=https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/4191/1/win1.pdf|access-date=2020-06-05|archive-date=2020-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923073751/https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/4191/1/win1.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> lacking the landowner's permission, and is often seen as a problem by the local public, landowners and the police.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-15218449.html|work=Lincolnshire Echo|title=Crackdown on hare coursing gangs|date=2008-01-30|access-date=2009-08-18}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Clubs affiliated to the Association of Lurcher Clubs organised informal coursing with the landowner's permission, sometimes using a single lurcher rather than a pair to chase a hare.<ref name="Tyler"/>