Editing Hare coursing (section)

===Variations in the United States===
Greyhounds were introduced in the Americas for sport and pleasure, they helped farmers control jackrabbits, and organised coursing meets were taking place in the United States in the 19th century,<ref name="GRA_America">{{cite web|url=http://www.gra-america.org/the_sport/history.html|title=The Most Exciting Dogs in the World|publisher=Greyhound Racing Association of America|access-date=2008-06-14| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080604202341/http://www.gra-america.org/the_sport/history.html| archive-date = June 4, 2008}}</ref> by 1886 according to [[Gulf of Mexico|Gulf Coast]] Greyhounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulfcoastgreyhounds.org/hist-18-19-cent.html|access-date=2008-04-04|title=Greyhound History in the 18th and 19th Centuries|publisher=Gulf Coast Greyhounds|year=2006|archive-date=2008-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724181419/http://www.gulfcoastgreyhounds.org/hist-18-19-cent.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Open field coursing'' of [[hare|jackrabbits]], which are members of the hare family,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Lepus_californicus.html|title=Lepus californicus|access-date=2008-04-10|publisher=University of Michigan|year=2008|archive-date=2011-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521061614/http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Lepus_californicus.html|url-status=live}}</ref> now takes place in a number of states in Western America, including [[California]], [[Montana]] and [[Wyoming]],<ref name="Burns 2.58">{{cite web|url=http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/cm47/4763/4763-02.htm|author1=Burns, T.|author2=Edwards, V.|author3=Marsh, J.|author4=Soulsby, E. J. L.|author5=Winter, M.|title=Final Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Hunting with Dogs in England and Wales, paragraph 2.58|publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information|HMSO]]|date=2000-06-09|access-date=2008-02-11|archive-date=2007-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192649/http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/cm47/4763/4763-02.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and is said by the North American Coursing Association to take place also in [[Idaho]], [[Nevada]], [[New Mexico]] and [[Utah]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heliosgreyhounds.com/coursing.html|author1=Bartel, S.|author2=Mott, E.|author3=Mott, C.|author4=Johnston, S|publisher=Helios Greyhounds|title=Greyhound Coursing and Lure Coursing|access-date=2008-02-11|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111161508/http://heliosgreyhounds.com/coursing.html|archive-date=2007-11-11}}</ref> It takes place with up to four dogs chasing the hare.<ref name="NOFCA rules">{{cite web|url=http://www.nofca.org/rules/2005rules.pdf|publisher=National Open Field Coursing Association|title=American Coursing rules, 2005|access-date=2008-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110100222/http://www.nofca.org/rules/2005rules.pdf|archive-date=2016-01-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The legality of hare coursing across the different [[U.S. state|states of the US]] is not always clear. Animal Place, a California-based animal rights group which opposes coursing, claims that the activity is legal in California, [[Colorado]], Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming but illegal in [[Arizona]], [[Florida]], Idaho, [[Kansas]], [[Maine]], [[Minnesota]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Oregon]], [[Texas]], [[Vermont]] and [[Wisconsin]].<ref name = "Animal Place">{{cite web|url=http://www.animalplace.org/blood.html|publisher=Animal Place|title=Key Talking Points|year=2006|access-date=2008-02-11|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928131831/http://www.animalplace.org/blood.html |archive-date = September 28, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The pro-coursing campaign, Stop2110 says that open field coursing is legal in all US states with a huntable population of jackrabbits.<ref name="Stop 2110">{{cite web|url=http://www.stop2110.org/faq.php#q14|publisher=Stop2110 pro coursing campaign|title=FAQ on coursing|access-date=2008-02-01|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929160404/http://www.stop2110.org/faq.php#q14 |archive-date = September 29, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Washington (state)|Washington]] state lists jackrabbits as a protected species, due to an unusually low population for a western state, and bans all forms of hunting them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/game/seasons.htm|publisher=Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife|title=Hunting Season dates, 2007–08|access-date=2008-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119180216/http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/game/seasons.htm|archive-date=January 19, 2008}}</ref>

During the 2006–07 coursing season, the leading United States coursing body, the National Open Field Coursing Association, registered 480&nbsp;dogs of various breeds,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nofca.org/lookup/hounds.pdf|publisher=National Open Field Coursing Association|title=NOFCA Hound List|date=December 2005|access-date=2008-02-21|archive-date=2016-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110100222/http://www.nofca.org/lookup/hounds.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> and oversaw 83 coursing events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nofca.org/results/stakelist.php?season=2006&Submit=Show+Stakes|publisher=National Open Field Coursing Association|title=NOFCA coursing events, 2006–07|access-date=2007-02-25|archive-date=2016-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110100222/http://www.nofca.org/results/stakelist.php?season=2006&Submit=Show+Stakes|url-status=live}}</ref> Its quarry is the [[black-tailed jackrabbit]]. Coursing of [[white-tailed jackrabbit]]s is organised by a smaller body, the North American Coursing Association.<ref name="Borzoi"/>