Virginia is being sued by property owners over its unusual law that allows hunters to invade private property to retrieve their hunting dogs, often resulting in damage to property and livestock.
This lawsuit is not aimed at hunting, but at protecting property rights, according to the Sacramento, California-based Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), a national nonprofit public interest law firm that is representing the property owners.
Virginia is one of just two states—the other is Minnesota—that allows hunters to enter private property to retrieve their hunting dogs, PLF states,
The 25-page legal complaint in the case (pdf), Medeiros v. Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, was filed in Henrico County Circuit Court in Virginia….