Man is only a supervisor and arbiter.
Hounds hunt the scent which means they track the smell of a animal they are hunting . With this in mind, Man has established rules which comply with the respect of animals and environment . Hunting animal has nothing to do with killing them but only with ecological balance, which includes the balance of animals with them, as animal overpopulation is equally as bad a problem. French Venery is practiced in compliance with old tradition going back to a few Centuries, specially during Royal periode. The exact origin time is difficult to dtermine because the fist hunts with hounds existed much before our era.