In Europe, hounds were also used as bloodhounds. For example, in 1616 in Great Britain there was a law that ordered to keep a Bloodhound on guard duty every sixth parish. Around this time, another decree belongs, according to which the bloodhound had the right to take a trace in the houses of local residents, who were obliged to provide him with every assistance and open the doors of the dwelling in front of the animal’s nose. Particularly brave, who refused to cooperate with the “brute investigator” and locked themselves in their homes, faced a sad outcome – the death penalty.