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Rural Wrongs is an insightful look at the real consequences the ban on hunting has had on the fox and other quarry species. Over the past two years, environmental journalist Charlie Pye-Smith and animal welfare campaigner Jim Barrington have travelled to all parts of the UK, meeting a wide range of people – farmers, gamekeepers,...

The Hampshire Country Sports Day returns to the Spectacular Bereleigh Estate, East Meon, near Petersfield. The event takes place on the 10th of September 2023 and promises a day filled with excitement and friendly competition as members of the public can embark on ‘have a go’ activities and competitions, watch the ever-popular demos and explore...

The Racing to Hunting Challenge, sponsored by Ri-Dry Clothing is judged on all-round behaviour and manners out hunting. The hunt venue for 2023 is the North Staffordshire Hunt. The Challenge is open to former racehorses who have raced in GB (Point-to-Point or Under Rules) horses must have current RoR Competition Membership and have hunted for a...

A new book by Charlie Pye-Smith. Rural Wrongs is an insightful look at the real consequences the ban on hunting has had on the fox and other quarry species. Over the past two years, environmental journalist Charlie Pye-Smith and animal welfare campaigner Jim Barrington have travelled to all parts of the UK, meeting a wide...

Retired Belvoir Huntsman John Holliday was acquitted at Leicester Magistrates Court on 11th July 2023 of illegally hunting a fox that had been accidentally killed in the Stathern area of Leicestershire on 15th January last year. District Judge Nick Watson heard evidence for the prosecution from three Hunt Saboteurs. The Court was also played video...

After 66 years of the Peterborough Royal Foxhound Show and in more recent years in combination  with the Festival of Hunting being held at the showground it will be moving. In 2024  it will be hosted at Milton Park by kind permission of the PRFSS Chairman, Sir Philip Naylor Leyland. It is not by any...

A gathering of the hunting community in Westminster has not been a common event since the passing of the Hunting Act nearly 19 years ago, but on 27th June around a hundred (or perhaps 50 couple!) met for a briefing from politicians and pollsters. The subjects included  the continuing political obsession with hunting, the changes...

The National Rural Crime Network’s (NRCN) first annual Rural Crime Conference took place this week. It sought to address some of the key crime issues facing rural communities. The central message from all of the speakers was that rural crime was serious and organised, but we must work together to tackle rural crime and keep...

A fine Saturday in late May Skipwith in North Yorkshire saw the wedding of David Elliott and Jemma Mendoza, who we are delighted to report,  finally tied the knot. David is the Huntsman of the Bramham & Badsworth Moor & York And Ainsty South. The couple were joined by family, friends, and members from several...

More than 100 vets have written to ministers warning that “despite decades of intense debate”, there is no research that backs up the arguments on the most “humane way to control fox numbers”. A scientific review was needed, they said, as numbers have plummeted since the 2004 ban and red foxes were approaching extinction in...