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In this article, Emily Mercer, a Post Graduate researcher into the impact of the increasing numbers of hunting folk reporting incidents of stalking and harassment. The author points to strategies so that the impact of these events upon those who follow hounds in any capacity can be reduced dramatically. The author argues that successfully combating...

Just like last year one of the happiest meets I attended this season was on Boxing Day which I enjoyed an hour from home, starting in a tiny village pub with some friends and acquaintances and a large crowd of locals. After a glass of port and a sausage roll or two we set off...

Written by H.F.C and published in an early Bailys, the author’s thoughts on hunting cover the behaviour of the field, the quarry, casting and scent. Written over 100 years ago the observations are as relevant today as they were when written and are much more than just a historical footnote. I suppose those happy individuals...

Former hunting correspondent, poet, author, broadcaster, huntsman, Irish Draught Horse and Connemara pony breeder  Stanislaus Lynch (1907-1983) from Ballyjamesduff in County Cavan in Ireland was honoured recently in Cavan County Museum. The special remembrance night saw a capacity crowd of  hunt followers from both mounted and foot  packs including admirers of his work from all...

An analysis by the VAWM. This carefully compiled document comprehensively puts the scientific record straight in respect of the hunting debate and demonstrates that there are not and never were any scientific grounds for banning hunting on the grounds of cruelty. Summary of Key Points The Burns Report is incorrectly and frequently cited as justifying...

We are grateful to Matt Cross editor of Countryside Controversial for this insight into the group calling themselves Wild Justice. For a while now I have been aware that Chris Packham, Dr Ruth Tingay and Dr Mark Avery had registered a company called ‘Wild Justice’. Ironically, given what follows, I decided to say nothing about...

In recent years there has been much discussion of reviving the old Peshawar Vale Hunt in Pakistan, in order to revive an old pastime, reconnect people with the countryside and traditional rural customs, and promote tourism in Pakistan. In 2019, led by Faiysal Alikhan, this finally began. The PVH was formed in Peshawar in 1870,...

How to win a sidesaddle race? Kelle King, winner of the Royal Artillery Hunt’s Sidesaddle Charity Dash 2019, has the answer: “Get a really fast horse!” Kelle’s mount, Time To Exceed, won by an impressive margin from a field of 13 on a good going at Larkhill on January 26th, 2019. Kelle regularly hunts sidesaddle...

This short article writen in 1928 demonstrates that authors should be very circumspect when they predict the demise of something in the equestrian world. There is every reason to believe that after long centuries the fashion in ladles’ riding skirts is changing; the old form of side-saddle skirt is giving way to the new style...

I find that there can be little doubt that the Kerry beagle and the bloodhound had the same origin. The colour and type of the two is still the same, and it is only a few years, as stated in Mr. Rawden Lee’s book on the dog, since the Kerry beagle had the same size...