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The following is a list of foxhound packs in the United Kingdom, which are recognised by the Masters of Foxhounds Association. Fox hunting is prohibited in Great Britain by the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 and the Hunting Act 2004 (England and Wales), but remains legal in Northern Ireland.
The hunt is reputed to have been founded in 1791 by Sir William Rowley from a pack of hounds purchased from the Duke of York. [1] The pack was originally kenneled at Sir William's residence, Tendring Hall Park in Stoke-by-Nayland.
The hunt was formed by the merger of three separate foxhound packs: the Old Surrey, the Burstow and the West Kent. [1]The first recorded pack on the Surrey country was in 1735 at Lovells Grove, Croydon, where the Earl of Onslow lived, and by 1800 a pack for members of the merchant class (as opposed to the aristocracy) was hunting the country. [4]
By 2005, most forms of hunting with hounds had been made illegal across Great Britain, [2] although many continue to be within the law in Northern Ireland. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] To preserve their traditional practices, most hunts switched to legal alternatives, such as drag hunting , clean boot hunting and, controversially, [ 5 ] trail hunting .
The Hunt dates back to 1725 when hounds were kept at Cheshunt and the country was also that of the Hertfordshire. The country, as now constituted, has existed since 1799. In 1970 the Puckeridge amalgamated with the Newmarket and Thurlow to form the Puckeridge & Thurlow Hunt, but in 1992 this union was dissolved and the re-established Puckeridge reverted to its old boundari
Built in the 1930s for V.W.H (Cricklade) and still in use today by the re-amalgamated hunt. The Vale of the White Horse Hunt (or V.W.H.) is a fox hunting pack that was formed in 1832. It takes its name from the neighbouring Vale of White Horse district, which includes a Bronze Age horse hill carving at Uffington .
English Foxhound circa 1915. The English Foxhound has been bred for over two hundred years, with the stud books dating back before 1800. [1]During the British rule in India, English Foxhounds were exported to India for the purpose of jackal coursing, [3] though due to the comparatively hotter weather, they were rarely long lived. [4]
An American Foxhound. A foxhound is a type of large hunting hound bred for strong hunting instincts, a keen sense of smell, and their barking, energy, drive, and speed. [1] In fox hunting, the foxhound's namesake, packs of foxhounds track quarry, followed—usually on horseback—by the hunters, sometimes for several miles at a stretch; moreover, foxhounds also sometimes guard sheep and houses.