Quantock Staghounds

Retired huntsman Walter Perry died in his nineties on September 17, 2014 in Crowcombe, Somerset, UK. Walter hunted the Devon and Somerset Staghounds from 1963 to 1971, the Dulverton East Foxhounds from 1971 to 1978, and accepted his final post in 1978 as kennel-huntsman and huntsman for the Quantock Staghounds. He retired from the Quantock in May, 1991. Funeral services will be held on Friday September 26, 2014 at 3:00 pm at Exford Church, Somerset.

Three hunts face prosecution for incidents which occurred last season that allegedly violated the terms of the Hunting Act of 2004: the Fernie and Sinnington Foxhounds and the Quantock Staghounds. The trials, which are expected to take place this autumn, will be prosecuted based on surveillance evidence provided to prosecutors for the Crown by the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). For more details, see Abigail Butcher’s article in Horse and Hound.August 8, 2010