The Berkeley Hunt tried to sneak out of their kennels this morning at 6.30am but had Bristol & Bath Hunt Saboteurs on their tails.
The Berkeley, just like every other hunt in the country were out cub hunting. This barbaric practice involves surrounding woods known to home young foxes and sending in a mixture of young and old hounds to kill them. Riders on the outside of the wood slap their saddles to scare any fleeing foxes back toward the hounds.
Unfortunately for The Berkeley, we know their area well and were able to monitor the hunt from the off. Sabs kept the hunt away from their much-loved coverts and sent the hunt into disarray by distracting the hounds. We watched the hunt take their hounds straight through a deer park, scaring the deer senseless.
We’ll be seeing The Berkeley again…