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Deer Hunting with Dogs on the Quantock Hills in Somerset 2018/19 a Report by Somerset Wildlife Crime and Hounds Off Deer Hunting With Dogs On The Quantock Hills In Somerset 2018/19 A Report by Somerset Wildlife Crime and Hounds Off HOUNDS OFF Protecting You From Hunt Trespass 1. Introduction 2 2. Background 3-4 3. Quantock Stag Hounds Fixture List 2018/19 5-6 4. National Trust 7-10 5. Forestry Commission 11-12 6. Other Landowners 13-14 7. Firearms 15-18 8. Biosecurity 19-20 9. Policing 21-24 10. Anti Social Behaviour, Threats & Assaults 25-26 11. Tracks & Rights Of Way 27-28 12. Road Safety 29-30 13. Cruelty Of Deer Hunting With Dogs 31-34 14. Public Outreach 35-36 15. How You Can Help This Campaign 37 16. Conclusions 38 17. From the Heart 39-40 Deer Hunting With Dogs On The Quantock Hills In Somerset 2018/19 A Report by Somerset Wildlife Crime and Hounds Off Closing in for the kill, 11/04/19. 1 Deer Hunting With Dogs On The Quantock Hills In Somerset 2018/19 A Report by Somerset Wildlife Crime and Hounds Off 1. Introduction 1.1 In response to requests from local residents, in August 2018 we (Somerset Wildlife Crime and Hounds Off) began a focused campaign to shine a light on modern day deer hunting with dogs. (1) 1.2 Throughout the 2018/19 hunting season the Quantock Stag Hounds (QSH) chased red deer with pairs of dogs plus the eyes, ears, binoculars, mobile phones and two-way radios of their supporters on horseback, motorbikes, quadbikes, four-wheel drives and on foot. 1.3 Deer were killed by running them to exhaustion and then shooting from close range. 1.4 We know of 63 occasions when the QSH went out hunting during the 2018-2019 season, on Mondays and Thursdays between late August and the end of April plus a few extra days. As volunteer Hunt Monitors, we followed them on 27 of these. We have uncovered a catalogue of cruelty and lawlessness, are educating the public and working with relevant authorities and stakeholders to protect red deer on the Quantock Hills and surrounding areas. 1.5 The purpose of this Report is to make our findings public, ask questions and offer solutions. (1) Staghunting – And So It Continues, J. Hashman, 03/03/2019, http://www.houndsoff.co.uk/archives/staghunting-and-so-it-continues. 2 Deer Hunting With Dogs On The Quantock Hills In Somerset 2018/19 A Report by Somerset Wildlife Crime and Hounds Off 2. Background 2.1 The Quantock Stag Hounds (QSH) hunt red deer with dogs on and around the Quantock Hills in Somerset, mostly between Taunton and the Bristol Channel but also over the Brendon Hills towards Dulverton. (2) 2.2 Male red deer (stags) may be hunted anytime between August and April. Females (hinds) may only be hunted November through February. 2.3 Deer hunting with dogs (also known as ‘staghunting’) should have been consigned to the history books fourteen years ago when the Hunting Act (2004) came in to force. (3) 2.4 However, the exploitation of loopholes within the Hunting Act alongside what is widely believed to be the false alibi of ‘trailhunting’ have enabled the QSH to subvert the law and continue their activities, albeit in a slightly modified form. (4) 2.5 Despite this, the QSH Huntsman has been twice convicted for Hunting Act offences. (5) 2.6 In a further case heard at Taunton Magistrates Court during November 2018, the QSH Huntsman was found Not Guilty of further Hunting Act offences. This case was brought by the Crown Prosecution Service and hinged on evidence gathered by the League Against Cruel Sports. (6) 2.7 Quantock Hills residents continue to have their lives blighted by staghunting in their neighbourhoods. 3 Deer Hunting With Dogs On The Quantock Hills In Somerset 2018/19 A Report by Somerset Wildlife Crime and Hounds Off Fig 01: Stag at bay on compost heap in a private garden. Bicknoller, March 2017. (2) Baily’s Hunting Directory 2007-2008, Pearson Publishing Ltd 2007. (3) Hunting Act 2004 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/37/section/1. (4) A History Of The Quantock Staghounds, J. Whitehorn, Short Run Press Ltd, 2016. (5) First huntsman to be convicted twice under the Hunting Act, 22/10/2010 https://www.huntingact.org/news/huntsman-convicted-twice. (6) West Bagborough man Richard Down cleared of hunting illegally with Quantock Staghounds, S. Salter, Somerset County Gazette, 13/11/2018, https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/17220865.west-bagborough-man-richard-down-cleared-of-hunting-illegally- with-quantock-staghounds. 4 Deer Hunting With Dogs On The Quantock Hills In Somerset 2018/19 A Report by Somerset Wildlife Crime and Hounds Off 3. Quantock Stag Hounds Fixture List 2018/19 We are aware of the Quantock Stag Hounds (QSH) hunting on 63 days during the 2018/19 season. Our teams were present on 27 of these occasions, shown here in bold type. August 2018 Thursday 30 Brompton Regis September 2018 Monday 3 Crowcombe Park Gate Thursday 6 Haddon Monday 10 Owls Hill Farm, Broomfield Thursday 13 Carew Arms, Crowcombe (Opening Meet) Monday 17 Forches Cross, Brompton Ralph Thursday 20 Sixty Acres Monday 24 Plainsfield Thursday 27 Haddon October 2018 Monday 1 Higher Vexford Farm, Stogumber Thursday 4 Haddon Monday 8 Higher Terhill, Bagborough Thursday 11 Porlock Monday 15 Cothelstone point to point course Thursday 18 Rydon Farm, West Quantoxhead Thursday 25 Sixty Acres, Crowcombe Heathfield Monday 29 Crowcombe Park Gate November 2018 Monday 19 Crowcombe Park Gate Thursday 22 Dead Woman's Ditch Thursday 29 Sixty Acres, Crowcombe Heathfield December 2018 Monday 3 Triscombe Stone Thursday 6 Tiverton country, by invitation Monday 10 Sixty Acres, Crowcombe Heathfield Thursday 13 Venn Farm, Upton Monday 17 Broad Down Farm, Enmore Monday 20 Whitstones, Porlock Thursday 24 Crowcombe Park Gate (Children's Meet) Monday 26 Carew Arms 5 Deer Hunting With Dogs On The Quantock Hills In Somerset 2018/19 A Report by Somerset Wildlife Crime and Hounds Off January 2019 Tuesday 1 Bicknoller Inn Thursday 3 Dead Woman’s Ditch Monday 7 Lydeard Hill Car Park Thursday 10 Haddon Monday 14 7 Mile Stone, Cothelstone Monday 21 Sixty Acres Thursday 24 Whitstones Porlock Monday 28 Staple Plain Car Park Thursday 31 Crowcombe Park Gate February 2019 Monday 4 Triscombe Stone Thursday 7 Haddon Hill Car Park Monday 11 Owls Hill Farm Thursday 14 Forches Cross Monday 18 Bagborough Cricket Ground Monday 25 Sixty Acres Thursday 28 Haddon March 2019 Monday 4 Owls Hill Farm, Broomfield Thursday 7 Haddon Monday 11 Combe Farm, Countisbury Thursday 14 Leigh Crossing, Sixty Acres Monday 18 Miltons Farm, Bagborough Thursday 21 Whitstones, Porlock Monday 25 Pepper Hill, Plainsfield Thursday 28 Crowcombe Park Gate April 2019 Monday 1 Staple Farm, West Quantoxhead Thursday 4 The Anchor Inn Exbridge Monday 8 The Farmers Arms, Combe Florey Thursday 11 Weacombe Barns Saturday 13 Zeal Farm, Hawkridge, Dulverton Monday 15 Milton Farm, Bagborough Thursday 18 Buckethole, Porlock Saturday 20 Lowtrow Cross Tuesday 23 Carew Arms, Crowcombe (Children's Meet) Friday 26 Honeymeade Cross, Simonsbath (Huntsmans Testimonial) Monday 29 Bagborough House (To End Season) 6 Deer Hunting With Dogs On The Quantock Hills In Somerset 2018/19 A Report by Somerset Wildlife Crime and Hounds Off 4. National Trust 4.1 In April 1995 the National Trust Ruling Council invited Professor Patrick Bateson of Cambridge University to conduct a two-year scientific study into the welfare implications of hunting red deer with dogs. 4.2 Professor Bateson and his team conducted their study with the full co-operation of deer hunters in Devon and Somerset and the League Against Cruel Sports. 4.3 The findings were published as ‘The Behavioral and Physiological Effects of Culling Red Deer’ (aka ‘The Bateson Report’). (7) 4.4 The evidence of cruelty inherent in deer hunting with dogs and the proven effects of suffering caused to deer, regardless of whether they were killed or not, stunned all concerned. Consequently, in April 1997 the National Trust Ruling Council agreed not to renew any licences for the Quantock Stag Hounds (QSH) to hunt deer on its land. (8) 4.5 To our knowledge the National Trust have never enforced their own ban on deer hunting with dogs. 4.6 The Hunting Act (2004) should have been the end of the QSH. Indeed, their Huntsman has been convicted twice for Hunting Act offences. However, they have exploited legal loopholes and created alibis to circumvent the law (and the spirit of the law). 4.7 At the National Trust 2018 AGM, in response to a question about what it was doing to prevent deer hunting with dogs on its land, Mark Harold (Director of Land & Nature) said; “The packs of hounds themselves, the Hunts, know that they aren't permitted on Trust land and we have our own staff out on the ground who are obviously aware of when they're in the area and try to keep an eye on things... But it is difficult, you know. There are, there are big open places and we like to follow up any Incident. If we follow it up and we have conclusive evidence that there has been a trespass then we take that up with the Hunt and we’re very serious about that. The Hunts know that as well. So you're right to allude to how difficult it is to monitor in those areas and we do take seriously any reports that we have and we investigate those as well but that's the best, the best we can do.” 4.8 Our teams monitored 42% (27) of known QSH hunting days (63) throughout the 2018/19 season and in 30% (8) of these the QSH trespassed into National Trust land.
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