Hunts unveil post-ban plans

Click here for details of meets taking place on Saturday 19 February.

ABER VALLEY

Ifor Wynn Evans, chairman and secretary: “We’re meeting on 19 February. I’m going to carry on as legally as I can — probably with two hounds. The main thing is that people don’t get rid of their hounds.

“My biggest landowner is the Forestry Commission, but there are sufficient small areas in which I can do what the ferret people used to do. We have some areas that I have yet to seek permission for from the Countryside Council of Wales.

“The season finishes at the end of March, but I doubt we’ll be continuing until then. But mark my words: in two years there will be a major problem with the fox population.”

Stay in touch with all the news in the run-up to and throughout the major shows and events during 2026 and beyond with a Horse & Hound subscription. Subscribe today for all you need to know ahead of these major events, plus online reports on the action as it happens from our expert team of reporters and in-depth analysis in our special commemorative magazines. Have a subscription already? Set up your unlimited website access now