Quantock huntsman abandons appeal against conviction
Somerset huntsman Richard Down has abandoned his appeal against a conviction for unlawful hunting.
The Quantock Staghounds huntsman was convicted in November of using three hounds instead of the prescribed two to hunt an injured stag in September 2009.
A spokesman for the Countryside Alliance said: “The <u.Quantock Staghounds have decided to get on with hunting within the law, rather than embarking on a stressful and drawn-out case that would probably end in the High Court.”
This news story was first published in the current issue of Horse & Hound (24 February, 2011)
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.