VICTORY! Yet Another South Wales Hunt Folds

The Caerphilly and District Hunt has just announced that it is going to disband, some 70 years after its formation. The dissolution of the hunt was unanimously agreed upon by members of the hunt at a recent EGM, with the hunt’s final ever meet announced for the 6th January.

The rough and ready rural crime gang hunted the hills and valleys around Caerphilly, chasing foxes with impunity. Usually out in remote and unforgiving locations, they often did their killing away from public eyes. On one recent occasion they were spotted out with no less than ten quad bikes of terriermen, their intention to flout the Hunting Act clear. However, the group could rarely muster many riders, a fact clearly indicative towards their recent decision to disband.

Fox hunting in South Wales is currently in free fall, with hunts closing down one after another. Just three months ago we announced the closure of the Llandeilo Farmers Hunt and just a few months before that animal abuse solicitor Clive Rees’ Banwen Miners Hunt changed to become a bloodhound pack, chasing a human runner. In 2019, we celebrated the demise of the Tredegar Farmers Hunt not long after doing the same for the Glamorgan-based Ystrad Taf Fechan Hunt.

A spokesperson for Hunt Saboteurs Association commented:

“The fantastic news that the Caerphilly and District will cease to exist beyond January 2024 is the latest in a long line of welcome stories of hunts across South Wales shutting up shop. Kudos to South Wales Hunt Saboteurs, who work tirelessly against these nasty organisations that blight the South Wales valleys and here’s to many more disbanding very soon.”