“Rangel the Landlord and his friendly team would love to welcome you to their small cosy village pub…we have an excellent choice of wines that are of great value and exceptional quality to go with any dish you may choose from our food menu.” Exceptional quality, eh? Which might well explain why (as Midlands Action Against Foxhunting reported) the Quorn Hunt were so excited in December 2024 to have a “champagne breakfast served with drinks supplied by the Fox and Hounds” before they went charging ‘bevied up’ out across the Leicestershire countryside persecuting the local wildlife. It is illegal to be ‘drunk in charge of a horse’, but it’s not something that police forces appear especially interested in, even when the hunt flags it up on Facebook. In the same month (December 2024) Northants Hunt Sabs reported that the same pub also hosted a meet of the notoriously violent Cottesmore Hunt, whose hired thugs terrorised their sabs earlier this year. The Cottesmore returned the favour in September 2025, plugging the pub on Facebook and describing it as a ‘traditional country pub” and a “host of countryside events/weddings” – only a Hunt would link killing local wildlife and weddings…The Cottesmore were back at the Fox and Hounds in December 2025 leading Northants Hunt Sabs to note on Facebook that: “This pub has a long history of supporting illegal fox hunting and with the Cottesmore being exposed for hunting wildlife more than ever this season and their huntsman Sam Jones charged with hunting a wild mammal with dogs, the Fox & Hounds continue their support for this outdated madness in our countryside“
The Fox and Hounds (Leics)
Links to more information
- Northants Hunt Sabs: The criminal Cottesmore fox Hunt are currently meeting at the Fox & Hounds pub in Knossington (Facebook, Dec 2025)
- Northants Hunt Sabs: ππ’π§π§ππ¦π π’π₯π π§ππ₯π₯πππ₯ π ππ‘ πππ¨πππ§ π§π₯π¬ππ‘π π§π’ πππ ππ’π« π’π¨π§ ππ₯π’π π¦ππ§π§ (Facebook, January 2026)
- Northants Hunt Sabs: The Cottesmore Hunt have been forced to hire a security firm (Facebook, June 2025)
- Protect the Wild: Two Cottesmore Hunt’s thugs convicted of violence against sabs (May 2025)
- Northants Hunt Sabs: ππ’π« ππ¨π‘π§ππ π§π’ ππ₯π’π¨π‘π ππ‘π π£π¨π‘ππππ¦ π§ππ₯π’πͺπ‘ ππ§ π¦πππ¦ – πͺππππ’π π π§π’ π§ππ ππ₯ππ ππ‘ππ ππ’π§π§ππ¦π π’π₯π!Β (Facebook, March 2025)
- Northants Hunt Sabs: π ππ π ππ«β ππππ‘ππ₯π¬ πππ’πͺπ¦ πππ¦ ππππ πππ¦πππ§ ππ§ π¦πππ¦!(Facebook, December 2024)
- Northants Hunt Sabs:Β πππ₯ππ ππ’π§π§ππ¦π π’π₯π π§ππ¨π πππ©ππ ππππππ¦ π§π’πππ¬ π£πππππ¦ ππ¨πππ§π¬ ππ‘ ππ’π¨π₯π§!Β (Facebook, November 2024)
- Protect the Wild:Β Cottesmore Huntβs hired thugs attack hunt sabsΒ (January 2024)
- Protect the Wild:Β Cottesmore Hunt masked thugs attack vehicle with hammerΒ (January 2024)
- Protect the Wild:Β Cottesmore huntsman Sam Jones charged with assaultΒ (July 2023)
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