Who We Are
Hunting Kind draws from a deep reserve of advisors, supporters and advocates representing the diverse cultural family of natural hunting.
With circa 70,000 followers, represented by 18 hunting organisations, our messaging is clear and effective.
Ed Swales
Founder and Chairman of Hunting Kind
Ed promotes natural hunting as intrinsic to wildlife management and the protection of our cultural heritage in the political and public realm. He has enjoyed a lifetime of hounds, lurchers and hunting in Northumberland's border country.
Sir Johnny Scott Bt, MFH
President of the Advisory Panel
Sir Johnny is an author, natural historian, broadcaster, columnist, countryside campaigner and retired hill farmer. A lifetime advocate for the countryside and its sports, he is among other posts, former President, the Association of Working Lurchers and Longdogs, as well as Centenary Patron of BASC.
Charlie Jacoby
Writer and broadcaster Charlie presents Fieldsports Britain on Fieldsports Channel.
Dr Nick Fox OBE
Nick is a wildlife biologist, falconer, farmer and writer, living in West Wales. His interests include practical conservation, design, animal welfare and ethics. He wrote the successful submission to UNESCO resulting in Falconry being inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Mankind.
Barrie Wade
As President of the National Working Terrier Federation (NWTF), and founder member and joint author of the NWTF Code of Conduct for Terrier Work, Barrie, from Staffordshire, has provided evidence, both written and oral, at Westminster as well as to the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales. He contributed to the Burns Inquiry, the Hunting Act 2004, Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002, the Bonomy Review and the more recent Hunting With Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023.
David Renney MRCVS
David is a veterinary surgeon, and founder and Managing Director of a veterinary pharmaceutical company. He is chairman of the Veterinary Association for Wildlife Management, a former point-to-point rider and racehorse owner, and a hobby farmer. He has hunted since childhood.
Helen Nakielny
Helen studied History at Cambridge (BA Hons.) and Law in London. Author of The Working Whippet, Joint Master of the Northumberland Crow Falcons, Specialist member of the UK Hawk Board, Welsh sheep farmer and falcon breeder.
Jamie Blackett
Jamie is a farmer, author and columnist, founder and former chairman of the Dumfriesshire and Stewartry Foxhounds.
Sir Mark Prescott Bt
Sir Mark, who has trained racehorses in Newmarket for longer than any of the other 81 trainers there, is a lover of all country sports. He ran the Waterloo Cup, the Blue Riband of hare coursing, for 17 years and is co-author of ‘The Waterloo Cup – The First 150 Years'. In 2022 he won the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with Alpinista.
Martin Scott
Martin lives in Wiltshire and hunts with the Beaufort. He was previously Master of the Tiverton Foxhounds and VWH. He is considered to be the pre-eminent foxhound judge today.
Dr Hazel Clewley MRCVS
Hazel is a practicing vet, committee member of the Veterinary Association for Wildlife Management and Master of Buckhounds. It is through the interweaving of these roles that she believes in, supports and experiences, first hand, the vital role natural hunting has in the safe, effective and crucially welfare preserving management of wildlife and the wider countryside.
Tony Holdsworth
Starting his hunting career in the West Country, Tony then moved to the Duke of Beaufort's Hunt in Gloucestershire, as kennel huntsman, becoming huntsman in 2010 with a total of 34 years professional service.
Michael Sagar
Michael has enjoyed a lifetime in the hunting field with minkhounds, harriers, foxhounds and terriers and is editor of Hounds Magazine.
Michael Cummings
From a hunting family, Michael hunted the Blackcombe & District Beagles in Cumbria for 19 seasons and is Joint Master. One day, he wants his 1 year old daughter Grace to have the opportunity to hunt hounds.
Alan Walton
A lifelong lurcher hunter, breeder and owner, Alan is from a former coal mining town in Northumberland. During the Miners' Strike in 1984, hunting provided a staple source of food for these communities and so hunting is a keenly felt part of their cultural heritage.
Charlie Ford
Charlie set up his own pack of basset hounds in 2022 at the age of 16. He is bringing people together in support of hunting heritage.
Scott Allan
Scott is a photographer and writer with a fascination for all natural hunting activities involving dogs and has travelled worldwide in pursuit of his passion.
Keelan Barnes
Brought up in the Fen country, Keelan learnt the art of hunting with lurchers from his father. An all round countryman with a keen interest in falconry, he also follows the Milton hounds. A member of the East of England Lurcher Club, he works running dogs in East Anglia. He was a founder member of the Isle of Ely Sighthound Club.
Liz Mort
Liz has been a follower of hunting and hounds all her life. After working as a journalist then editor, she joined the Countryside Alliance in 1997 for 10 years, first as Public Relations Office then later Eastern Regional Director. She has run the Greyhound Stud Book since 2007, is Secretary of the National Coursing Club and Chair of the British Greyhound Breeders’ Forum.
Ronan Brown
A small business owner and veteran from the Scottish Borders, Ronan has been involved in the countryside, horses and hunting all his life. He is a former Master of the Jed Forest and with his family is involved in all aspects of rural community life.
Rodney Laing
Rodney of the Tweed Valley Rat Pack has been involved in pest management all his life in and around cities and the rural areas of lowland Scotland. Using terriers, they provide a humane service which involves no secondary poisoning to other wildlife in the food chain.
Arron Atmore
Arron is an upland hill farmer, architect and gamekeeper. Renowned throughout the world of coursing for being licensed ‘Slipper’ at the Waterloo Cup, he held a ’Slippers’ licence in both the UK and Ireland. Arron is passionate about hunting with sight hounds, scent hounds and gundogs and has a deep passion and interest in all country pursuits.
Paul Dunn
Paul runs his own wine consultancy business. He was previously a Master of the High Peak Harriers and Northern Regional Director and Board Member of the Countryside Alliance. He now happily hunts as a subscriber in and around the East Midlands.
Mark Davies
Mark served as an Immigration Judge from 2002 to 2021, specialising in Human Rights Law. From hunting his own footpack to serving as Joint Master and Chairman of foxhound packs, he has enjoyed a lifetime of hunting, coursing, coarse fishing and racing. He was formerly Chairman of the Countryside Alliance in South and West Yorkshire.
Joan Williams
Joan retired from the Police Force in 2008 after 30 years’ service, promoted Superintendent. After over 40 years of hunting and serving as Joint Master of a foxhound pack, Joan has a keen interest in National Hunt racing and spends her time between Ireland and the UK.
Dennis Foster
Since 1993 Dennis has been Executive Director to the Masters of Foxhounds of America and was the founder of the International Union of Hunting with Hounds. He continues to shape strategy, consult and advocate for natural hunting at international level.
Sir Philip Naylor-Leyland Bt., M.F.H.
Sir Philip is a farmer and landowner in Cambridgeshire, Yorkshire and North Wales. Joint Master of the Fitzwilliam Hunt since 1987. Chairman of the Peterborough Royal Foxhound Show Society. Previously a keen coursing greyhound owner and Nominator at the Waterloo Cup. President of the National Coursing Club.
Dr Cathal CassidyMB, ChB, FRCPsych.
Cathal brings a lifetime of natural hunting experience as MFH since 1984 (South Tyrone) and latterly with the Meath Hunt. He sits on the Irish MFHA Committee and is Chairman of NoISE, a coalition of natural hunting organisations.