THE majority of packs you hear of have been hunting for decades if not centuries, however, every pack has to start somewhere. Huntsman Richard Bonham is in the process of establishing the Lakeland Foot Beagles.

The pack will hunt in the Westmeath / Cavan area. There is a tradition of beagling in the area and previously there were up to three beagle packs at one point. However, in recent years all of these packs has disbanded, leaving their followers in need of a new pack.