'Out of control' hunting dogs invade woman's garden in Nottinghamshire village

A woman in a quiet Nottinghamshire village has spoken of the moment a pack of hunting dogs scaled the fence in her back garden as they chased a fox.

A number of people in Kinoulton have expressed their concern at the "out of control hounds" which ran rampant through the village on Monday, February 7.

Nottinghamshire Police was eventually called when the dogs entered the grounds of Kinoulton Primary School and officers spoke to the owners of the dogs to "make sure it never happens again".

Caroline Adkin, who lives in Kinoulton Lane, says around 10 "hounds" invaded her garden shortly before the incident at the school.

She told Notinghamshire Live: "About an hour earlier, before the school episode, I was in my garden on Kinoulton Lane, when there was a lot of barking and howling and about 10 of the fox hounds were scaling the fence in my back garden.

"They ran around my garden for around 10 minutes and in that time, they were pulling at the fence to get into a neighbour’s garden, leaving a mess behind them.

"The hounds had come across the paddocks from behind where I live, I presume chasing a fox.

"We do have foxes come through the back garden on a regular basis. I rang the hunt to complain about their dogs but were not apologetic and said they would let the master know.

"These dogs were completely out of control. I don’t like big dogs at the best of times so it was quite unnerving."

The fox hounds in a garden in Kinoutlon, Nottinghamshire (Caroline Adkin)

Inspector Rob Lawton, the force's neighbourhood inspector for Rushcliffe, said the force was first called when the dogs ran rampant through the school just after midday.

"Officers quickly responded to reports of three dogs being on the school premises and the owners were swiftly located and the issue resolved," he added.

“No one was injured during the incident but we do understand how distressing it was for the children and people involved.

“We would like to reassure everyone that we have spoken with the school and made them aware that officers have spoken with the owners of the dogs to resolve the issue and make sure it never happens again.”