International Foxhound Association
The International Foxhound Association is incorporated as a NGO since 2012. IFA is an extension of the International Dianna Club. The purpose of IFA is the worldwide promotion of the English Foxhound as a breed. The members of this association are masters of recognized packs of foxhounds from France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Canada and Australia., and, selected members of existing Master of Foxhound Associations. One representative of the MFHA Committee in the UK always stands as Committee member of IFA Associate members are well-known breeders of English fox-hounds. The association publishes its own studbook of a selected number of the best packs of foxhounds in the World and organizes hound shows at Apethorpe Palace in Northamptonshire and at Chateau de Selore in Burgundy. Baroness Monique de Rothschild, former Patron of IFA, and, Baron von Pfetten, current Chairman of IFA published an article in covertside magazine on the "history of the English foxhound". At its AGM in 2019 H.R.H. Prince Georg-Constantin of Saxe-Weimar became Patron Ad-Vitam Aeternam, and, The Earl of Yarborough was elected Vice-Chairman.
