Written by
Katy on
28 September, 2010 : 07:00
The fox hunting season has not even begun, yet we have our first incident of ‘hunt havoc’ that resulted in a fatality a few days ago. Just before 9am on Monday morning a pack of hounds strayed onto...
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on
27 September, 2010 : 13:45
Claims by Sinn Fein member Martin Ferris that his party would be making attempts to overturn the decision to ban hare coursing in Northern Ireland have turned out to be unfounded. Mr Ferris had said t...
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on
27 September, 2010 : 10:01
The RSPCA host a hugely popular fringe event at all three party conferences, called the 'Beer and Curry Night'. The format is simple - provide beer, curry, a pub quiz, and a senior party representativ...
Written by
on
24 September, 2010 : 10:00
This week's note from Douglas Batchelor, Chief Executive.
Our latest report on hunting, Hunting with Dogs: Past, Present but No Future has rather rattled the hunters. They are particularly annoyed ...
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on
24 September, 2010 : 08:00
The first of our weekly Video Blogs comes from the Liverpool, where we spent the week at the Liberal Democrat conference.
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on
22 September, 2010 : 11:00
It's quite staggering how little credit the shooting lobby give the general public for having a degree of intelligence and common sense when it comes to snares in Scotland. Do they honestly think that...
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Christina on
21 September, 2010 : 11:25
The League is thrilled by the proactive actions of Stockport council who have unanimously passed a motion stating that they are against the cruel and barbaric bullfighting festival held in their twinn...
Written by
on
20 September, 2010 : 17:00
It is regrettable that Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones has announced that she intends to proceed with a cull of badgers in West Wales after the Welsh Assembly Government’s earlier plans were deemed ...
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on
20 September, 2010 : 00:01
This is the foreword to the League's new report, Hunting with Dogs: Past, Present but No Future. A link to download the whole report can be found at the bottom of this page.
"I personally think t...
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on
19 September, 2010 : 12:15
It's twenty-four hours since the Liberal Democrat Conference opened in Liverpool, and the League has got off to a great start.
For the first time in a number of years, the League has both a stand a...
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on
17 September, 2010 : 10:00
This week's note from Douglas Batchelor, Chief Executive
As predicted the government have issued a consultation document about bovine TB and badger control. In essence what the consultation propose...
Written by
on
16 September, 2010 : 12:30
As we are approaching the political party conference season we are still awaiting the response of 37 MPs on their voting intention for a repeal of the Hunting Act 2004.
If you have recent informati...
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on
15 September, 2010 : 08:00
I was intrigued to read in his controversial memoirs, that former prime minister Tony Blair, when discussing Prime Minister’s Questions, believes that “it’s a bloodsport and the prime minister is the ...
Written by
on
14 September, 2010 : 16:00
Police in Scotland are investigating after a golfer allegedly beat a fox to death with his golf club.
The incident happened at Peterculter Golf Club near Aberdeen after the fox stuck its head into...
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Katy on
14 September, 2010 : 14:00
The article Top greyhound ‘given cocaine’ which appeared in last Saturday’s Sheffield Star serves as a grim reminder of some of the darker aspects still present within the greyhound racing industry....
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on
13 September, 2010 : 14:10
After months of pressure from animal welfare groups, Cobble Hey Farm backed down from its plans to stage a Pig Racing event over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
Pig racing is a very distressing exp...
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on
10 September, 2010 : 08:00
This week's note from Douglas Batchelor, Chief Executive.
One of the most disturbing turns of events in recent years has been the increased role of the terriermen in association with supposedly leg...
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on
09 September, 2010 : 13:30
We were interested this morning to read the Countryside Alliance’s response to the Home Affairs Committee Inquiry into the control of firearms. The inquiry asked a range of questions regarding the use...
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Christina on
09 September, 2010 : 11:30
An upcoming study to be published in the journal Conservation Biology is to reveal what the League has long suspected, that the trophy hunting of lions in Tanzania is the leading factor in their decli...
Written by
on
03 September, 2010 : 17:08
Several members of our campaigns team will be pouring a large glass of wine tonight to celebrate the completion of a major piece of very detailed work, completed in just over two weeks.
Later this ...
Written by
on
03 September, 2010 : 10:00
This week's note from Douglas Batchelor, Chief Executive.
The latest twists in the story about the passage of the Hunting Act into law are almost beyond belief.
If Tony Blair is to be believed, he...
Written by
on
02 September, 2010 : 12:30
Like many other people I have read with interest the excerpts on hunting from Tony’s book (first name terms for those of us here at the League of course) and I was left with the feeling that we should...
Written by
on
02 September, 2010 : 12:20
Each year in September, the town of Tordesillas (in Valladolid, Spain) is host to a horrific fiesta known as “El Toro de la Vega.”
The festival begins with the release of a bull into the countrysid...
Written by
Katy on
01 September, 2010 : 16:00
The grouse shooting season is now underway, but for many in rural England that familiar sound of cracking gunshots will permeate our skies in some areas today, marking the start of the partridge shoo...