With hunts riding out an estimated 500 times per year in Northern Ireland, we look at how we can work together to finally ban the cruelty of fox hunting in the country. Read more
The 2020-21 fox hunting season was shorter than usual. This ‘sport’ is distinctly seasonal, typically taking place between November and April, excluding the cub hunts which often meet as early as August. However, on and off lockdowns in the UK between October 2020 and March 2021 meant there were fewer opportunities than usual for fox hunts to take place. Read more
Summer is in full swing and looking out from your window it is tempting to think that everything is rosy for the wildlife that inhabits your garden, your local park, and the countryside beyond. However, even when food seems plentiful, times can be hard for wildlife so a helping hand could make a vital difference. Read more
A festival that celebrates all things fox hunting takes place in Peterborough every year. With Peterborough Council having recently banned hunting on its land and 85 per cent of the public opposing hunting with hounds it is time to cancel this festival. Read more
Animal advocate Louise Robertson looks at developments in animal welfare in Northern Ireland and why new political appetite for a hunting ban is cause for hope. Read more
Find out what our brave professional investigators have been doing to help animals this month. I have been investigating pheasant shoot areas on Exmoor with my colleague Mark. We walked for miles in Forestry Commission public forests that are leased to shoots. Read more
Why ending the caged breeding of game birds is so important, as the Game Birds (Cage Breeding) Bill is introduced to Parliament. Read more
League Senior Public Affairs Officer (Wales), Bethan Collins, runs through the outcome of last month’s Senedd election and what Labour’s re-election to power means for animals used in sport in Wales in the Sixth Senedd term. Read more
An insight into my time volunteering for the League and how I'm looking forward to getting back to it after one of the strangest years ever. Read more
A memoir of Roxy Morris – a League volunteer who has selflessly protected animals from cruel sports for over 25 years. Read more
Wildlife watching and photography have always been a big part of my life. It began when I was a boy; I was lucky enough to have been born in a remote cottage on the Exmoor coast at Porlock. My playground was pristine deciduous woodland where I encountered many woodland animals. Read more
An update about wildlife found on League sanctuaries and the benefits nature can have on our health. Read more
In Gloucestershire the League is one of the members of the Wildlife Crime Engagement Group set up by the local police force working together to discuss concerns around wildlife crime. Read more
What will your police and crime commissioners be doing to protect British wildlife? Read more
Senedd elections are this week, Wales has an opportunity to improve the lives of animals. Check party and candidate positions before voting to make sure we take this opportunity. Read more
For us it all began with dog fighting. In 2015, nearly a decade after animal welfare legislation was brought in, the League issued a report that lifted the lid on the scale of dog fighting still going in the UK. Read more
Snaring is cruel and barbaric, writes League CEO Andy Knott. We have an opportunity for snares to be banned in Wales. Wales should seize that chance and become the driving force for animal welfare in the UK. Read more
In 2017 I was reading an article online that changed my life. Without being able to stop it, the accompanying video automatically started to play and what I saw shocked me to the core. Two brothers, whose names I cannot bear to write, were making a film of their young pet bulldog, called Baby. Read more