League events

9th November - Christmas Bazaar stall

Our Gloucestershire supporter group are having a stall at the Stow on the Wold Christmas Bazaar on the 9th of November. Come and join us if you can! Read more

23rd November - Crewe Election Roadshow

Stand United Against Hunting as the Election Roadshow arrives in Crewe. Read more

24th November - Wolverhampton Election Roadshow

Stand United Against Hunting as the Election Roadshow arrives in Wolverhampton. Read more

30th November - Milton Keynes Roadshow

Stand United Against Hunting as the Election Roadshow arrives in Milton Keynes. Read more

1st December - Peterborough Election Roadshow

Stand United Against Hunting as the Election Roadshow arrives in Peterborough. Read more

7th December - Bristol Election Roadshow

Stand United Against Hunting as the Election Roadshow arrives in Bristol. Read more

Latest

League welcomes Labour Party plans to tackle hunting and wildlife crime

The League Against Cruel Sports has welcomed the move by the Labour Party to tackle fox hunting by strengthening the Hunting Act and boosting funding to allow police to successfully prosecute the perpetrators of wildlife crime.

Illegal fox cub hunt shows law needs to be strengthened

Leading animal welfare charity the League Against Cruel Sports is calling for political parties to commit to strengthening the law on hunting.

Fox hunts on the run

Wildlife campaigner Bill Oddie OBE has backed calls for political parties to secure the fox hunting ban and strengthen the law which is routinely being flouted by hunters.

Polling shows cross-party consensus for jail sentences and tougher fox hunting laws

Today one of the UK’s foremost animal welfare charities is officially launching a bid to see fox hunting finally consigned to history. The League Against Cruel Sports says that loopholes in the Hunting Act have allowed hunts to get away with killing foxes and now, 14 years after the ban was made law, political parties should commit to strengthening it.

Working for the League

As a team, we share the same passion – to stop animal cruelty in the name of sport. We are a tight knit team and we work hard within a fun, relaxed environment. We also offer something many employers don’t – an office full of friendly dogs!

Fox Hunting

Hunting was banned in England and Wales in 2004, but the law has never been properly enforced, and attempts to weaken or repeal it continue. The hunting law in Scotland is weak, and hunting is still legal in Northern Ireland.

Hunting on National Trust Land

Many people have been shocked to learn that illegal hunting is taking place on National Trust land.

Foxes

Foxes use 28 different vocal calls to communicate, and often form a pair that lasts for life. Foxes wag their tails to greet family members - just like dogs. More fox facts here!

Why The League

Hurting and killing animals for ‘sport’ is one of the principal causes of animal cruelty in the UK: tens of millions suffer and die each year for ‘leisure’ activities. We’re here to protect those animals.

Bullfighting

Bullfighting is perhaps the most well known spectator “sport” involving the killing of animals for entertainment. It has already been banned in most countries, but each year tens of thousands of bulls are maimed, tortured and killed for entertainment across the world.

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Strengthen the Hunting Act

The Hunting Act 2004 is the law which bans chasing wild mammals with dogs in England and Wales – this basically means that fox hunting, deer hunting, hare hunting, hare coursing and mink hunting are all illegal, as they all are cruel sports based on dogs chasing wild mammals.

Greyhound Racing

The hidden side of greyhound racing includes dogs kept for long periods in lonely kennels, painful injuries from racing and training, illness and neglect. Shockingly, thousands of surplus dogs die or disappear every year. The League believes dogs should not suffer or die for entertainment or for the profit of the dog racing industry.

Dog Fighting

Dog fighting as a ‘sport’ was banned in 1835, as even then it was considered barbaric. But this horrific form of dog abuse continues.
It's time to take a stand against dog fighting.