League events

25th-26th September - Reading University Freshers Fayre Leafletting

Did you know that the University of Reading lease its Hall Farm to a commercial pheasant shoot? Join us in our call to #EndShooting at #ReadingUniversity. Read more

28th September - Campaign Workshop

Get Ready for a General Election by brushing up your grassroots campaigning skills with the League at our Baronsdown Sanctuary in Exmoor. Read more

3rd October - Oktoberfest

Gloucestershire Outreach & Advocacy Team (G.O.A.T.) present this Vegan Oktoberfest to be held at the Shush Bar in support of the League Against Cruel Sports! Read more

19th October - National Trust AGM protest

We're demonstrating against hunting at the National Trust's AGM to highlight that hunts are licensed to use Trust land. Please join us if you can! Read more

3rd November - Cirencester Vegan Fair

Come and visit our stall at Cirencester Vegan Fair on Sunday, 3rd November! Read more

Latest

University of Reading urged to end pheasant shooting

The League launches campaign to end pheasant shooting at University of Reading's Hall Farm

Baronsdown gets bendy

Want to know how the League's first very first yoga retreat at Baronsdown went? Read below to find out!

19th October - National Trust AGM protest

We're demonstrating against hunting at the National Trust's AGM to highlight that hunts are licensed to use Trust land. Please join us if you can!

3rd October - Oktoberfest

Gloucestershire Outreach & Advocacy Team (G.O.A.T.) present this Vegan Oktoberfest to be held at the Shush Bar in support of the League Against Cruel Sports!

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.