League events

21st July: Plymouth Vegan Festival

We'll be at Plymouth Vegan Festival on Saturday 21st July to educate the public about our campaigns.Read more

21st July: Grouse shooting outreach day - Whitby

Ban Bloodsports on Yorkshire’s Moors and the League Against Cruel Sports will be holding an outreach day in Whitby on 21st July 2018, as part of our campaign to end grouse shooting on moorland leased by Yorkshire Water.Read more

25th July: Protest Outside Dunster Country Fair at Dunster Castle

The League will be teaming up with Somerset Wildlife Crime and National Dis-Trust to protest the Dunster Country Fair on National Trust Land at Dunster Castle.Read more

26th July: Gloucestershire Supporter Group Meeting

This meeting will be an opportunity meet the new Gloucestershire group, find out how you can get active and help plan new events in the area. Read more

29th July: Carlisle Vegan Festival

We'll be at the Carlisle Vegan Festival with our Cumbria Supporter Group who will be performing their puppet show throughout the day. Read more

29th July: Leafletting at National Trust Buscot Weir and Lock

We will be leafletting on the public footpaths at Buscot Weir and lock . In the 2017/18 hunting season the Vale of the White Horse and The Old Berks hunts were licenced by the National Trust to hunt on the Buscot and Coleshill estate. Read more

29th July: Protest outside Tyntesfield House National Trust Estate

The League and Bath Animal Rights will be protesting outside Tyntsefield House to expose the National Trust licensing trail hunting – a blood sportRead more

31st July: Oxfordshire Supporters Meet Up

If you would like to get involved with the League's work in Oxfordshire, please come along to our meet up for supporters in the area who are interested in starting up a local group and getting active.Read more

4th August: Leafletting at National Trust Back to Backs in Birmingham

The West Midlands group are organising a leafletting session outside Back to Backs, a National Trust Property in the centre of Birmingham to talk to NT members and make them aware that trail hunting takes place on other NT properties across the country.Read more

11th August: Rally to Ban Grouse Shooting

The League will be joining Ban Bloodsports on Yorkshire's Moores and hold a respectful protest in Hebden Bridge’s Town Square to urge Yorkshire Water to stop leasing land above the town for grouse shooting.Read more

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Report back from the AGM

Mid year sees the AGM, an event that affords us the opportunity to engage with our principal stakeholders in the form of our membership, coming together with staff and Trustees. Andy Knott, our Interim CEO, talks about this year's event.

Stag hunt duo charged under Hunting Act

Avon & Somerset Police have confirmed that the Quantock Staghounds huntsman Richard Down and whipper-in, Martin Watts are due to appear before Taunton Deane Magistrates Court charged with offences under the Hunting Act 2004.

‘Game’ bird shooting set to continue on Welsh public land despite government and public opposition

Welsh government and environment quango in battle over future of cruel sport

Animal welfare charity warns farmers of disease risk as hunting hounds gather at the Royal Welsh Show

Hunting hounds being shown and paraded at the Royal Welsh Show could potentially spread disease to livestock and across the Welsh countryside, according to research revealed by an animal welfare charity.

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.

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.

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!

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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 in Spain, Portugal, France, Colombia, Mexico, USA, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru.

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.