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Gamekeeper sentenced after slaughtering dozens of wild animals on Scottish Borders estate

A gamekeeper has today (Monday) been sentenced to 225 hours of unpaid work at Jedburgh Sheriff Court after being convicted of nine wildlife offences.
The Beginning of the end for grouse shooting

Following a busy weekend campaigning in Yorkshire in a bid to call on Yorkshire Water to stop leasing moorland for grouse shoots, and attending a fantastic event in Derbyshire for Hen Harrier Day. Nick Weston, Head of Campaigns at the League
Anti-hunt investigators awarded compensation after violent attack

Two League Against Cruel Sports investigators who were brutally attacked while filming a hunt have received almost £50,000 in compensation for the injuries they sustained.
Bradford protest urges Yorkshire Water to pull the plug on grouse shooting

Yorkshire Water is facing mounting pressure to pull the plug on grouse shooting following more than 80 campaigners, including Emmerdale actor Nick Miles, protesting in Bradford city centre today.

The Beginning of the end for grouse shooting

Following a busy weekend campaigning in Yorkshire in a bid to call on Yorkshire Water to stop leasing moorland for grouse shoots, and attending a fantastic event in Derbyshire for Hen Harrier Day. Nick Weston, Head of Campaigns at the League
No ordinary picnic

Usually working hard behind the scenes, Kelly Hack, HR Manager at the League attended her very first supporter event over the weekend to help raise awareness of our National Trust campaign at Glastonbury Tor. Find out how it went in her latest blog.
Marvellous mammals

Read our guest blog from Mary Patterson (formally Roterman), winner of the Marvellous Mammals category of the League's first annual Photography Competition.
The end and beginning of days

Read the latest blog from Robbie Marsland, Director of the League Against Cruel Sports Scotland, as he describes how the end of days for fox hunting is also the beginning of days for a greater appreciation and questioning of why so many animals are condemned to die in the Scottish countryside.
Summer at our sanctuaries

Anyone who has visited the League's wildlife sanctuaries will know what incredible places they are. Their importance is magnified because they are situated in an area of the country that is renowned for killing wildlife, rather than protecting it. Read the latest blog from Paul Tillsley, Head of Conservation & Education at the League.
Time to end cage rearing of ‘game’ birds

Welsh Government has finally announced a review of the Code of Practice on the Rearing of Gamebirds for Sporting Purposes, and the League has met them to discuss this.
We are coming after the land

The League Against Cruel Sports is coming after the land - campaigning to persuade landowners to deny access to those who hunt and shoot animals for 'sport'.
Jeremy Hunt: Strengthen the ban, don't repeal it

Head of Campaigns Nick Weston seriously questions why politicians keep pushing for a repeal of the Hunting Act
Justice for animals

Today, (Monday 24 June) the League's CEO Andy Knott, Chris Sherwood the CEO of the RSPCA and many other animal welfare organisations called on the Government to stand by its repeated promise to increase prison sentences for animal cruelty. Read Andy's blog, below.
Campaign against Euro Tunnel gathers steam

Euro Tunnel are shipping day-old pheasant chicks into the UK for shooting. But what is being done to stop 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.