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Will the Government’s ‘gold standard’ of welfare extend to wild animals?

Government response to MPs’ report misses opportunity to increase protection and clarity for wild animal welfare.
Nearly three-quarters of people in Wales oppose the shooting of ‘game’ birds

A new poll shows the Welsh public is overwhelmingly opposed to shooting and killing ‘game’ birds for ‘sport’.
Charity challenges National Trust ‘nature’ policy after witnessing deer hunt on Trust land

Animal welfare campaigners are renewing calls on the National Trust to protect wildlife on its land after fresh evidence emerged of a hunt chasing deer on moorland managed by the Trust in Somerset.
Plastic danger hits British wildlife

A heartbreaking photo of a stag with plastic strewn around its antlers on the League's Baronsdown sanctuary captured the attention of the British public when it appeared on the front page of the Daily Mail this week.

Will the Government’s ‘gold standard’ of welfare extend to wild animals?

Government response to MPs’ report misses opportunity to increase protection and clarity for wild animal welfare.
New research reveals extent of dog fighting in the USA

New research estimates that hundreds of thousands of dogs in the USA are being forced into the brutal world of dog fighting – but public awareness of the ‘sport’ is very low.
Open letter highlights League disappointment in Fabian Society report

Earlier this week, in co-operation with the Countryside Alliance, the Fabian Society released a report on how Labour can engage with rural voters. We strongly disagreed with the conclusions drawn in the report regarding animal welfare and wrote to the Fabians to highlight our disagreement.
Well, what a week of mixed emotions that was!

Being able to admire a herd of red deer or witnessing a badger in daylight for the first time are some of the perks of living in one of the League's sanctuary. But to balance out the good in life there always has to be some bad. Last week, that bad came in the form of the Devon & Somerset Staghounds, who descended en masse at the League’s Baronsdown sanctuary chasing a stag.
How illegal hunting is threatening the graceful Brown hare

The Hunting Act urgently needs strengthening, to ensure hare hunting and hare coursing don't continue to threaten the iconic Brown hare.
Stop shooting ‘game’ birds on Natural Resources Wales land

A consultation by Natural Resources Wales is a chance to make clear that shooting has no place on Welsh public land.
Celebrating 60 years of the first League sanctuary

On 21st March 1958, Joseph Sharp (secretary) and Edward Hemingway (chairman) purchased the freehold for Slowley and Side Woods in West Somerset and created the first League Against Cruel Sports sanctuary “for wild animals, particular those that are hunted.”
Bringing the hare hunts to book

Keep your ears and eyes open, and inform the League through our Animal Crimewatch if you hear of any hare hunts that are taking place. Our investigators will do their utmost to bring the hare hunts to book.
Exposing the lies of the hunts and the cruelty of their sinister terrier men

Fox hunting supporters like to conjure up an image of cheerful red coated riders on horseback and a pack of hounds enjoying a day out in the countryside. But there is a much darker side involving terrible cruelty to British wildlife as animals are still literally being torn apart by those packs of hounds. And following the riders are men on quadbikes with terriers in cages - the sinister terrier men.
How The National Coursing Club Tried & Failed To Circumvent The Hunting Act

Hare coursing still blights the British countryside. It's not all bad news though. The Hunting Act eradicated a major aspect of this savage pastime. But it took a combined effort by the League Against Cruel Sports, IFAW, RSPCA & Police to enforce a law which coursing fanatics were determined to push as far as they could.

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.
Sign our petition to stop the killing of animals by hunts
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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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.
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.
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.
Badgers

Badgers can reach speeds of 30km per hour. They used to be called 'brock', which is also the name of a character in the Pokemon TV series. More fun badger facts here!