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  • League statement – Gordon Elliott

    League statement – Gordon Elliott

    The League commends the British Horseracing Authority for prohibiting Irish trainer Gordon Elliott from racing in Britain following the publication of a heart-breaking picture of him sitting astride a dead horse. Read more

  • League welcomes overwhelming support for a hunting ban in Northern Ireland

    League welcomes overwhelming support for a hunting ban in Northern Ireland

    Figures released by the Northern Ireland Assembly have shown overwhelming support for a ban on hunting with dogs following a country-wide consultation. Read more

  • Charity backs bill amendment to protect livestock from hunts

    Charity backs bill amendment to protect livestock from hunts

    The League Against Cruel Sports says it gives its full support to an amendment tabled by Green MSP John Finnie to the Protection of Livestock (Scotland) Bill. Read more

  • Calls for businesses to withdraw support from online auction over links to local hunt

    Calls for businesses to withdraw support from online auction over links to local hunt

    A leading national animal welfare charity has called upon businesses to withdraw their support for an online auction raising money for a point-to-point meeting in Worcestershire, because of links to a local fox hunt. Read more

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  • Charity backs bill amendment to protect livestock from hunts
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League statement – Gordon Elliott

League statement – Gordon Elliott

The League commends the British Horseracing Authority for prohibiting Irish trainer Gordon Elliott from racing in Britain following the publication of a heart-breaking picture of him sitting astride a dead horse. Read more

Published: 2nd March, 2021

Updated: 3rd March, 2021

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

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League welcomes overwhelming support for a hunting ban in Northern Ireland

League welcomes overwhelming support for a hunting ban in Northern Ireland

Figures released by the Northern Ireland Assembly have shown overwhelming support for a ban on hunting with dogs following a country-wide consultation. Read more

Published: 24th February, 2021

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

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Charity backs bill amendment to protect livestock from hunts

Charity backs bill amendment to protect livestock from hunts

The League Against Cruel Sports says it gives its full support to an amendment tabled by Green MSP John Finnie to the Protection of Livestock (Scotland) Bill. Read more

Published: 23rd February, 2021

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

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Large quantity of toxic poison found on notorious sporting estate

Large quantity of toxic poison found on notorious sporting estate

A large quantity of toxic poison has been found on a South Lanarkshire sporting estate notorious for wildlife crime. The haul was discovered by a League Against Cruel Sports investigator, carrying out general field research on Leadhills Estate in July last year. Read more

Published: 18th February, 2021

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

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Calls for businesses to withdraw support from online auction over links to local hunt

Calls for businesses to withdraw support from online auction over links to local hunt

A leading national animal welfare charity has called upon businesses to withdraw their support for an online auction raising money for a point-to-point meeting in Worcestershire, because of links to a local fox hunt. Read more

Published: 18th February, 2021

Updated: 19th February, 2021

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

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Director of MFHA charged over webinar

Director of MFHA charged over webinar

The League has welcomed the news that the director of the MFHA has been charged by police following the publication of leaked hunting webinars, but is seeking answers as to why more charges were not brought Read more

Published: 12th February, 2021

Updated: 17th February, 2021

Author: Emma Judd

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Beloved pet dog could have died after being snared on Queen’s Sandringham Estate

Beloved pet dog could have died after being snared on Queen’s Sandringham Estate

A beloved pet dog nearly died in late January after being caught around the neck by a deadly snare trap on the Queen’s Sandringham estate. Read more

Published: 10th February, 2021

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

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Polling shows Welsh public want to see snares and the caged breeding of game birds banned

Polling shows Welsh public want to see snares and the caged breeding of game birds banned

New polling shows that an overwhelming majority of the Welsh public want both snares and the caged breeding of ‘game’ birds banned. Read more

Published: 9th February, 2021

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

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Bolsover District Council to hold an urgent debate on trail hunting

Bolsover District Council to hold an urgent debate on trail hunting

Councillors in Bolsover voted today to conduct an urgent county-wide and national debate on the issue of ‘trail’ hunting, a decision which was welcomed by the League Against Cruel Sports, which campaigns to end hunting for good. Read more

Published: 3rd February, 2021

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

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Animal Welfare charity ‘cautiously’ welcomes ban on burning blanket bogs

Animal Welfare charity ‘cautiously’ welcomes ban on burning blanket bogs

National animal welfare charity the League Against Cruel Sports has cautiously welcomed an announcement by the government today to ban the burning of precious peat habitats. Read more

Published: 29th January, 2021

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

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Scottish Government urged to protect Scotland’s ‘Amazon rainforest’

Scottish Government urged to protect Scotland’s ‘Amazon rainforest’

As the UK Government announces an end to muirburn on England’s peatland moors calls for the Scottish Government to end muirburn on Scotland’s controversial grouse moors have intensified. Read more

Published: 29th January, 2021

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

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Northern Ireland should lead the way on animal welfare, says charity

Northern Ireland should lead the way on animal welfare, says charity

Northern Ireland has an opportunity to be at the forefront of animal welfare in the UK, says national charity the League Against Cruel Sports. The charity is backing a private members bill that, if successful, would see hunting with dogs banned. Read more

Published: 21st January, 2021

Author: Emma Judd

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Quorn Hunt trial adjourned

Quorn Hunt trial adjourned

A trial involving two men who worked for the Quorn Hunt which began today at Loughborough Magistrates’ Court has been adjourned until a case management hearing on March 10 when a new trial date will be set. Read more

Published: 11th January, 2021

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

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Quorn Hunt to appear in court

Quorn Hunt to appear in court

Two men who worked for the Quorn Hunt will be appearing at Loughborough Magistrates’ Court on Monday, January 11 accused of illegally hunting a fox with a pack of hounds. Read more

Published: 7th January, 2021

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

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Calls to end hunting with dogs in Northern Ireland

Calls to end hunting with dogs in Northern Ireland

The animal welfare charity League Against Cruel Sports is calling on the public to back a ban on hunting with dogs in Northern Ireland next year – as the local hunts’ Boxing Day and New Year’s Day parades are disrupted by measures brought in to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more

Published: 26th December, 2020

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

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Hunting faces a crisis of its own making

Hunting faces a crisis of its own making

This year more than 2.3 million acres of land have been denied to the hunts to use for their so-called ‘sport’, animal welfare charity the League Against Cruel Sports has revealed. Read more

Published: 25th December, 2020

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

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Charity urges hunts to do the right thing and stay home this Boxing Day

Charity urges hunts to do the right thing and stay home this Boxing Day

A leading animal welfare charity is calling on fox hunts in Scotland to cancel their traditional Boxing Day meets in light of new restrictions for Covid-19. Read more

Published: 23rd December, 2020

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

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Cherwell District Council Votes Against Illegal Hunting Suspension

Cherwell District Council Votes Against Illegal Hunting Suspension

At the full council meeting on 14th December, Cherwell District Council considered a motion brought by Green Councillor Ian Middleton to suspend hunting with dogs in the district. Read more

Published: 16th December, 2020

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

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  • Government should end hunting on its land, say leading animal protection charities

    Government should end hunting on its land, say leading animal protection charities

    The League and other leading animal welfare charities met the Secretary of State for the Environment to urge him to deny hunts access to government land, and to back the strengthening of the Hunting Act, in light of recent revelations from hunting's governing bodies about so-called 'trail' hunting

  • More landowners take a stand against ‘trail’ hunting

    More landowners take a stand against ‘trail’ hunting

    Hundreds of thousands more acres of land have been denied to the hunting packs of England and Wales in wake of the webinar scandal

  • League statement – Gordon Elliott

    League statement – Gordon Elliott

    The League commends the British Horseracing Authority for prohibiting Irish trainer Gordon Elliott from racing in Britain following the publication of a heart-breaking picture of him sitting astride a dead horse.

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  • Working for the League

    Working for the League

    Want to work for a compassionate and courageous animal charity? Find our current job vacancies on this page.

  • Fox Hunting

    Fox Hunting

    Fox hunting is a traditional ‘sport’ in which hunters follow a pack of hunting dogs aiming to pick up the scent of a fox, chase it and kill it. Fox hunting is illegal in England, Scotland & Wales.

  • Hunting on National Trust Land

    Hunting on National Trust Land

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

  • Foxes

    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

    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 and Bull Running

    Bullfighting and Bull Running

    Bullfighting is a traditional bloodsport that is thought to have existed in Spain since the Roman times. The League is calling for a complete ban of bullfighting – a cruel ‘sport’. Read more about bullfighting as a spectator ‘sport’.

  • Stand up for animals  Join the League

    Stand up for animals Join the League

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  • Strengthen the Hunting Act

    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

    Greyhound Racing

    The League has been calling for immediate action to address welfare issues for dogs used in greyhound racing. Government regulations were introduced in 2010 to address these welfare issues, though animal charities still view them as inadequate.

  • Dog Fighting

    Dog Fighting

    Dog fighting as a ‘sport’ was banned in 1835 – but this horrific form of dog abuse still continues. We’re determined to expose and help prevent dog fighting in the UK. Find information on dog fighting, the signs to look out for and advice for professionals here.

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