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  • Grand National claims yet another life

    Grand National claims yet another life

    The League is renewing its calls for the Grand National to be suspended until it can make the race safer for horses Read more

  • Calls for a ban on snares and caged breeding of ‘game’ birds in Wales

    Calls for a ban on snares and caged breeding of ‘game’ birds in Wales

    A host of celebrity naturalists have joined animal welfare charity the League Against Cruel Sports in a campaign to see snaring and caged ‘game’ bird rearing outlawed in Wales. Read more

  • Quorn hunt masters banned: Jumblebee, take note

    Quorn hunt masters banned: Jumblebee, take note

    The League is renewing its calls to online fundraising site Jumblebee to stop helping rule-breaking hunts raise money Read more

  • Calls for fundraising company to stop hosting online auctions for fox hunts in the Midlands

    Calls for fundraising company to stop hosting online auctions for fox hunts in the Midlands

    A campaign has been launched to stop fox hunts from raising the money they need to continue with their barbaric activities after a League Against Cruel Sports investigation. Read more

  • Grand National claims yet another life
  • Calls for a ban on snares and caged breeding of ‘game’ birds in Wales
  • Quorn hunt masters banned: Jumblebee, take note
  • Calls for fundraising company to stop hosting online auctions for fox hunts in the Midlands
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Grand National claims yet another life

Grand National claims yet another life

The League is renewing its calls for the Grand National to be suspended until it can make the race safer for horses Read more

Published: 10th April, 2021

Updated: 12th April, 2021

Author: Emma Judd

Calls for a ban on snares and caged breeding of ‘game’ birds in Wales

Calls for a ban on snares and caged breeding of ‘game’ birds in Wales

A host of celebrity naturalists have joined animal welfare charity the League Against Cruel Sports in a campaign to see snaring and caged ‘game’ bird rearing outlawed in Wales. Read more

Published: 9th April, 2021

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

Quorn hunt masters banned: Jumblebee, take note

Quorn hunt masters banned: Jumblebee, take note

The League is renewing its calls to online fundraising site Jumblebee to stop helping rule-breaking hunts raise money Read more

Published: 1st April, 2021

Author: Emma Judd

Calls for fundraising company to stop hosting online auctions for fox hunts in the Midlands

Calls for fundraising company to stop hosting online auctions for fox hunts in the Midlands

A campaign has been launched to stop fox hunts from raising the money they need to continue with their barbaric activities after a League Against Cruel Sports investigation. Read more

Published: 30th March, 2021

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

Calls for fundraising company to stop hosting online auctions for fox hunts in Devon

Calls for fundraising company to stop hosting online auctions for fox hunts in Devon

A campaign has been launched to stop fox hunts from raising the money they need to continue with their barbaric activities after a League Against Cruel Sports investigation Read more

Published: 25th March, 2021

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

Calls for fundraising company to stop hosting online auctions for fox hunts in North Yorkshire

Calls for fundraising company to stop hosting online auctions for fox hunts in North Yorkshire

The League Against Cruel Sports is calling on the fundraising company Jumblebee to stop fox hunts from hosting online auctions on its website after the North Yorkshire based Sinnington Hunt raised over £13,000. Read more

Published: 23rd March, 2021

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

Calls for fundraising company to stop hosting online auctions for fox hunts

Calls for fundraising company to stop hosting online auctions for fox hunts

The League Against Cruel Sports is calling on the fundraising company Jumblebee to stop fox hunts from hosting online auctions. Read more

Published: 18th March, 2021

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

League statement - horse death at Cheltenham

League statement - horse death at Cheltenham

The League is distressed to learn that King’s Temptation has died after suffering an injury during the Cross Country race on day two of the Cheltenham Festival. Read more

Published: 17th March, 2021

Author: Chloe Govindasamy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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  • Grand National claims yet another life

    Grand National claims yet another life

    The League is renewing its calls for the Grand National to be suspended until it can make the race safer for horses

  • What is a PCC, and why should I care?

    What is a PCC, and why should I care?

    The role of a PCC is to be the voice of the people and hold the police to account in England and Wales. Where do your PCC candidates stand on hunting with dogs?

  • Calls for a ban on snares and caged breeding of ‘game’ birds in Wales

    Calls for a ban on snares and caged breeding of ‘game’ birds in Wales

    A host of celebrity naturalists have joined animal welfare charity the League Against Cruel Sports in a campaign to see snaring and caged ‘game’ bird rearing outlawed in Wales.

  • London Landmarks Half Marathon 2021

    London Landmarks Half Marathon 2021

    On 1st August, 14,000 people will race past historic St Paul’s Cathedral, the Tower of London, Tower Bridge and many more of London’s greatest landmarks.

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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

    Help stop animal cruelty in the name of sport.

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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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