Campaigners on Cheltenham High Street today called for improvements in racehorse welfare and highlighted the animal cruelty and deaths associated with horse racing and the Cheltenham Festival. Read more
The League Against Cruel Sports has issued a statement following the tragic death of Copper Gone West today during the Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. Read more
Campaigners on Cheltenham High Street today called for improvements in race horse welfare and highlighted the animal cruelty and deaths associated with horse racing and the Cheltenham Festival. Read more
Animal welfare charity the League Against Cruel Sports is highlighting the shocking scale of hunting with hounds still taking place in the West Country, on the fifteenth anniversary of the fox hunting ban. Read more
National animal welfare charity the League Against Cruel Sports is today highlighting the shocking scale of hunting with hounds still taking place across Great Britain, fifteen years after the Hunting Act came into force. Read more
County Down farmers met local councillors at an event yesterday evening to try and find a way to deal with the impact trespassing hunts and their hounds have been having on their land. Read more
Animal welfare campaigners have described today’s not guilty verdict as a hollow victory for hunting after two men associated with the Quantock Staghounds deer hunt avoided a criminal conviction at Taunton Magistrates’ Court. Read more
A former Huntsman will be appearing at Taunton Magistrates’ Court on Monday, February 3 accused of illegally hunting a stag with a pack of hounds. Read more
National animal welfare charity the League Against Cruel Sports has slammed a hunting group after its hounds were killed on a mainline railway. Read more
Walkers have been left shocked after seeing a fox chased by hunting hounds across Bodmin Moor on Saturday. Read more
A Somerset Huntsman avoided a criminal conviction yesterday at Taunton Magistrates’ Court, despite his hounds being filmed chasing a fox. Read more
A member of the public was left distressed and shaken up after being caught up in an incident of hunt havoc when the Buccleuch Hunt lost control of its hounds. Read more
Blur drummer Dave Rowntree joined forces with fellow councillor Mike Smith-Clare yesterday in a bid to persuade Norfolk County Council to consider stopping hunts from using its land. Read more
A Somerset huntsman is appearing at Taunton Magistrates on Tuesday, January 21 accused of hunting a fox with a pack of hounds. Read more
New footage has been released today (Thursday) by a leading animal welfare charity showing a pack of hounds on the scent of an exhausted fox. Read more
Clear majority of MPs in parliament are united against hunting Read more
More than three quarters of Scots think the law should be changed to really ban hunting Read more
Leading animal welfare charity the League Against Cruel Sports has pledged to ensure the new Conservative government doesn’t back out of promises it made during the election. Read more