Research & Publications

The League Against Cruel Sports uses research and our own investigations to inform the work we do. On these pages you will find a selection of reports, scientific research, campaign materials and publications which we have produced over the last few years.

You will also find links to download all the issues of Protect, the League's magazine.

Please take a look around, and if there is further information you require on one of our specialist subjects, please contact us.

HUNTING

SHOOTING

DOG FIGHTING

GREYHOUND RACING

SNARING

BADGER CULL

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Wildlife crime report (2013)

I choose culture, not cruelty: postcard against bullfighting

Norfolk Wildlife Trust - Statement about hare shot

A guide to gifts in wills

PROTECT MAGAZINES AND IMPACT REPORT

If you want to read older issues, please visit our Protect Magazine's page.

Latest

9th March - Cheltenham Week - Horse Racing Awareness

Working with the Gloucestershire Outreach Advocacy Team we will be holding an information event in Cheltenham high street on the 9th March. Come and join us if you can!
Investigations privacy policy

The League Against Cruel Sport's investigations privacy policy.
Campaign to stop hunting on public land launched to mark 15 years since Hunting Act

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.
The Hunting Ban Fifteen Years On

Today marks the anniversary of the Hunting Act coming into force in England and Wales. Fifteen years on there are 299 hunts operating in Britain, the reality is hunting continues just as it did before the ban.

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.
Stand up for animals Join the League

Help stop animal cruelty in the name of sport.
JOIN
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.