The national animal welfare charity that helped orchestrate the introduction of the Hunting Act is using the law’s twentieth ...

New figures released today by leading national animal welfare charity the League Against Cruel Sports show the shocking scale ...

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Traditional hunting involving the chasing and killing of animals, was banned by the Hunting Act 2004 in England and Wales, and the Protection of Wild Mammals Act 2002 in Scotland. After the ban, ...

20 years after fox hunting was supposed to be banned, League Against Cruel Sports Scotland secured landmark legislation to close the loopholes that let it continue. The Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) ...

Greyhound racing is a competitive ‘sport’ in which greyhounds race around an oval track in pursuit of a mechanical hare. Why should greyhound racing should be banned? Greyhound racing is cruel from ...

Fox hunting is illegal in England, Scotland and Wales. It is still legal to fox hunt in Northern Ireland. When was fox hunting banned in the UK? Fox hunting was banned by the Hunting Act 2004 in ...

Here at the League Against Cruel Sports, we’re fully committed towards protecting animals from cruelty in the name of sport. Our professional investigative team will listen, gather the required ...

Snares are used extensively on ‘game’ bird shoots. A snare is a thin wire noose set to trap animals which some people view as being a pest or threat, usually foxes and rabbits. These animal traps are ...

Cub hunting, as the name suggests, is the practice of hunting fox cubs with young foxhounds. Contrary to what the hunters say, hunting a live animal does not come naturally to a foxhound. As such, the ...