Stag hunting. What is it and how is the League trying to protect them? The government has said they will ban trail hunting ...

In the fourth in a series of monthly blogs about life on the League Against Cruel Sports’ wildlife reserves, our Head of ...

Information for journalists, including logo downloads, key statistics and latest reports.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The League is a campaigning charity and our campaigns against cruel ‘sports’ are at the heart of everything we do. Alongside our committed supporters, and working with partners across the animal ...

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 ...

This innovative tool shows how many hare, deer and fox hunts continue to operate across Britain today. Using your postcode, you can identify all of the hunts in your area, the territory in which they ...

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 ...