http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_united_kingdom/join_campaigns/national_regional_efforts/the_ban_on_hunting_with_dogs/background/a_history_of_the_campaign.php  A history of the campaign from the website of  IFAW 1660s – Hounds are first trained to specifically hunt foxes. 1750s – Modern day fox hunting is introduced and spreads across the UK. 1835 – Parliament bans bear and bull baiting in the UK. 1836 – The Waterloo Cup hare coursing event is held [...]

 Written by Douglas Batchelor, the CEO  of The League Against Cruel Sports. March 25th 2011 “In my blogpost last week I referred to the grooming of children to kill for fun. It evoked a storm of protest from the hunters and shooters. They really did not like being labelled with the language more commonly used [...]

Why the Hunting Act 2004 must stay in place. It has been over 6 years since the Hunting Act came into force in England and Wales and yet, tragically, there is still a significant threat to this landmark piece of animal welfare legislation. The people pushing for a repeal are, of course, the hunters themselves, [...]

                                                         Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell, the Secretary of the Associate Paliamentary Group For Animal Welfare in The House of Commons adds our video to his Facebook site.   http://www.conservativesagainstfoxhunting.com/2011/02/conservatives-against-fox-hunting-dog-day-end-video/        The following extract  was written by Christina of The league Against Cruel Sports onh March 16th 2011 ‘Several recent news reports into dog fighting [...]

http://www.rspca.org.uk/media/podcast/-/article/PRESS_Podcast In  the  latest podcast episode  we are taken  to the frontline of the RSPCA’s battle against wildlife crime.  Follow the  Special Operations Unit, along with uniformed officers, during a series of early morning warrants in West Yorkshire targeting those who hunt wild animals such as badgers, foxes and deer with dogs. We  are given  an insight [...]