The Prime Minister used a recent interview on Countryfile to call the Hunting Act a bizarre piece of legislation. That was an unfortunate way to describe a law that is backed by the majority of Conservative supporters. No right to be cruel exists, either to humans or animals. Fox hunting, stag hunting, hare hunting and [...]

Our latest blog is by a guest writer involved in commercial farming. December 18th 2011. ‘I was lucky enough to be born into a family which viewed all animal life as important – not just human life. That didn’t make us vegetarian, but it did mean that we liked animals to be treated properly and with respect. And [...]

A friend of mine recently told me about an argument put forward by those who support fox hunting (the kind with horses and hounds) about pain. No worries, say the proponents, the fox is so doped up on endorphins that by the time the hounds get to it, it feels no pain when it gets [...]

The Metamorphoses is an epic poem by the Roman poet Ovid, which was completed in AD 8, while the title means simply ‘changes’ or ‘transformations’. The recurring theme of the Metamorphoses is Love, because the poem’s hero is Amor or Cupid, a minor deity in the Roman pantheon; the whole work is designed to demonstrate [...]

 A story that made a lasting impression on me, during my formative years, was The Sentinel by Sir Arthur C Clarke, which he later transformed into the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey. In each version, an alien sentinel or ‘look-out’ was discovered on the Moon, keeping watch on Mankind until the day when humans had [...]

We hosted our  ‘We Will Rock You’ event with Brian May of Queen on June 29th 2011 at the Dominion Theatre in Tottenham Court Road. The event was a big success and was attended by anti hunting Conservative MPs,  David Bowles,the Head of Communications of the RSPCA,  Robbie Marsland the UK Director of IFAW and [...]

This article was taken from the League’s website blog and written by Joshua of The League Against Cruel Sports on 22 June, 2011 Speculation is rife amongst political commentators over which policy area will be the next u-turn for the coalition government. In the last year we have seen apparent changes in policy on NHS plans, [...]

Written by Douglas Batchelor, CEO of The League Against Cruel Sports charity on 13 May, 2011 : 09:11 One of the most basic arts of campaigning is working out where to stand your ground and where to yield ground. In the current political climate you can hear and see politicians of all parties manoeuvring to gain [...]

Written by Katy on 16 April, 2011 : 13:00 This article is taken from the blog of  The League Against Cruel Sports face book site. ‘ It is that time of year again where we ask our supporters to keep a vigilant and close eye out for the hunting packs which operate through late spring [...]

  Conservatives Against Fox Hunting’s Co Founder with the IFAW hare at the Hampshire Against Hunting Rally at Southampton Solent University.  The event was a positive success on the 19th February at Southampton Solent University. The event was sponsored by The International Fund For Animal Welfare(IFAW) and The League Against Cruel Sports. John Denham MP hosted the event and [...]

I would cordially invite any pro-repeal Members of Parliament to wander along to the north bank of Westminster Bridge, next to the Houses of Parliament, where they may care to ponder the statue of Boadicea that was placed there in 1902. I mention this     because Mr  Roger Helmer, MEP, recently sought to justify blood sports [...]

Last week, we learned of an incident that’s currently being investigated by the police, during which a fox was killed by a pack of hounds from a  Hunt. The huntsmen claim the creature was accidentally killed as their hounds followed a trail made by an artificial scent, so I suppose it’s entirely possible that the [...]

17 January 2011  South West A high speed train running from London to Cheltenham Spa was forced to stop earlier today after colliding with a pack of foxhounds in Wiltshire. The driver of the service, operated by train company First Great Western, noticed the hounds on the line accompanied by a huntsman at around 1550hrs [...]

Repeal off the agenda Written by Douglas Batchelor  on 07 January It has been an interesting Christmas and New Year, with the hunters in full retreat. Paper after paper has run with the line that the government are not going to bring the Hunting Act debate back to parliament any time soon – and quite [...]

The Boxing Day hunt meets brought a great deal of coverage in the regional and national press, so those of us who oppose the minority pastime of tearing wild animals apart with dogs for the pleasure of a few human onlookers were curious as to what the proponents of blood sports would have to say [...]

Full Article by John Cooper QC If a group of burglars were to march on parliament calling for repeal of the Theft Act for the restrictions that Act places on their nefarious activities, their calls would rightly be dismissed. If those who like to drive at racetrack speeds petitioned for a repeal of the Road [...]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/oct/28/countryside-alliance-conservatives-foxhunting The election of a new generation of Conservative MPs opposed to bloodsports is likely to block attempts to repeal the ban on foxhunting with hounds, according to members of the latest Commons intake. A full vote to legalise the pursuit of wild mammals with dogs is therefore unlikely to be held during this parliament [...]

The decisions we make today affect the way we are perceived by later generations. Young people are less tolerant of unnecessary suffering of wildlife and seek to protect animals increasingly more than past generations. Indeed, it is through the irresponsible and misguided recreational hunting of tigers, rhino and elephants etc that we now have endangered [...]

One of the many oddities, absurdities and contradictions of fox hunting is the fact that its followers insist that their ghastly pursuit is actually a sport. I must admit that I’d always thought of ‘field sports’ as something like rugby, football or cricket, where two equally matched teams compete on a field. The idea that [...]

September 19th, 2010: Britain’s Daily Mail reveals that halal meat is being sold on a vast scale and passed on to customers who were unaware of its provenance. The contentious point here is that religious slaughter houses are exempt from otherwise strict laws that require animals to be stunned before they are killed, so as [...]

One of the most terrifying films of recent times was James Cameron’s 1984 production, The Terminator. We’re all familiar with the story of a murderous robot sent back from the future to kill Sarah Connor, the mother of the man who would go on to lead the Resistance against the machines in 2029. The Resistance [...]

In a previous post, I wrote about the Dog Days, or the hot, feverish period in summertime when the ancients believed that madness gripped the land. The Romans attempted to avert this malevolent influence by sacrificing a brown dog, an action that was also intended to appease a stern agricultural deity. It is truly astonishing [...]

The recent period of hot weather in Britain could almost be described as Mediterranean, so this turned my mind to thinking of the ancients and the way they described these sultry spells as the ‘Dog Days’. This term came into general acceptance in Rome, where the people attributed the oppressive weather of summer to the [...]

Back in 1993, I worked on a film with the curious title of “The Hour of the Pig”, although upon release by Miramax in the USA, it was renamed “The Advocate”. This BBC co-production starred some of Britain’s finest actors, with Colin Firth, Nicol Williamson, Ian Holm and the late Donald Pleasance appearing in lead [...]