Director of the Masters of Foxhounds Association tells private webinar that 'plausible' trail hunting can be used as 'smokescreen' for illegal hunt, court hears.
The once popular countryside pursuit of 'game' bird shooting is falling out of favour with people in Wales, according to a new survey. The poll - commissioned by League Against Cruel Sports and Animal Aid - shows the majority of respondents were against the sport after learning of the poor conditions in which the animals were bred. CATHERINE HARTE reports
ROGER SWAINE is the most recent recruit to the League Against Cruel Sports team of wildlife crime investigators and started in 2015. Just a year later he was attacked and his colleague left with a fractured neck. Roger explains here why he will continue to investigate illegal hunting
Today, 85 percent of the UK opposes hunting. Earlier this year Theresa May, the prime minister, backtracked on giving parliament a vote on overturning the fox hunting ban. Yet illegal hunting is still taking place. The animal welfare group League Against Cruel Sports now says the Hunting Act needs to be strengthened. CATHERINE HARTE reports
The League Against Cruel Sports argues the conviction of the head gamekeeper of the Buckminster Estate shows that hunts are 'still chasing and killing foxes in the British countryside'. They have asked the public to sign its petition against hunting. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports
Brown hare numbers have been declining dramatically during the last century due in part to shooting and habitat decline. CHRIS LUFFINGHAM argues they still face threats from illegal hunting despite a ban more than ten years ago
A master of a fox hunt has been convicted and awaits sentencing for taking part in cruel badger bating. The League Against Cruel Sports has called for him to resign and to close down the hunt. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports