League Against Cruel Sports

The Festival of Hunting is set to take place in Peterborough next month - this week animal rights activists were in town to condemn the event.

Game birds illegally killed on one of Britain’s most prestigious shooting estates.

Natural Resources Wales/Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru bans trail hunting on its land.

Fox hunters left reeling after a National Trust majority vote to ban their cruel sport.

Director of the Masters of Foxhounds Association tells private webinar that 'plausible' trail hunting can be used as 'smokescreen' for illegal hunt, court hears.

United Utilities suspends trail hunting on its land.

Eyewitness reports reveal the shocking scale of fox hunting in Britain.

A Somerset Huntsman avoided a criminal conviction at Taunton Magistrates’ Court, despite his hounds being filmed chasing a fox.

Somerset huntsman to appear in court following the alleged illegal persecution of wildlife.

League of Cruel Sports is running a general election roadshow to highlight why the Hunting Act needs strengthening.

The League Against Cruel Sports is calling on the Conservative Party to make a manifesto commitment to keep the fox hunting ban.

UK hunters are shooting ‘critically endangered’ species and animals that are extinct in the wild, new report reveals

New set of figures highlight shocking scale of illegal fox hunting that's taking place in the British countryside in spite of ban.

Research loophole has allowed apparently 'illegal' stag hunting to continue in Devon & Somerset.

Millions of pheasants go unsold and uneaten after being killed, according to a new report from Savills

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

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