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The hunting act needs to be strengthened to properly protect its forgotten animals

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03 Jun Social affairs

The hunting act needs to be strengthened to properly protect its forgotten animals

The government’s announcement to consult on a trail hunting ban is welcome but stops short of protecting all species of wildlife that are still illegally chased and killed by hunts and their hounds. Emma Slawinski, chief executive at the League Against Cruel Sports, writes about the forgotten animals of the Hunting Act

We need to leave cruel sports in the past

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27 Mar Social affairs

We need to leave cruel sports in the past

Emma Slawinski talks to The House about her new role as the CEO of the League Against Cruel Sports

Twenty years on: why it's time to strengthen the Hunting Act

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20 Feb Social affairs

Twenty years on: why it's time to strengthen the Hunting Act

The Hunting Act’s 20th anniversary highlights ongoing loopholes that enable illegal fox hunting. The League Against Cruel Sports calls for stricter laws, custodial sentences, and a timeline for change from the government

We must establish a close season on hare shooting in England and Wales to halt the species’ decline

27 Jan Environment

We must establish a close season on hare shooting in England and Wales to halt the species’ decline

Brown hares are the only ‘game’ species in England and Wales that can be shot year-round

Trophy hunting: the government’s muddled approach confuses conservation and animal welfare

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14 Jan Social affairs

Trophy hunting: the government’s muddled approach confuses conservation and animal welfare

Framing trophy hunting as an animal welfare issue confuses welfare with conservation, creating contradictions for UK wildlife management, writes Dr Dan Challender, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, for Resource Africa.

Blood sports in the UK: history is still in the making

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12 Dec 2024 Social affairs

Blood sports in the UK: history is still in the making

Twenty years after the Hunting Act was introduced, and 100 years after its formation, the League Against Cruel Sports is still calling for an end to blood sports in the UK

'Utterly captivating and poignant': Anthony Mangnall reviews 'Raising Hare'

13 Nov 2024 Books & culture

'Utterly captivating and poignant': Anthony Mangnall reviews 'Raising Hare'

Chloe Dalton’s story of her extraordinary relationship with a rescued hare is a compelling reflection on the transformative power of the natural world

Labour: when will we see a timetable for change?

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24 Sep 2024 Environment

Labour: when will we see a timetable for change?

Chris Luffingham, acting Chief Executive of the League Against Cruel Sports, says the time for change is now, but asks if not now, then when?

It’s time for change

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22 Feb 2024 Social affairs

It’s time for change

The countryside is at risk of being used as a pawn in the next general election, by those intent on living in the past

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26 Dec 2023 Social affairs

Hunting could be used to stoke culture war at next election, charity says

Hunters are using what could be their final Boxing Day parades to stoke hatred in the countryside, says national animal welfare charity the League Against Cruel Sports.

Leading animal welfare organisations join forces to launch the Time for Change Coalition Against Hunting

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30 Jun 2023 Social affairs

Leading animal welfare organisations join forces to launch the Time for Change Coalition Against Hunting

The UK’s most influential animal welfare and environmental organisations have announced they have formed a coalition to demand the next government strengthen laws on fox hunting.

Is it time to ban trail and drag hunting? Rachel Maskell says Yes

20 Jan 2022 Environment

Is it time to ban trail and drag hunting? Rachel Maskell says Yes

The 2004 Hunting Act should have been the end. The Labour government responded to the public outcry at the barbarism of hunting with hounds and passed legislation to outlaw such animal cruelty. But the bugles and beagles were not silenced for long.