Campaign News
Suffering continues as new hunting season begins
Matt Fox, hunting campaigner said, 'Many innocent people and animals are caught up in the chaos that follows a pack of hounds baying for blood and this recent news story from the North East of England highlights the callous attitude some hunters have to those around them.'
Read the article on the shields gazette website
The League has produced a report on the damage that hunts create when they persist
in acting outside the
law. The document, Organised
Chaos can be downloaded from at www.league.org.uk/chaos
End of the line for Greyhound Stadium
Walthamstow stadium hosted its last race on Saturday the 16th August after failing
to secure
financial backing. The iconic North London dog track will be demolished to make
way for a housing development.
Paivi Vahvelainen, League Greyhound Campaigner said: 'Whilst much sentiment has been expressed over the closing of this building, anyone who cares about the welfare of the dogs must be relieved that so many animals will be spared an uncertain future in a sport that can treat them so poorly and that refuses to accept independent regulation.'
Mass Slaughter is Not Glorious
The League Against Cruel Sports has slammed the shooting industry's glorification
of the mass slaughter of wildlife in the run up to the start of the grouse shooting
season, or the Glorious Twelfth as it is traditionally known.
This year's season gets underway amid much publicised controversy concerning a massive surge in attacks on birds of prey. Despite such public criticism the industry seems to be carrying on regardless.
League Against Cruel Sports Chairman, John Cooper said: 'It is utterly ridiculous to label an industry which depends on the mass slaughter of wildlife for entertainment purposes as glorious. Barbaric and immoral would be far more appropriate under these circumstances.'
Read the full story
Bill Bailey Signs World Wide Pledge
Never Mind the Buzzcocks star Bill Bailey is throwing his weight behind the League's
bullfighting campaign.
The actor and comedian said: 'I am delighted that the League has joined with our European friends to put an end to bullfighting. I have signed the World Wide Bullfighting Pledge and I urge everyone else to do so. Bullfighting has to go!
Over 20,000 people have now signed the League's pledge, which was launched just a few weeks ago by Coronation Street star, Lucy Evans.
Coming soon: Look out for Lucy Evans' video diaries when she visits Spain to discover some of the many ethical alternatives to bullfighting.
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