Hunting Facts

From the League Against Cruel Sports www.league.org.uk

We have chosen to make the main part of this site free of distressing images of animal abuse through hunting.

Though we must not forget that the reality of hunting is far from the jolly pastime and death does not come through a "quick nip to the back of the neck" as claimed by hunters. The animals suffer greatly before being killed in the most terrifying of ordeals.

We have decided to include these images, however distressing they may be, though they can only be accessed through this link.

This is what the hunters defend as acceptable and this is the reason we will never accept hunting or repeal of the Hunting Act.

- Fox Hunting

- Deer Hunting

- Mink Hunting

- Hare Hunting

- Hare Coursing

- Fox Hunting Fact Sheet - Detailed information on the cruelty and utility of fox hunting as it was practised before the ban

- Deer Hunting Fact Sheet - Detailed information on the cruelty and utility of deer hunting as it was practised before the ban

- Hare Hunting and Coursing Fact Sheet - Detailed information on the cruelty and utility of hare hunting and coursing as they were practised before the ban

- Mink Hunting Fact Sheet - Detailed information on the cruelty and utility of mink hunting as it was practised before the ban

- Burns Report Fact Sheet - A summary of the Burns Inquiry into Hunting with Dogs

- Is the Fox a Pest? Fact Sheet - A detailed fact sheet with information on whether the fox is in fact the 'pest' it is made out to be by hunters

- "Pest Control" Fact Sheet - Detailed information on the evidence against hunting as a form of 'pest' control

- Conservation and Hunting Fact Sheet - The facts on hunting and conservation, investigating the suggestion that hunting with dogs has conservation benefits

- Economic Impact Fact Sheet - Detailed information on the economic and employment impacts of the ban, as expected before the passing of the Hunting Act

- Morality of Hunting with Dogs Fact Sheet - The moral case against hunting with dogs

- The Hunting Act 2004

- How the Hunt Ban was Achieved

-The Burns Inquiry - the inquiry set up by the Government in 1999 to examine the facts behind hunting

- Portcullis House hearings - the scientific hearings chaired by Alun Michael MP to debate the cruelty and utility of hunting

- Chronology of the political pressure for the hunting ban - from 1991 to 2004.

- The Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 - key sections of the law in Scotland

- The Hunting Act 2004 - key sections of the law in England and Wales

- Hunting After the Ban FAQ

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