League Against Cruel Sports
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| Founded | 1924 |
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| Founder | Henry B Amos Ernest Bell |
| Focus | Animal welfare |
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President Bill Oddie, OBE, Chief Executive Eduardo Gonçalves, Chair Iain Blake-Lawson |
| Website | www.league.org.uk |
The League Against Cruel Sports is an animal welfare charity that campaigns against sports such as bullfighting, fox hunting and hare coursing. It also campaigns to ban the manufacture, sale and use of snares, for the regulation of greyhound racing and for an end to commercial game shooting and trophy hunting. Famous supporters include comedian Ricky Gervais, Jo Brand, John Bishop, Sir David Jason and Gemma Atkinson.
The current President is Naturalist Bill Oddie OBE. League Vice Presidents include: Actor, Annette Crosbie OBE, The Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Basildon, and Actor Peter Egan.
In 1924, the League issued the following charter entitled "What We Stand For":
We respectfully invite Religious, Education, Social Welfare, Humanitarian and any other allied bodies willing to participate, by passing resolutions towards this end, to co-operate with us to make our demand effective.
Despite the passing of the Hunting Act in 2004, there is still a very strong pro-hunt lobby which seeks to have the Hunting Act repealed. The League campaigns to ensure that the Hunting Act is preserved. The League’s ‘Keep Cruelty History’ campaign was launched in September 2009 and focused on highlighting the position on the finding of local candidates at the following year's general election. The League runs a Wildlife Crimewatch service through which members of the public can report any suspicious activity which may be in breach of the Hunting Act or any other wildlife legislation. Members of the public call the Wildlife Crimewatch line several times a day to report suspicious behaviour. This information is logged and passed on to police where appropriate. The League also coordinates a network of volunteers who monitor and record the activities of hunts.
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