LEAGUE AGAINST CRUEL SPORTS - BAN THE HUNTING

NINETY SIX PERCENT OF PEOPLE HAVE MOT BEEN HUNTING
96% of rural people have never been hunting
Are you surprised? No, neither are we!
Dear John,
People living in the countryside have overwhelmingly rejected the idea that hunting with dogs reflects their values and spend far more time watching wildlife rather than killing it, new polling figures released today reveal.
Polling carried out by Survation and commissioned by the League Against Cruel Sports found that over nine out of ten (91%) rural residents think that observing nature reflects countryside values, while only one in six (16%) believe hunting with dogs reflects countryside values.
It found that very few people living in the countryside took part in the hunting of foxes, deer and hare with packs of hounds. The polling found that other countryside activities were far more popular:
• 63% who observe wildlife at least once a month
• 59% who take part in walking or hiking at least once a month
• 52% who visit pubs at least once a month
• 39% who participate in running, cycling or horse riding at least once a month
• only 4% said they ever participate in hunting
This year over 113,000 of you signed our petition calling to ‘Stop the Killing of Animals by Hunts’, which was handed in to No. 10 Downing Street by CEO Andy Knott and our president Bill Oddie last week. We couldn’t have done it without you. If you haven’t yet signed, the petition is still open.

The ‘traditional’ Boxing Day meets of the hunts gloss over the otherwise murky world of animal cruelty in which packs of hounds still literally tear apart their quarry of British wildlife – but the tide is turning and the hunts themselves are now an increasingly isolated and out of touch minority within the countryside.
Hunting is claimed by a minority to be a cornerstone of country life, yet it is revealing that people living in the countryside get far more enjoyment from watching wildlife rather than killing it.
Modern day countryside values are based around respect for nature, not the abuse of nature for entertainment. This polling confirms that we are a nation of animal lovers and that hunting needs to be consigned to history.
And with your help, together we are doing just that.