09-08-2025
Campaigners highlight the need for stronger fox hunting laws in city protest
Campaigners from the League Against Cruel Sports have taken to the streets to expose what they call the savagery of fox hunting, which they claim is still going on despite the ban.
A member of the league dressed as a huntsman and carrying a fake fox covered in blood paraded down Queen Street in Cardiff and spoke to the public about the need for stronger fox hunting laws.
John Petrie, senior campaigns manager with the League Against Cruel Sports, said: 'Fox hunting has been illegal for 20 years and yet this blood sport is still going on across Wales despite the ban. Foxes are still being chased and killed and havoc is being inflicted on rural communities by the hunts.
'The public, shocked by the sight of a hunter in red coat and blood-spattered fox, came up to us to voice their support for stronger fox hunting laws and an end to fox hunting for good.'
More than three quarters of the Welsh public supported strengthening a Hunting Act, according to a poll commissioned by the league and carried out by FindOutNow with further analysis by Electoral Calculus.
Mr Petrie said: 'It's time to properly strengthen the Hunting Act and end all hunting with hounds and we urge the Welsh public to pledge to take part in the forthcoming government consultation and demand an end to hunting wildlife with dogs.
'This is a pivotal moment for animal welfare and together we can see fox hunting finally banned for good in both Wales and England.'
