Countryside Alliance

Second LACS covert filming court case dropped

The League Against Cruel Sports has had another case involving secret videoing thrown out of court

Scottish saddlery wins Countryside Alliance Best Traditional business award

Amayzing Saddlery, a small saddlery business based in Renfrewshire, Scotland, has been awarded Best Traditional Business category in the Scottish Countryside Alliance awards 2009

Equestrian businesses in CA Awards regional finals

A tack maker, a feed merchants, a saddlers and a rug repairer are among the 150 regional finalists nominated by you for the Countryside Alliance Awards

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen gives box at Cheltenham a makeover

One of Cheltenham racecourse’s most prominent and traditional boxes, A11, has undergone a complete makeover by the Changing Rooms designer, in aid of charity

Keep Lush protests within the law, urges Countryside Alliance

Hunt supporters are reported to have vandalised Lush stores in anger at the company's fund-raising drive for the Hunt Saboteur's Association

Cambridgeshire Countryside Alliance holds adult gymkhana

Creaking knees and arthritic hips will be put to the test on 4 October when the Cambridgeshire Countryside Alliance group holds its inter-hunt adult gymkhana

Anti-hunt protestors claim £38k compensation pay out

The Countryside Alliance has slammed anti-hunt protestors, who last week received substantial compensation from police after their “wrongful arrest”

Vote for your rural heroes in the 2009 Countryside Alliance Awards

Nominations for the awards, which celebrate rural heritage, communities, produce and enterprise, are open until 19 October

Labour's anti-hunting election tactics slammed

The Countryside Alliance has poured scorn on Labour’s recent “toff-bashing”, anti-hunting election tactics, saying voters are uninterested in hunting in the run-up to the election

'Hunt monitors' made redundant by IFAW

Hunts have greeted the redundancy of two of Britain’s most fanatical anti-hunt campaigners, Kevin Hill and Peter White, from the International Fund for Animal Welfare with caution

Hunts urged to keep talking to police

The Countryside Alliance is calling for the police to assure hunts that meet information will not be passed to animal rights activists

Countryside Alliance president joins The Horse Trust

Passionate countryside campaigner Baroness Mallalieu has taken over as president of The Horse Trust

Former League Against Cruel Sports director joins Countryside Alliance

On the fourth anniversary of the Hunting Act, Jim Barrington, a former director of the League Against Cruel Sports, joins the Countryside Alliance as an animal welfare consultant

Thousands daily show support for hunting act repeal

More than 1000 people a day are visiting the Countryside Alliance's official repeal the ban website

Countryside Alliance launches Hunting Act repeal website

More than 1,800 supporters have signed up on the Countryside Alliance's repeal website on its first day live

Equestrians nominated for 2008 Countryside Alliance Awards

Five people involved with horses are among the regional finalists selected for the 2008 Countryside Alliance (CA) Awards.

Does hunting poll show MORI bias against hunting?

The Countryside Alliance claims a breach of guidelines over a public survey on hunting demonstrates bias

Countryside Alliance is looking for local heroes

The Countryside Alliance annual awards are looking for nominations for rural heroes

Entry date for Countryside Alliance photgraphy competition extended

Entries for the Countryside Alliance 2008 photography competition themed 'rural Britain and Ireland' can now come in until 25 April

Extension of date to return Countryside Alliance ballot papers

Countryside Alliance puts back the date before which members must return their ballot papers ahead of June's annual meeting