A little over a year ago the Lib Dems blocked Tory attempts to lift the fox-hunting ban. We believe that hunting foxes to their death and having them torn apart by hounds for sport is morally wrong.

Now the Conservatives are in power with a majority they are promising to try again to lift the fox-hunting ban. Without the Lib Dems to stop them, they could do it!

As the Independent reports:

David Cameron is under mounting pressure from Conservative MPs to honour swiftly the party’s election manifesto pledge to hold a free Commons vote on the ban. The pro-hunting lobby, which has analysed the views of the MPs elected this month, believes it has achieved the “magic number” of 286 votes it needs to win. The figure is less than half of the 650-member House because the Scottish National Party has said its 56 MPs will not take part.

You can help.

Sign the 38 degrees petition to keep the fox-hunting ban.

If you want to join us in campaigning on this important moral issue, plus others like keeping the Human Rights Act, please do. More than 12,000 new members have joined the Lib Dems since the election and we have a lot of work to do!

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