Animal Aid > veggie

Congratulations Fiona!

15-04-2013T00:00:00Z

The North Pole Marathon has to be one of the toughest on earth with temperatures this year falling to minus 30. The winner of the women’s 2013 race was the incredible Fiona Oakes, who races to promote veganism. Fiona ran the 26.2-mile course, muc...

'Bute' found in corned beef, and 50,000 tons of meat recalled

11-04-2013T00:00:00Z

There have been two serious developments in the ‘horsemeat scandal’ in the past few days. First, a banned veterinary drug was found in Asda’s corned beef, which also contained horsemeat, and yesterday the Food Standards Agency contact...

Local Artist Calls for Compassion to Animals this Veggie Month

20-03-2013T00:00:00Z

March is National Veggie Month, and Bournemouth artist, Kathy Livick, has produced a series of bold paintings called new study led by scientists at the University ...

Ditch Dodgy Burgers - It's Veggie Month!

01-03-2013T00:00:00Z

March is Animal Aid’s annual Veggie Month and, in the wake of the horsemeat scandal, there’s never been a better time to go meat-free. Trust in the meat industry has fallen dramatically in recent weeks as a wide range of products has been f...

Get Organising for Veggie Month

11-02-2013T00:00:00Z

There has never been a better time to go veggie. Trust in meat in the UK is falling each day as the horsemeat scandal continues to expand and escalate. It has exposed the European meat industry as cruel, corrupt and inept – cruel in its treatment...

Horse Meat Scandal: Just part of a far wider problem

11-02-2013T00:00:00Z

First, there were widespread expressions of revulsion that the ‘cherished’ horse was ending up in beef burgers, but national newspapers were soon running jokes on the subject. Then came the neurotic self-interest and the blaming of foreigne...

Swedish Experts Call For Tax On Meat

29-01-2013T00:00:00Z

Agricultural experts in Sweden have called for a tax to be imposed on all meat products in the country and have suggested that such a levy should be adopted across the whole EU. Sweden’s Board of Agriculture has proposed the measure in order to r...

My Story - The Life of a Dairy Cow

23-01-2013T00:00:00Z

The American-based organisation Mercy for Animals, recently teamed up with acclaimed artist Gretchen Ryan to create a powerful new film highlighting the plight of cows in the dairy industry. Filmed in the st...

Crustaceans must be protected

18-01-2013T00:00:00Z

New research indicates once again that crustaceans do feel pain, and yet crabs, lobsters and other sea creatures, can be trapped, transported and stored before being killed without any protection from the law at all. Prawns may undergo ‘eyestalk ...