A 19-year-old gamekeeper who caught badgers in an illegal trap and then clubbed them to death has been spared jail. Kyle Burden, who also illegally shot buzzards, was sentenced on September 19 by Telford magistrates...
Posted 22 Sep 2008
Animal Aid is staging its first National Anti-Shooting Week (22-28 September) to highlight the extreme cruelty involved in the breeding and shooting of ‘gamebirds’. Our new mascot – Phileas the Pheasant – will be visiting...
Posted 10 Sep 2008
National campaign group Animal Aid today (September 3) calls on government to crack down on drug industry practices that put profits before all else.
Posted 03 Sep 2008
Scientists have spoken out against the reliability of animal tests in two separate instances this week.
Posted 15 Aug 2008
Psychiatric Disorders in Chimps Subjected to Lab Experiments Parallel Those in Human Torture Survivors, Study Finds American Physician Presents Data at the 22nd Congress of the International Primatological Society in Edinburgh; Findings Could Support EU Proposals...
Posted 06 Aug 2008
In March and April 2008, as part of a major investigation, Animal Aid visited 10 English pig farms spanning five counties: Cornwall, Somerset, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire.
Posted 18 Jul 2008
On Monday 7th July, the DERA Secretary of State, Hilary Benn, announced that he has decided against a cull of badgers in England to control TB in cattle. Badgers in Wales, however, remain under threat.
Posted 04 Jul 2008
An RSPCA spokesman told Channel 5 News today (July 2 2008) that ‘the Society’s reputation is, to some extent, at stake’, following an Animal Aid undercover investigation of an RSPCA-approved Freedom Food (FF) chicken farm...
Posted 02 Jul 2008
Tears Of A Clown became the first horse victim at the 2008 Royal Ascot meeting.
Posted 18 Jun 2008
The British pig farming industry makes repeated claims that it has some of the highest welfare standards in the world. In March and April 2008, as part of a major investigation, Animal Aid visited 10...
Posted 18 Jun 2008