Horrifying laboratory deaths described in new report
The 2015 annual report from the Animals in Science Regulation Unit (ASRU), the regulators of animal experiments in the UK, makes chilling reading.
Posted 19 Jan 2017
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Nightmarish scenes uncovered in UK slaughterhouse
Tenth to be filmed breaking the law Secret footage shot inside a South Yorkshire slaughterhouse has reignited a row over animal cruelty, in the latest of a series of undercover films showing widespread lawbreaking in UK...
Posted 18 Jan 2017
France passes bill ordering CCTV in slaughterhouses
On 12 January France passed a bill ordering slaughterhouses to install CCTV cameras, following an outcry over animal cruelty. Members of the French National Assembly were informed that lawbreaking is a widespread problem in the...
Posted 13 Jan 2017
Ashcott horse knackery gets approval, despite significant opposition
A controversial plan to expand a horse knackery business in Ashcott, Bridgwater was approved by Sedgemoor District Council’s Development Committee on 11 January.
Posted 13 Jan 2017
Animal Aid asks racegoers to stay away after Boxing Day carnage at Wincanton
Animal Aid is asking the public to stay away from this Saturday’s race meeting (7 January) at Wincanton Racecourse after its Boxing Day meeting left three horses dead.
Posted 04 Jan 2017
Slaughterhouse failings result in live chickens being plunged into scalding water
An article in the Times newspaper today (December 31), reports a series of shocking incidents at a slaughterhouse in Suffolk, which resulted in 81 chickens being put into a scalding tank while still alive, and...
Posted 31 Dec 2016
Channel 4 TV end their 32-year coverage of horse racing with silence on horse deaths and whip beatings
As the curtain came down on Channels 4’s coverage of horse racing over the past 32 years, there was not one word of the suffering of horses who were used for betting and entertainment on...
Posted 29 Dec 2016
RIP Richard Adams
We are very sorry to hear about the sad loss of one of our patrons, Richard Adams. His famous novel, Watership Down, helped to highlight the rich emotional lives of animals and the hardships they...
Posted 28 Dec 2016
Ten Ways to Help Animals in 2017
New Year, a new you? Why not make your New Year’s resolution a compassionate one? We have compiled a list of ten ways you can help animals in 2017.
Posted 20 Dec 2016
Forty campaigners hold vigil at Norfolk turkey slaughterhouse
Carrying photographs of turkeys and banners which read “Stop the Slaughter”, forty campaigners from Animal Aid and the Save Movement held a peaceful vigil outside the Bernard Matthews abattoir in Great Witchingham, Norwich.
Posted 16 Dec 2016