Shocking numbers of animals harmed in laboratories in Great Britain
A government report published today reveals how more than 2.9 million animals were used in more than 3 million experiments in Great Britain in 2021.
Posted 30 Jun 2022

Posted on the 3rd April 2004
Statement from Animal Aid on the 2004 Grand National
Animal Aid is relieved that the 2004 Grand National was completed without any horse fatalities but repeats its call for the race to be banned following scenes that one television commentator described as ‘carnage’.
Nine horses fell at notorious Beecher’s Brook on the first circuit and two more the second time around. Just 11 exhausted horses – out of 39 starters – were able to complete the 30 fences over a gruelling four and a half miles.
The deliberately-hazardous race could so easily have produced equine fatalities – one horse died last year and two the year before. The victims are shot following breaks or fractures of the leg, back and shoulder. Others have suffered heart attacks.
The 2004 event could still produce casualties if owners decide injuries received during the race render their animals commercially redundant. The injured animals would be destroyed. Animal Aid will be monitoring the future of all runners.
Twenty-nine horses have died since 1997 during the three-day Aintree meet – eight of them in the Grand National itself. The deaths are evidence of the suffering that is an intrinsic part of the event. Animal Aid believes that such carnage cannot be justified in the name of ‘sport’ and is therefore calling for a ban on the Grand National.
A government report published today reveals how more than 2.9 million animals were used in more than 3 million experiments in Great Britain in 2021.
Posted 30 Jun 2022
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