Farmed animals die in the snow
Whilst reports in the media about the enduring cold weather and snow have largely focused on the impacts on people, we are just beginning to hear about the consequences for farmed animals.
Posted 26 Mar 2013
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Cheltenham claims another victim: Matuhi
The Cheltenham Festival claimed another horse victim when 10-year-old Matuhi was destroyed after falling at the final fence in the 4pm race and suffered ‘an untreatable spinal injury’. He was attended by vets behind screens,...
Posted 14 Mar 2013
EU bans the sale of cosmetics tested on animals!
Today (11 March), the final stages of the Cosmetics Directive have come into effect. In a landmark victory, the European Union has now banned the import and sale of all cosmetic products and ingredients that...
Posted 11 Mar 2013
Calls for a mass deer cull
The University of East Anglia has conducted a study that, it says, highlights the need for massively increased culling of deer – up to 60 per cent of some species, and more than 750,000 animals...
Posted 07 Mar 2013
Badger cull announcement
The government has today affirmed its decision to allow a mass cull of badgers. The shooting will start in west Gloucestershire and west Somerset on June 1st. Dorset has been named as a ‘back-up’ area.
Posted 27 Feb 2013
February 26: dark day for racing as four horses suffer horrific deaths on two British racecourses
Four race horses were killed in one of the worst racing days in nearly a year. Three of the fatalities were at Catterick in North Yorkshire.
Posted 27 Feb 2013
700 deer to be killed
Hundreds of deer and their calves are due to be killed in Scotland before the end of the month simply to meet targets set by Scottish Natural Heritage. The deadline is just days away, and...
Posted 20 Feb 2013
Shocking new report and film expose GM mice lab experiments
Research programme is ‘frenzied, scientifically irrational and terrifyingly cruel’ Mice genetically programmed to suffer seizures, burst hearts and self-mutilation. They are poisoned with salt, injected with acid, forced to inhale tobacco smoke, given electric shocks For every...
Posted 13 Feb 2013
Horse meat scandal: just part of a far wider problem
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...
Posted 11 Feb 2013
Three horses dead in a single day of racing
Three horses died on British racecourses yesterday (4 February) – one broke his neck and two others their legs. One of the victims, Mujamead, desperate to keep contact with the rest of the runners, whom...
Posted 05 Feb 2013