Hounds off!
The campaign group, Hounds Off, has now been running for one year. It promotes hunt-free areas by encouraging anyone with land – no matter how little or how much – to contact their local hunt...
Posted 01 Oct 2012
News
British Horseracing Authority’s review of the 2012 Grand National: a cynical whitewash, says Animal Aid
The Review of the 2012 Grand National by the industry’s regulatory body, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), has utterly failed to address the core problems that have made the event such a prolific killer of...
Posted 20 Sep 2012
End puppy farming
From 12 noon today (Sept 15th), one extraordinary woman will remain incarcerated in a shed in isolation for 7 days. Every moment of her ordeal – intended to highlight the terrible suffering in puppy farms...
Posted 15 Sep 2012
Challenge to badger cull failed
An appeal to halt the proposed badger cull failed yesterday (11th September) at the court of appeal. The Badger Trust had challenged an earlier ruling that permitted the slaughter of thousands of badgers in two...
Posted 12 Sep 2012
Call for ban on sale of gun magazines to children gets massive public support
An overwhelming majority of people want gun magazines that show animals being killed for sport consigned to newsagents’ top shelves alongside pornography, according to a new public opinion poll. An even higher proportion want the...
Posted 11 Sep 2012
A response to Diabetes UK
Barbara Young, Diabetes UK’s Chief Executive, has written to several Animal Aid supporters defending the charity’s funding of animal experiments.
Posted 04 Sep 2012
Pig welfare in the spotlight
The ‘high welfare standards’ of pigs reared under the Red Tractor scheme have been called into question after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) banned three adverts that trumpeted standards on British pig farms.
Posted 30 Aug 2012
Great British Circus u-turn
It has been confirmed that the Great British Circus will continue to use animals in its performances, despite recent news reports to the contrary.
Posted 29 Aug 2012
Call for ban on sale of gun magazines to children
A campaign to ban the sale of gun magazines to children has been launched by Britain’s largest animal rights group, Animal Aid.
Posted 28 Aug 2012
Pharmaceutical industry accused of putting profit ahead of medical discoveries
Scientists have warned that drug companies are putting profits ahead of medical discoveries, and that they have spent the last decade developing drugs that have produced little benefit and caused considerable harm.
Posted 08 Aug 2012