Racing is facing a crisis with seven horses known to have died on racecourses in just one week. The latest four victims all perished on Monday at Wincanton, Somerset.
Posted 20 Mar 2007
The value to human medicine of laboratory research using chimpanzees is being evaluated in a series of major studies. The first paper finds that such experiments contribute ‘little, if at all, to tangible human clinical...
Posted 20 Mar 2007
Youth4Animals members (Animal Aid's youth group) held a successful demonstration outside Canada House at Trafalgar Square on Saturday. Eight members, aged from 11 to 18, were joined by staff from Animal Aid's Education department and...
Posted 19 Mar 2007
In August 2006, Animal Aid launched a nationwide survey to find Britain's most vegetarian-and vegan-friendly supermarket chain, monitoring more than 600 supermarkets across the UK.
Posted 26 Feb 2007
Big names in the fashion industry are inadvertently using dog fur as trim on their garments. Brands including Tommy Hilfiger and DKNY bought ‘fake’ fur, sourced from China but laboratory analysis found that 24 out...
Posted 26 Feb 2007
An eminent neuroscientist and practising neurosurgeon has stepped into the raging debate over animal experimentation to launch a blistering attack on Oxford University and other animal-using research institutions.
Posted 04 Jan 2007
As a neurosurgeon and neuroscientist with two decades of research experience, I feel qualified to contribute to the debate on non-human primate vivisection. The arguments of the Weatherall Committee defy much current scientific evidence, and...
Posted 04 Jan 2007
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Posted 19 Dec 2006
Animal Aid's 'Feathering Their Nests' (2002) was the first exposé of fraud and tax evasion in the shooting industry. Since 2000, we have submitted numerous reports to taxation agencies detailing how the shooting industry was...
Posted 14 Dec 2006
A government investigation into tax evasion by the shooting industry has uncovered evidence of non-payment of VAT that could amount to more than £20 million.
Posted 14 Dec 2006