Corbetts Cross (IRE) was killed at the Gold Cup chase at Cheltenham this afternoon - taking the death toll of the Cheltenham Festival up to 78 horses lives lost since 2000.
Posted 14 Mar 2025
Animal Aid is heartbroken and disgusted that yet another horse has been killed at The Cheltenham Festival. Springwell Bay was killed this afternoon after falling at a fence - and became the 77th victim of...
Posted 13 Mar 2025
Today is the first day of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival – a four-day event which has claimed the lives of 76 race horses since 2000.  
Posted 11 Mar 2025
The Cheltenham Festival takes place between 11th-14th March - and will be surrounded by the inevitable ‘welfare propaganda’ pushed by the racing industry. We know this to be nothing more than empty marketing rhetoric, peddled...
Posted 06 Mar 2025
It is shocking that in 2024, there were  557 breaches of whip regulations. Currently, the whip may be used six times in a flat race and seven times in a jump race. These limits are arbitrary...
Posted 05 Mar 2025
It is horrifying that in 2024, 214 horses were killed as a result of racing on British racecourses. Horses died from excruciating injury including broken legs, necks, or heart attacks. Despite a new marketing campaign...
Posted 04 Mar 2025
A week tomorrow heralds the beginning of the four-day Cheltenham Festival, an event which has taken the lives of 76 horses since 2000. It is hard to imagine any human-sport  with such a disturbing –...
Posted 03 Mar 2025
As part of our farming campaign’s Week of Action, Animal Aid were in London yesterday talking to the public about the routine suffering of cows within the dairy industry.
Posted 25 Feb 2025
In incredible news, Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies has just announced plans to ban greyhound racing ‘as soon as practicably possible’. Wales will be the first UK nation to ban this cruel excuse for a...
Posted 18 Feb 2025
We’re excited to announce the launch of our biggest farming campaign ever, Terror on Our Tables. The campaign – comprising of primetime television adverts, nationwide billboards, targeted display and social ads (and more!) – is...
Posted 12 Feb 2025
