Scottish National Heritage (SNH) has issued licences to cull hundreds of ravens, in a five-year test in Perthshire. The purpose of this experiment is to investigate whether removing ravens has an impact on the...
Posted 25 Apr 2018
Today (25 April 2018) is the final day of the public consultation by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) on whether it should continue to allow the shooting of birds for ‘sport’ on public land.
Posted 25 Apr 2018
Animal Aid has uncovered shocking experiments involving monkeys being brain-damaged with a toxic chemical. Later, they were force-fed different drugs and observed for ten hours, while blood samples were regularly taken from their thighs.
Posted 24 Apr 2018
Three horses were killed within 30 minutes of each other at Hexham racecourse yesterday afternoon (23 April).
Posted 24 Apr 2018
It has been a week since the notorious Grand National meeting finished, leaving one horse dead and many others suffering injuries.
Posted 23 Apr 2018
Dame Rose (FR), a young five-year-old mare, has collapsed and died after finishing fourth in a two-and-a-half mile hurdle race at the notorious Cheltenham Racecourse.
Posted 19 Apr 2018
To celebrate Animal Aid’s first ever Summer Vegan Pledge, we will be holding a launch party on Saturday 19th May.
Posted 19 Apr 2018
Researchers wishing to conduct animal experiments must produce a ‘non-technical summary’ of what they plan to do. These summaries are published once the experiments are authorised, often more than a year after they have started....
Posted 17 Apr 2018
There were scenes of carnage at the 2018 Grand National which left just twelve exhausted finishers from a field of 40 runners.
Posted 14 Apr 2018
On the first day of the 2018 Grand National Race Meeting at Aintree, Liverpool, 10-year-old gelding Lilbitluso (IRE) lost his life at the notorious Canal Turn Fence.
Posted 12 Apr 2018