Secret footage shot inside a Lancashire non-stun slaughterhouse shows sheep having their throats hacked at and animals being thrown. This prompted an urgent government investigation into cruelty and a slaughterman’s licence was promptly withdrawn.
Posted 07 Apr 2017
Last year’s Aintree Grand National Meeting (2016) was the most deadly this century. Six horses died as a result of the three days of racing. Despite the authorities stating the race itself is getting safer,...
Posted 30 Mar 2017
Can you help Animal Aid by baking and selling vegan goodies? From 15-30 April, please join people all over the globe taking part in the Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale. The idea behind it is simple. Bake...
Posted 27 Mar 2017
For those horrified by the horse deaths at the 2017 Cheltenham Festival, please make a pledge to help with Animal Aid's Horse Racing Awareness Week, which takes place in the days leading up to the...
Posted 22 Mar 2017
Animal Aid is celebrating its 40th anniversary from May 20 - June 10 by co-ordinating The Vegan Festival of Britain, and there are currently two great competitions open for entries.
Posted 21 Mar 2017
Cheltenham’s infamous racecourse claimed the lives of two more horses at this year’s Festival. On this third day of racing, eight-year-old Toe The Line (IRE) was put down after breaking her leg in the 4.50pm...
Posted 16 Mar 2017
After disturbing scenes of horse suffering on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival, day two claimed a victim in the first race of the afternoon when 5-year-old gelding Consul De Thaix broke his neck...
Posted 15 Mar 2017
We need your help to stop disturbing new plans to continue with a mass cull of grey squirrels, and even recruit volunteers who will bludgeon these animals to death. The plans are part of a...
Posted 08 Mar 2017
Ten years ago, Animal Aid launched a new initiative, entitled Race Horse Deathwatch. The aim of the project was to publish information about the deaths of horses who were killed as a result of racing,...
Posted 07 Mar 2017
See our innovative infographic, which shows the horses who died at the 2016 Cheltenham Festival. Please share widely, and ask your friends and family not to bet on Cheltenham.
Posted 07 Mar 2017