Animal Aid takes the lead to oppose plans to race horses on the streets of Central London
Two companies, GAG 403 Ltd and City Racing, are currently vying in a bid to gain approval to hold horse racing on the Capital's streets.
Posted 01 Feb 2017
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Many Clouds: a tragedy that need not have happened
Many Clouds, the 2015 Grand National winner, collapsed and died after winning a gruelling race at Cheltenham on Saturday (28 January 2017). It was a tragedy that need not have happened.
Posted 29 Jan 2017
Bird flu found at ‘game bird’ farm investigated by Animal Aid in 2007
In addition to the discovery of bird flu at a ‘game bird’ farm in Lancashire, which was the subject of undercover investigations by national campaign group, Animal Aid, in 2005 and 2007, the BBC has...
Posted 25 Jan 2017
Join us on 18 February to stop animal experiments at the Royal Veterinary College
The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) conducts around 9,000 experiments on animals every year.
Posted 24 Jan 2017
Horrifying laboratory deaths described in new report
The 2015 annual report from the Animals in Science Regulation Unit (ASRU), the regulators of animal experiments in the UK, makes chilling reading.
Posted 19 Jan 2017
Nightmarish scenes uncovered in UK slaughterhouse
Tenth to be filmed breaking the law Secret footage shot inside a South Yorkshire slaughterhouse has reignited a row over animal cruelty, in the latest of a series of undercover films showing widespread lawbreaking in UK...
Posted 18 Jan 2017
France passes bill ordering CCTV in slaughterhouses
On 12 January France passed a bill ordering slaughterhouses to install CCTV cameras, following an outcry over animal cruelty. Members of the French National Assembly were informed that lawbreaking is a widespread problem in the...
Posted 13 Jan 2017
Ashcott horse knackery gets approval, despite significant opposition
A controversial plan to expand a horse knackery business in Ashcott, Bridgwater was approved by Sedgemoor District Council’s Development Committee on 11 January.
Posted 13 Jan 2017
Animal Aid asks racegoers to stay away after Boxing Day carnage at Wincanton
Animal Aid is asking the public to stay away from this Saturday’s race meeting (7 January) at Wincanton Racecourse after its Boxing Day meeting left three horses dead.
Posted 04 Jan 2017
Slaughterhouse failings result in live chickens being plunged into scalding water
An article in the Times newspaper today (December 31), reports a series of shocking incidents at a slaughterhouse in Suffolk, which resulted in 81 chickens being put into a scalding tank while still alive, and...
Posted 31 Dec 2016