Pigs given heart attacks by blocking their arteries. Pregnant sheep surgically mutilated, recording devices inserted into their unborn lambs, then the ewes part-suffocated before being killed. GM mice given cancer after months of dosing with chemical used...
Posted 29 Apr 2016
A tribute to Prince by Karen Dawn, who is an animal advocate and author: We have all heard the shocking news that Prince has died. What much of the world has not heard is that Prince's...
Posted 22 Apr 2016
A new report published by the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has concluded that eating processed meat – such as bacon, sausages and ham – increases the risk of developing stomach cancer.
Posted 21 Apr 2016
World Day for Animals in Laboratories is marked on the 24th April each year. Established in 1979, this is a day when people around the globe gather to remember those animals who have suffered and...
Posted 21 Apr 2016
A new factory farm for pigs in the East Riding of Yorkshire has been allowed to go ahead, despite more than 7,000 objections being submitted and a vigorous local campaign against the plans.
Posted 14 Apr 2016
The farming and environment ministry Defra has made a significant reversal on the future of the Codes governing farmed animal welfare.
Posted 07 Apr 2016
The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has bred a colony of dogs with a genetic flaw, leading them to suffer a canine version of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). They will be killed when just 18 months...
Posted 06 Apr 2016
Animal Aid’s challenge to a senior Royal Veterinary College (RVC) researcher to debate publicly the RVC’s involvement in thousands of animal experiments each year has gone unanswered.
Posted 06 Apr 2016
For those horrified by the deaths of seven horses at the 2016 Cheltenham Festival, please make a pledge to help with Animal Aid's Horse Racing Awareness Week.
Posted 22 Mar 2016
With the racing establishment desperately trying to dampen any news and debate about multiple deaths at this year’s Cheltenham Festival, another two horses have perished on the final day of the Gloucestershire meeting.
Posted 18 Mar 2016