New research from the USA has found that cutting meat consumption would do more to reduce carbon emissions than getting rid of your car. The scientists behind the report singled out beef farming as being...
Posted 23 Jul 2014
New research – in which crayfish were stressed using mild electric shocks – indicates that the species experiences anxiety. This adds to a growing body of evidence that decapod crustaceans (lobsters, crabs, prawns and crayfish)...
Posted 13 Jun 2014
A new report commissioned by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe has found that if Europeans reduced their consumption of meat and dairy by half, it would cut nitrogen pollution and greenhouse gas emissions...
Posted 28 Apr 2014
April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, making it the perfect time to warn people that eating processed red meat – such as bacon and sausages – increases the risk of bowel cancer, the second biggest...
Posted 01 Apr 2014
New research published in the journal Cell Metabolism shows that eating high levels of protein from animal sources – such as meat, milk and eggs – increases the risk of death from cancer by four...
Posted 05 Mar 2014
The Guardian’s Felicity Lawrence has conducted a thorough and eye-opening investigation into the horsemeat scandal, which has uncovered a ‘labyrinth of murky meat brokerage that stretches across borders and takes in drug and horse smuggling,...
Posted 22 Oct 2013
National campaign group Animal Aid has launched a campaign calling for processed red meat products – such as bacon, sausages and ham – to be restricted in the same way as tobacco products, because of...
Posted 19 Sep 2013
To launch our new No Safe Limit campaign – which calls for sales restrictions on processed red meat due to its link to bowel cancer – Animal Aid is taking to the road to visit...
Posted 18 Sep 2013
First, there were widespread expressions of revulsion that the ‘cherished’ horse was ending up in beef burgers, but national newspapers were soon running jokes on the subject. Then came the neurotic self-interest and the blaming...
Posted 11 Feb 2013
With Tesco and other supermarkets scrambling to explain why some of their beef burgers contain almost 30 per cent horse meat, this is a good time to reflect on the fates of all animals who...
Posted 16 Jan 2013