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Hounds off!

The campaign group, Hounds Off, has now been running for one year. It promotes hunt-free areas by encouraging anyone with land – no matter how little or how much – to contact their local hunt...

Posted 01 Oct 2012

Challenge to badger cull failed

An appeal to halt the proposed badger cull failed yesterday (11th September) at the court of appeal. The Badger Trust had challenged an earlier ruling that permitted the slaughter of thousands of badgers in two...

Posted 12 Sep 2012

Great British Circus u-turn

It has been confirmed that the Great British Circus will continue to use animals in its performances, despite recent news reports to the contrary.

Posted 29 Aug 2012

Badger cull to go ahead

The Badger Trust today lost its High Court bid to prevent the mass slaughter of badgers in England. The Trust had argued that: the cull will not prevent the spread of the disease and could...

Posted 12 Jul 2012

Tullos Hill roe deer killed

Twenty-two of the 30-strong population of roe deer who lived on the meadowland around Tullos Hill in Aberdeen have now been killed. Various agencies were involved in the plan to plant trees on this site...

Posted 09 May 2012

Reprieve for the Windermere Canada Geese

Plans to shoot 200 nesting geese this spring have been shelved after a concerted campaign by Animal Aid, in conjunction with Respect for Wildlife, wildlife experts, celebrities and local campaigners.

Posted 22 Mar 2012

Windermere Geese: a humane solution offered

Wildlife experts have today submitted a proposal to the Lake District National Park Authority, and to its partners on the Geese Management Group, offering a humane alternative to the mass cull of Canada geese that...

Posted 20 Mar 2012

Badger cull scrapped in Wales

Today, the Welsh Assembly Government has announced that the planned pilot cull of badgers in West Wales is to be scrapped and a five-year vaccination project will be trialled instead – an announcement greeted with...

Posted 20 Mar 2012