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URGENT – 5 August: Protest against the killing of baby gannets

Up to 500 young gannets are due to be killed this month on the island Sula Sgeir (near to the Isle of Lewis), after Nature Scot granted a licence for the first time since 2021.

OneKind has prepared an Action against the Guga Hunt, to allow people to protest to their MSP and/or the Cabinet Secretary (see the lower half of the page for details and the points you may wish to include in our email).

Protect the Wild has also prepared a Petition to allow you to contact Nature Scot directly to show your opposition to the slaughter of these innocent birds.

Please take action straight away – time is of the essence.

1. Greyhound racing: sign the petition, order campaign materials & get involved in your local area

We have just launched our new campaign to end greyhound racing! Did you know that more than 4,000 greyhounds have died or been ‘put to sleep’ since 2017 because of their involvement with the racing industry? Or that greyhounds endure cruelty from cradle to grave? Building on the decades’ long work of incredible activists, grassroots groups & rescues – we are here to help get a ban across the finish line.

Please sign our petition now at animalaid.org.uk/greyhoundpetition and share with friends and family. You can order campaign materials here (such as leaflets, posters, stickers and posctards) and get involved with a peaceful demo at your local track or town centre by getting in touch with us here.

2. Killing our Countryside: Order an info pack for our new shooting campaign

Every year, around 40-60 million purpose-bred, non-native pheasants and partridges are released into the British countryside to be shot for “sport”. Our brand-new campaign, ‘Killing our Countryside: It’s time to ban shooting’, launched by Animal Aid patron, Chris Packham, makes the case for a total ban on the production and “sport” shooting of live birds for entertainment.

3. Fur Farming: Urge your MP to support legislation that bans the import and sale of fur

Globally, more than 100 million animals suffer and die for the fur trade each year. In 2000, fur farming was banned under a Labour government on the grounds of being ‘unethical’ – yet imports and sales continue. 

Surely, if fur is too cruel to be produced in the UK, then it is too cruel to be imported and sold in the UK.  

Labour MP Ruth Jones has successfully sponsored the Fur (Import and Sale) Bill which has its second reading on 13 June 2025. The Bill has attracted cross-party support, but we must make sure that MPs are in attendance and supportive of the Bill. 

Please write to your MP today. 

4. Better Science: Ask your MP to support our campaign against animal experiments

The cruel LD50 test involves groups of animals being given increasing doses of a substance until 50% of them are dead. This scientifically unreliable and incredibly cruel test was devised in 1927 and we don’t want it to reach 100 years of age!

Please contact your MP to ask them to support our campaign against the LD50 and all other animal experiments.

5. Snares: Help our campaign for a UK-wide ban on snares

In 2023, our government petition, calling for a ban on the use of snares was debated in Westminster – with the huge majority of MPs, from different political parties, speaking in support of a ban on snares. In that same year the Welsh Government banned the use of snares. The Scottish Government has brought in a ban on snares under its Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill.

It is estimated that more than a million animals, including foxes and badgers, are killed by these horrific devices every year. Even cats and dogs become trapped in them and suffer unimaginable pain and sometimes death.

Write to your MP and ask for a ban on snares in England.

6. Horse racing: Take the pledge to never attend or bet on this cruel sport

The racing industry work incredibly hard to convince the public that horses within the racing industry live ‘fairy-tale’ lives. The reality is that the industry treats horses as expendable commodities, not sentient animals. Around 200 horses are killed each year on British racecourses – many more will suffer agonising injuries. Once no longer deemed ‘of use’ by the industry, horses face an uncertain future, where being killed in a slaughterhouse or at the hands of a knackerman are very common experiences.

Please take a stand against this cruelty and take the pledge to never attend or bet on horse racing.

7. Read our Report: Victims of Abuse in British Horse Racing

Our new report delves into the cruelty horses within the racing industry endured in 2024 – including death, whip abuse and slaughter.

For a comprehensive look into why horse racing is inherently cruel – and why the racing industry’s regulatory bodies are failing horses on an unprecedented scale – read now.

8. Education: Help us get hatching projects out of classrooms

Write to Bridget Phillipson MP Secretary of State for Education, requesting that the reference to hatching and rearing chicks be removed from the Year 5 National Curriculum guidance.

You can also send our “What’s wrong with hatching projects” factsheet and letter to any teachers who may be considering running hatching projects. Email us their name and school address and we can send these on your behalf.

9. Boycott ‘pet’ shops: Support our friends at Rescue not Retail by pledging to boycott shops that sell live animals

Campaign group Rescue Not Retail has launched a boycott, calling on people to pledge never to shop in businesses that sell live animals.

The ‘pet’ trade is fraught with hidden animal abuse but it remains an underrepresented topic in animal advocacy. Small animals – like hamsters, rats, rabbits and gerbils – are bred in vast “rodent mills” that are essential factory farms. Fish are seen as mere decorations, hamsters are marketed as children’s toys, and snakes are the only vertebrate in England not required by law to be able to stretch whilst in captivity!

The UK is in the midst of a rescue crisis, and pet shops who sell live animals are fuelling it. Please sign the boycott today.

10. Veganism: Adopt a kinder, cruelty-free lifestyle today

Finally, take the ultimate step towards helping animals by adopting a vegan lifestyle!

Veganism is all about putting compassion for animals into practice by adopting a plant-based lifestyle, and it’s one of the best ways to protect animals from harm.

We have a wealth of resources, tips, and recipes available – why not get started by downloading our FREE guide to going vegan.

As well as the above actions, there are also actions started by others which are pushing to end the persecution and killing of various animals, and to protect our ability to fight for animals

The following petitions are only a small sample:

Sign Dale Vince’s petition to promote plant-based foods over meat and dairy for a healthier Britain
National Lottery Heritage Fund, stop giving money to kill grey squirrels!
Stop animal gifting
Stop the planned killing of wild parrots in the UK
Ban driven grouse shooting
Make the sale of catapults/ammunition and carrying catapults in public illegal

Thank you so much for your help.

If you would like more information about any of these campaigns, please contact us. Please also take a moment to find out about more general ways you can support our work. And don’t forget to stay in touch! Please sign up to our email list, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok.