Tyneandthyneagain becomes 32nd Aintree victim in a decade of carnage
The notorious Grand National claimed yet another victim when Tyneandthyneagain perished after a fall at the first fence.
Posted 08 Apr 2006
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Should the Grand National be axed for being too cruel?
From The Guardian (05/04/06): With thirty horses having died at Aintree since 1997, is it time the National was scrapped for being too cruel? Andrew Tyler, Director of Animal Aid, says yes. Peter Webbon, Chief Executive...
Posted 05 Apr 2006
Does tinkering with bloodline increase equine mortality rate?
From The Guardian (21/03/06):
Posted 22 Mar 2006
Joan Smith: what kind of sport lets its finest athletes die on the track?
From The Independent (19/03/06):
Posted 19 Mar 2006
Sharon Howe: animal testing is both cruel and unnecessary
From The Independent (06/03/06):
Posted 06 Mar 2006
Oxford protest in favour of labs: ignorance on parade
Saturday's Oxford demonstration in favour of animal research was yet another opportunity for vivisection proponents to shut off all intelligent assessment of their cruel and scientifically bogus activities. This was accomplished by invoking the spectre...
Posted 01 Mar 2006
Animal campaign group slams shooting lobby’s call for increased game bird production in the face of bird flu
Around 50 per cent of the 35 million pheasants reared on Britain's shooting estates originate from intensive farms in France. With the arrival of Bird Flu in France, pro-shooting lobby group the British Association of...
Posted 21 Feb 2006
Shooters put cats, eagles, otters on list of rural pests
A recent edition of Shooting Times magazine carried a three-page article on Britain's 30 Most Wanted Pests. These are animals who interfere with the production of 'gamebirds' and fish for so-called sport shooting and for...
Posted 01 Feb 2006
Defra squirrel ‘control’ to plan a ‘cynical and vicious scapegoating exercise’
Today's announcement by the government of a new 'plan to control grey squirrels' is condemned by Animal Aid as a cynical and vicious exercise in scapegoating.
Posted 23 Jan 2006
Government accused of failing to regulate animal research
The Home office is this week accused by Animal Aid of operating a 'permissive regime that allows an unacceptable degree of self-regulation by animal researchers who are sanctioned, literally, to maim, poison and kill'.
Posted 11 Jan 2006