The government’s official advisory body on farmed animal welfare has today launched a devastating attack on the systems used to mass-produce pheasants and partridges for ‘sport’ shooting. ...
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Tears Of A Clown became the first horse victim at the 2008 Royal Ascot meeting....
Animal Aid is calling for the suspension of horse racing at Britain's newest racecourse, Great Leighs, following the death of a second race horse after just seven days of racing...
A five-year-old novice horse, Star Of The Desert, died from neck injuries sustained in a heavy fall at Sedgefield racecourse yesterday....
The Cheltenham Festival claimed yet another equine victim when seven-year-old Whispered Promises suffered a fatal fall in the over-crowded Coral Cup hurdle race on 14 March 2008....
On Wednesday 6 February 2008, three horses were killed and another was seriously injured during the day’s racing at Ludlow. On the same day, Balmoral Star, a seven-year-old mare fell...
The argument against horse racing is attracting increasing media coverage. ...
The death of two horses at Carlisle on 12 November, brings to 100 the total number of Thoroughbreds killed on British racecourses since the Cheltenham Festival in March....
Racing is facing a crisis with seven horses known to have died on racecourses in just one week. The latest four victims all perished on Monday at Wincanton, Somerset....
A former senior officer with Britain’s leading shooting lobby group has revealed that up to 40 per cent of all birds shot at for sport are wounded rather than killed...