On 20 August 2025, the government issued new Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) guidelines for game farms and shoots, citing a “recent increase in avian influenza cases in game birds...
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Our campaign to end greyhound racing officially launched on the 11th August – here’s a look at what we’ve been up to so far! ...
Our new campaign to end greyhound racing across the UK has officially launched today. We are inspired by the recent compassionate decision by Wales to ban greyhound racing and the...
Today and Saturday (25th and 26th of August) the King George Racing Weekend at Ascot is taking place. The racing industry market this event as ‘a sparkling midsummer cocktail of...
News reports today (10 July) announce that it is the government’s intention to ban the use of lead shot, with a three-year phase-out period....
Temperatures are rising and it’s time to get outdoors, enjoy the weather and tuck into some delicious vegan food! Thanks to an abundance of plant-based options now available, there’s an...
Thanks to the quick actions of the Calder Valley Hunt Saboteurs, two tiny lambs were freed from snares on a grouse shooting estate....
The Prime Minister has recently confirmed that there will be no free vote on the repeal of the Hunting Act, meaning that, for the time being, foxes and other animals...
For almost fifty years Animal Aid and our supporters have been at the forefront of campaigning to end the use of animals in research. Progress has been painfully slow for...
Yesterday, Animal Aid hosted a roundtable in Westminster, to meet with MPs and other invited guests to discuss the ending the LD50 and other animal tests....