Campaigners will lay flowers and hold banners during a peaceful vigil at a controversial Lancashire slaughterhouse, which is the subject of a government cruelty probe.
Posted 20 Apr 2017
As the 2017 Grand National Meeting came to an end, many of the horses who raced at Aintree would have returned to their stables shaken and sore, with a number carrying injuries from the melee...
Posted 10 Apr 2017
Secret footage shot inside a Lancashire non-stun slaughterhouse shows sheep having their throats hacked at and animals being thrown. This prompted an urgent government investigation into cruelty and a slaughterman’s licence was promptly withdrawn.
Posted 07 Apr 2017
Secret footage shot inside a Lancashire non-stun slaughterhouse shows sheep having their throats hacked at and animals being thrown. This has prompted an urgent government investigation into cruelty and a slaughterman’s licence has been withdrawn.
Posted 07 Apr 2017
This week, London Underground passengers will be confronted with escalator posters that reveal the lethal reality faced by horses who are forced to compete at the annual Grand National Meeting.
Posted 04 Apr 2017
Last year’s Aintree Grand National Meeting (2016) was the most deadly this century. Six horses died as a result of the three days of racing. Despite the authorities stating the race itself is getting safer,...
Posted 30 Mar 2017
For those horrified by the horse deaths at the 2017 Cheltenham Festival, please make a pledge to help with Animal Aid's Horse Racing Awareness Week, which takes place in the days leading up to the...
Posted 22 Mar 2017
Cheltenham’s infamous racecourse claimed the lives of two more horses at this year’s Festival. On this third day of racing, eight-year-old Toe The Line (IRE) was put down after breaking her leg in the 4.50pm...
Posted 16 Mar 2017
After disturbing scenes of horse suffering on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival, day two claimed a victim in the first race of the afternoon when 5-year-old gelding Consul De Thaix broke his neck...
Posted 15 Mar 2017
Households in the United Kingdom are spending less and less on meat products, a new report released by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has revealed.
Posted 13 Mar 2017