Shocking information from The Food Standards Agency, given to Animal Aid through a Freedom of Information request, detailed that 175 horses with Weatherbys passports were sent to slaughter in England in 2023. This is an...
Posted 10 Apr 2024
The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has launched its latest welfare initiative, (Horse PWR), ahead of this week’s Grand National meeting, to stem the tide of criticism about its poor welfare record in relation to on-course...
Posted 08 Apr 2024
Every year, around 13,000 foals are born into the British and Irish racing industries, in the owners’ hope to breed the “next big winner”. Many of these horses will never even see a racecourse. Most...
Posted 28 Mar 2024
On 11th March 2024, Animal Aid held a vigil outside the British Horseracing Authority’s (BHA) doors, in memory of all the race horses who were killed on British racecourses in 2023. *When these placards were made,...
Posted 13 Mar 2024
💔 R.I.P to Highland Hunter (IRE), aged 11, and Ose Partir (FR), aged 4, who were both killed today at the Cheltenham Festival 12/03/24
Posted 12 Mar 2024
Infamously dangerous Cheltenham Festival kicks off next week, from 12th-15th March.
Posted 04 Mar 2024
Shocking new evidence reveals 1,428 race horses were killed in a slaughterhouse in Ireland in 2023 – as stated by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following a question by Paul Murphy TD.
Posted 23 Feb 2024
Animal Aid's Horse Consultant Dene Stansall is available to give free in-person and free online talks on the welfare issues in horse racing, followed by Q&A sessions.
Posted 19 Dec 2023
Animal Aid has challenged the government’s Minister for Rural Affairs, Lord Benyon, to watch our undercover horse slaughter footage, after we received a copy of a letter that the Minister sent to an MP stating:...
Posted 31 Oct 2023
National Racehorse Week is promoted by the racing industry to mitigate criticism of the racing industry’s appalling horse welfare record.
Posted 07 Sep 2023
