The popular notion of a dog being man’s best friend is clearly not recognised at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), where researchers have been subjecting beagle-crosses to painful experiments that aim to alleviate human, rather...
Posted 20 Jan 2016
An application to build a factory farm in Lincolnshire that would have reared nearly 2,000 pigs at a time will not be going ahead.
Posted 13 Jan 2016
New Year, a new you? Why not make your new year’s resolution a compassionate one! We have compiled a list of ten steps you can take to ensure you make 2016 a more compassionate year...
Posted 28 Dec 2015
Christmas is upon us, but there are still some things you can do to make your holiday season an animal-friendly one.
Posted 22 Dec 2015
Thank you for everything that you have done to support Animal Aid’s work during 2015. There is lots to mention, and none of it would have been possible without the generous financial support of people...
Posted 21 Dec 2015
On Sunday 20 December, the now retired jockey Tony (AP) McCoy will receive a BBC ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ for his contribution to sport.
Posted 17 Dec 2015
Mice genetically altered to suffer crude version of Alzheimer’s Animals repeatedly subjected to stressful water maze testing Mice given eight weeks of abdominal injections
Posted 17 Sep 2015
Horse racing’s showcase meeting, Royal Ascot, has claimed the life of three-year-old colt, Stravagante, who is reported to have broken his leg in a race on Friday (19 June) and was subsequently destroyed. This follows...
Posted 22 Jun 2015
To remember the four horses who died at last year’s Royal Ascot meeting – Flat racing’s most prestigious event – Animal Aid staged a ceremony on Ladies’ Day, Thursday 18 June.
Posted 15 Jun 2015
There are animal-friendly MPs on all sides of the House but the reality is that the past five years have been dreadful for animals, and the next five could get much worse.
Posted 12 Jun 2015