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List of sanctuaries
This is a list of sanctuaries with large and/or farmed animals but there are many, many more sanctuaries out there doing great work.
Posted 19 Dec 2011
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Fixing the propaganda race: how the pro-whip lobby suppresses debate and misrepresents truth
Animal Aid supporter, Dr Steve Jones, shares his views on the use of the whip in racing
Posted 01 Dec 2011
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A trojan horse arrives at Cheltenham
To mark 100 years of Cheltenham's National Hunt Festival, the Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum organised an exhibition, entitled Horse Parade, featuring 10 sculptures of horses by national artists.
Posted 17 Nov 2011
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New whip rules in disarray after the British Horseracing Authority fears a beating by jockeys
Thirty-one days into the new whip rules being implemented, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has for a second time succumbed to pressure from whip-happy and abusive jockeys.
Posted 11 Nov 2011
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Grand National review: BHA’s feeble package of ‘reforms’
Following public outrage at the death of two horses in the 2011 Grand National, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) undertook a review of the event that was ‘designed to continue enhancing the safety and welfare...
Posted 02 Nov 2011
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British Horseracing Authority beaten into submission by rebel jockeys
By giving in to the petulant complaints by jockeys about the new whip rules, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has again demonstrated that it doesn’t have the courage, competence or strategic intelligence to act as...
Posted 21 Oct 2011
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Medical research boss in House of Lords bid to silence critics of animal experiments
The head of the organisation representing medical research charities has exploited his membership of the House of Lords to urge the government to neutralise criticism of the animal research funded by his members.
Posted 05 Oct 2011
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The BHA says that the whipping of race horses must go on
Animal Aid’s Response to the BHA’s Review of the Whip
Posted 27 Sep 2011
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Animal Aid asks: ‘Is this the worst government for animals ever?’
Circus animals; game birds; animals in markets; animals at slaughter; animals on farms; hunted species; badgers; parakeets; animals in laboratories - all have been let down by the Coalition.
Posted 26 Sep 2011
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Medical charities ‘named and shamed’
Following publication of an NOP poll, which revealed that 82 per cent of respondents would not ‘knowingly donate to a medical research or health charity that funds experiments on animals’ (see Notes), Animal Aid has...
Posted 07 Sep 2011