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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
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New poll shows slump in support for Grand National
Public support for Aintree’s historic Grand National race has declined significantly over the last eight years, according to the results of a new NOP opinion poll, commissioned by national campaign group Animal Aid.
Posted 01 Sep 2011
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Changes to the Grand National course will still leave horses at a high risk of fatal injury
Nine horses have been killed racing in the Aintree Grand National during the last decade, with two of those victims coming during this year’s race in April.
Posted 15 Aug 2011
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Jockeys breach whipping rules more than 450 times in just six months
Animal Aid’s analysis of whipping offences committed during the first six months of racing in 2011, reveals little improvement in the way that jockeys treat their horses, despite mounting criticism from the public, media, MPs...
Posted 03 Aug 2011
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Revealed: Cigarettes stubbed out on slaughter pigs’ faces
Cigarettes stubbed out on pigs’ faces; one animal punched in the head; another goaded in the face; regular blows and kicks; seriously injured pigs forced to drag themselves to slaughter… All these abuses in one...
Posted 28 Jul 2011
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RSPCA members vote to ban the whip in racing
In a move that is likely to prove critical to the outcome of the racing industry’s current review of the future of the whip, the RSPCA membership has declared its opposition to jockeys whipping horses,...
Posted 29 Jun 2011
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Three horses dead in a day
Sedgefield racecourse reinforced its reputation as Britain's deadliest racecourse - along with Cheltenham* - when three horses perished there on Monday 13 June.
Posted 14 Jun 2011
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Government announces parakeet cull
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) plans to kill the 100-150 monk parakeets who live in the wild in Hertfordshire. Two years ago, Natural England added both the monk parakeet and...
Posted 03 May 2011