Today – 1 March 2023 – As the horse racing industry gears up for the major jump events of the year, Animal Aid reveals a brand-new campaign which calls for a total ban on the...
Posted 01 Mar 2023
Animal Aid has been the leading advocate in campaigning to end horse racing for over two decades. As an organisation with strong public support, Animal Aid is continuing to pursue that goal with a specific...
Posted 28 Feb 2023
Today (Monday 13 February 2023), the British Horseracing Authority’s (BHA) new whip rules will be implemented for Jumps racing, following a ‘bedding in’ period of a month, and a further delay of a week for...
Posted 13 Feb 2023
• 178 horses killed on courses in Great Britain • 84 horses killed on courses in Ireland • 429 whip offences were committed by jockeys • 100 jockeys committed two or more whip offences
Posted 23 Jan 2023
Posted 04 Jan 2023
As the racing industry gears up to its self-promoting initiative, National Racehorse Week (10-18 September 2022), Animal Aid can reveal that race horses are still being slaughtered for their meat.
Posted 05 Sep 2022
Posted 24 Aug 2022
The unrelenting rate of horses killed in racing continues, with 95 horses losing their lives between 1 January and 30 June 2022.
Posted 08 Aug 2022
Animal Aid, along with other animal protection groups, have expressed anger and disappointment at the results of the long awaited, and delayed, review of the use of the whip in horse racing.
Posted 12 Jul 2022
Royal Ascot ends the life of at least one horse, with multiple whip offences also seen at this year’s event.
Posted 20 Jun 2022