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A hiding to nothing
Major report shows that whipping horses reduces their chances of winning
Posted 31 Mar 2004
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Horse experimenters win Mad Science awards
Animal Aid's Mad Science Awards (AAMSAs) - handed out each August for pointless and grotesque scientific research - this year go to research teams from 14 establishments who conducted invasive experiments on horses.
Posted 14 Aug 2003
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Ruddy protests come to Scotland
Two days of Scottish protests will be staged on the 13th and the 14th August against the government's decision to eradicate the entire UK population of ruddy ducks - many of them located in Scotland.
Posted 13 Aug 2003
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Animals: War’s hidden victims
A new report by Animal Aid, entitled Animals: the hidden victims of war, exposes the truth about the myriad ways in which animals are killed, mutilated, abandoned and exploited as a consequence of human warfare.
Posted 24 Jun 2003
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Horse racing – the dark side exposed
Andrew Tyler reveals the dark side of horse racing... and describes how our campaign has exposed it.
Posted 01 Jun 2003
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Game industry complaint backfires
Guilty, as charged, of "abusing millions of captive birds"
Posted 21 May 2003
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Shame of top-table conservation groups
The four leading conservation groups involved in the mass destruction of rats on Lundy island have been put to shame by a revealing new Animal Aid undercover video relating to the conduct of the 'cull'.
Posted 16 Apr 2003
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Call for Grand National ban after another tragic death
National campaign group Animal Aid has called for the annual Grand National horse race to be banned following the horrifying death of Goguenard in Saturday's gruelling race that also saw favourite Iris Bleu carried off...
Posted 05 Apr 2003
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Lundy rate slaughter sparks outcry
The UK's largest animal protection organisation, Animal Aid, has condemned four national conservation organisations, namely English Nature, National Trust, RSPB and Landmark Trust, for their planned cull of rats on the isle of Lundy.
Posted 11 Dec 2002
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The pheasant industry – Feathering their nests
Andrew Tyler exposes the financial scams at the heart of the pheasant industry. We call it 'The Capone Factor'. The US authorities couldn't get underworld figure Al for murder, so they put him away for tax...
Posted 01 Oct 2002