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The recent Centenary of the First World War provides an ideal opportunity to look at the role of animals during that time.

The industry continues to peddle the fairytale that horse racing is an idyllic sport where horses are ‘treated like kings’ - as seen during National Racehorse Week and the latest phase of the industry's Horse PWR campaign. The reality for...

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(A4 Factsheet)

The idea that animals should ‘perform’ for our entertainment is abhorrent and outdated yet animals like dogs, ponies, birds and horses are still suffering in the name of travelling entertainment.

Forcing horses to race has been cleverly marketed as ‘the sport of kings’ but behind this glossy veneer is a dark and disturbing reality.

We've spent over twenty years exposing the reality of this heavily romanticised ‘sport’, successfully changing both public perception and media coverage.

New information obtained from the Food Standards Agency by Animal Aid (through a Freedom of Information request) reveals the truth behind the smokescreen of ‘glamour’ at Ascot this week. Statistics show that 317 horses from the racing industry were sent...

Animal Aid has named over three thousand race horses who have been killed as a result of racing on British racecourses.

Just a week after the Aintree Grand National claimed the life of Celebre d’Allen, the Scottish Grand National at Ayr, has seen two 7-year-old horses, The Kniphand and Macdermott, lose their lives. Persian Time has died after a falling in...