Animal Aid has called for a ban on the three-day Grand National Meeting after Houx Gris and The Long Mile were killed, bringing the death total for the three-day event to 55 horses since the year 2000.
The Long Mile killed at the Grand National Meeting.
53 horses have been killed at the three-day Grand National Meeting since the year 2000
Several animal protection groups and animal sanctuaries have joined together to speak out for race horses.
The Cheltenham Festival confirmed its reputation as a lethal event for horses, with the death of nine-year-old Kings Temptation, who was killed on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival, in the gruelling 3 mile 6 furlong cross country Glenfarclas...
Animal Aid is shocked and dismayed at the paltry punishment handed to three-times Grand National winning trainer, Gordon Elliott, after images emerged last weekend of him astride a dead horse. Elliott has been given a six-month suspension from racing.
An application has been put forward by T&S Nurseries, a rabbit farm 'franchiser', to get planning permission granted for the setting up of a 250 female rabbit breeding and rearing operation to produce upwards of 10,000 rabbits per year. They...
Following the publication of shocking images of Grand National winning trainer, Gordon Elliott, and amateur jockey, Rob James, sitting on newly dead horses, Animal Aid has written to racing’s regulators to ask how many horses die in training each year.
Animal Aid has called for the immediate ban from racing of Grand National winning trainer Gordon Elliott, who was dropped as a Betfair ambassador this morning, following the publication of a photo of Elliott sitting on a dead horse.
Help stop a rabbit meat and fur farm gaining permission to set up in Cornwall.
