A landmark study into the use of the whip in horse racing shows that its use has no benefit in making races safer, in steering horses or reducing interference between horses, or in increasing race finishing times.
Southwell Racecourse added to its appalling total of race horse fatalities this week with the loss of yet more horses.
A government report today reveals how more than 3.3 million animals were used for the first time in experiments in Great Britain last year. From monkeys to mice, horses to hamsters, the vast majority would have led lives of terrible...
Race horse December Second (IRE) was killed at Newcastle Racecourse on the first day of racing’s return.
Please find, below, Animal Aid's statement regarding the death of Copper Gone West at the Cheltenham Festival.
In October 2018, a political debate in Westminster forced the racing industry to implement a new strategy for horse welfare.
Animal Aid’s detailed research into race horse deaths found that 186 horses died in 2019 as a direct result of racing. This alarming figure shows no sign of improvement in comparison to the fatality records over recent years.
Animal Aid’s website Race Horse Deathwatch was launched in 2007 to expose the deaths of horses on British racecourses.
We have today unveiled our priorities for the snap general election. We are calling on candidates to sign up to a number of key pledges, which will help some of the UK’s most vulnerable and persecuted animals.
In 2018, Animal Aid’s government e-petition signed by over 105,000 people, demanded the removal of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) from its role as race horse welfare regulator.
