The Cheltenham Festival claimed another horse victim when 10-year-old Matuhi was destroyed after falling at the final fence in the 4pm race and suffered ‘an untreatable spinal injury’. He was attended by vets behind screens, close to the main grandstand,...
Four race horses were killed in one of the worst racing days in nearly a year. Three of the fatalities were at Catterick in North Yorkshire.
Three horses died on British racecourses yesterday (4 February) – one broke his neck and two others their legs. One of the victims, Mujamead, desperate to keep contact with the rest of the runners, whom he would have seen as...
With Tesco and other supermarkets scrambling to explain why some of their beef burgers contain almost 30 per cent horse meat, this is a good time to reflect on the fates of all animals who are reared and killed for...
It was today revealed that beef burgers being sold in four British supermarkets were found to contain up to 30 per cent horse meat, causing shock and disgust amongst the British public.
The Review of the 2012 Grand National by the industry’s regulatory body, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), has utterly failed to address the core problems that have made the event such a prolific killer of horses.
We are delighted to announce that Eastbourne Council has formally rejected a proposal to introduce horse-drawn carriages along the seafront, following the submission of evidence by Animal Aid.
Animal Aid has joined with five leading animal protection groups to protest against the use of live animals in the Olympics opening ceremony.
Animal Aid has today written to Bill Morris, Director of Ceremonies of the London Olympics Organising Committee, urging him to end the planned use of live animals at the opening ceremony, and to remind him of the duty of care...
With the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) having this week completed an almost total retreat from the strengthened whip rules it introduced four months ago, the case for an outright whip ban is stronger than ever.
