What it’s like to watch horses being slaughtered
People often ask the Campaigns Team at Animal Aid what it is like to watch slaughter footage. It's sickening - but it is only bearable because we know that we can do something about it.
People often ask the Campaigns Team at Animal Aid what it is like to watch slaughter footage. It's sickening - but it is only bearable because we know that we can do something about it.
Shouted and sworn at, shot through the head then dragged through a pool of his own blood – the horrific end to the life of a race horse …
Following Defra’s 12-week consultation on live exports, to which 184 Animal Aid supporters submitted responses, Defra has published their response.
Animal Aid is very disappointed in the government’s response to the .gov.uk petition “Introduce national limits on horse breeding”.
Animal Aid, whose investigation into horse slaughter in the UK, featured on BBC One’s Panorama, has today released further footage showing the slaughter of ponies.
The British Horseracing Authority has launched a public consultation on the use of the whip.
Animal Aid releases undercover film.
Horses are being failed by breed societies, racing regulators and welfare groups, says Animal Aid. Since Panorama’s exposé on the slaughter of horses, which aired on 19 July, and featured undercover footage gathered by Animal Aid; many of those charged...
Animal Aid used the Freedom of Information Act to uncover the facts about horse slaughter in the UK.
Animal Aid has campaigned against the use of the whip, in horse racing, for more than 15 years. As part of our campaign, we collate and release data on the number of whip offences committed by jockeys each year.