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Government Set to Kill Badgers

05-06-2013T00:00:00Z

Today, the government defeated an Opposition Day Debate motion (‘This House believes the badger cull should not go ahead’) by 299 to 250, in what was described as a ‘heavily whipped’ vote. Had MPs been allowed to vote freely, it...

Ecotricity Supports Team Badger

04-06-2013T00:00:00Z

Today, the Stroud-based green energy supplier, Ecotricity, has pledged its support to Team Badger and spoken out strongly against the cull. Dale Vince, Ecotricity founder, said: ‘I f...

Urgent: Ask your MP to vote against the badger slaughter

31-05-2013T00:00:00Z

With the Tory-led government determined to launch a brutal and senseless cull of badgers, grass roots and political resistance is building. On Wednesday (June 5), Labour is calling for a parliamentary ‘Opposition Day’ debate to make clear t...

Natural England authorises mass culls to protect shoot interests

24-05-2013T00:00:00Z

Tens of thousands of endangered gulls have been shot, trapped and poisoned on one of England's largest shooting estates with government approval, according to an investigation by The Guardian newspaper.

With permission from governmen...

March for the Badgers!

14-05-2013T00:00:00Z

The campaign to protect badgers from the government-sanctioned cull continued with a march in London on June 1st. Organised by London Against the Cull and supported by many animal protection organisations, including Animal Aid, marchers assembled at 12...

Badger Flash Mob

01-05-2013T00:00:00Z

Today (May 1st) Animal Aid joined a flashmob organised by Lush, to dance and sing our protest against the badger cull outside Defra's offices.

Lush has supported the campaign against the cull in all its UK shops over the last ten days and the...

Badger Battle Bus Tour

29-04-2013T00:00:00Z

This week, Animal Aid’s Badger Battle Bus will re-visit Gloucestershire to urge residents to vote for badger-friendly candidates in the forthcoming local elections. The ‘bus’ – actually a converted ambulance with a screen fitted...

Wildfowl and Wetland Trust found to conduct illegal mutilations

29-04-2013T00:00:00Z

An investigation by the Captive Animals’ Protection Society has found that UK charity, the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, has been amputating the wings of newly hatched birds without veterinary supervision, as is required by law.

The muti...

Badger Battle Bus on Tour

22-04-2013T00:00:00Z

Last week, Animal Aid’s Badger Battle Bus visited Gloucestershire to urge residents to vote for badger-friendly candidates in the forthcoming local elections. The ‘bus’ – actually a converted ambulance with a screen fitted into ...

Use of wild animals in circuses to be banned!

17-04-2013T00:00:00Z

The government has today announced plans to outlaw the use of wild animals in circuses from December 2015. This great victory follows years of campaigning by animal rights groups, and in particular the undercover investigation by Animal Defenders Inter...