SHOOTING
Further reading for the shooting campaign
The Game Drain
Our 2008 report on how millions of pounds are spent on producing a food product that is worth a fraction of its production cost. Read more
Cheating The Public - How The Game Shooting Industry Misuses The Organic Label
Our 2008 factfile on the misuse of the organic label by the game shooting industry. Annually, some 42 million pheasants and partridges are purpose-bred to serve as feathered targets for wealthy ‘guns’. Production typically involves the use of metal battery cages, as well as industrial hatcheries, sheds and pens. Drugs are administered to the birds in an attempt to control diseases that are the inevitable consequence of intensive farming. Read more
As gamebird suffering is exposed...Labour cosies up to the bloodsports lobby
Read about the former Labour Government’s support and promotion of gamebird shooting
Labour’s Act of Betrayal
Animal Aid’s 2007 report into battery cages for pheasants and partridges, which are set to be awarded a government seal of approval under a welfare act that is supposed to penalise ‘unnecessary suffering’. Read more
A Law Unto Themselves
Our report into tax evasion by the shooting industry. Read more
Cheap Shots
The game shooting industry, while trumpeting its alleged contribution to the rural economy, is guilty of widespread tax 'irregularities', according to a 2006 report by Animal Aid. Read more
Assault and Battery
Our 2005 report reveals the shocking reality of partridges and pheasants incarcerated in battery cages. Read more
Fowl Play
Our 2004 report puts the case for a ban on the production of pheasants and other birds for 'sport shooting'. Read more
Feathering their Nests (2002)
Animal Aid's report on bird shooting describes an industry intent on avoiding paying its full share of VAT and business rates. Read more
Young Blood (2001)
Children and pheasant shooting: An industry dependent on young blood. Read more
Greed and Excess (2001)
Report exposing the shooting industry’s cruel wastefulness. Read more
The Killing Fields (2000)
Animal Aid's first major shooting report - The Killing Fields - reveals the massive scale of cruelty and environmental devastation caused by the pheasant shooting industry. Read more
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