British Egg Week: Public is in the dark about suffering of hens
Vast number of animals still suffering in cruel cages
Posted 05 Oct 2015
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Dairy crisis shows industry is unsustainable
Dairy farmers have been grabbing headlines in recent days and weeks with a series of high-profile protests over falling milk prices that have included buying up all the milk on supermarket shelves and even taking...
Posted 12 Aug 2015
Animal Aid and local campaigners join forces to oppose the UK’s biggest ever intensive pig farm
National animal rights organisation Animal Aid has joined forces with local campaigners in opposing plans for a giant factory farm that would hold more than 30,000 pigs at any one time.
Posted 02 Jun 2015
Undercover films show misery for turkeys and chickens
Animal Aid releases two new undercover films, which show the miserable lives birds are forced to endure for those who wish to eat them.
Posted 23 Dec 2014
Casual brutality of chicken catching exposed
A new undercover film, which shows chickens being grabbed four at a time by their frail legs, kicked and thrown yards into already-packed crates before they go to slaughter, has been released by Animal Aid.
Posted 17 Dec 2014
Environmental impacts of animal farming spark continued controversy
New research published by Cambridge and Aberdeen universities has provided further evidence of the massive and growing environmental impacts of farming animals for food, sparking more debate on the issue.
Posted 02 Sep 2014
Two farmers prosecuted for neglecting animals
A farmer in Yorkshire has been jailed for 16 weeks after 350 dead and dying animals were discovered at his farm, whilst another farmer in Wales has had his animals seized after they were found...
Posted 07 Aug 2014
New reports reveal animal and human cost of fish trade
Two new reports from the UK and US have highlighted the terrible cost of the fish meat trade for both animals and humans.
Posted 11 Jun 2014
New investigation reveals the reality of ‘enriched’ cages.
On 1st January 2012 battery cages were banned throughout the European Union.
Posted 16 Jan 2014
MRSA outreak in UK turkeys
A strain of the MRSA bacterium – which is resistant to a range of antibiotics – has been identified in turkeys being prepared for Christmas at a farm in East Anglia.
Posted 27 Nov 2013