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
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Veal production in the UK
Dairy cows are made pregnant so that they produce commercial quantities of milk. Female calves may join the herd as replacements for their worn-out mothers who are ‘culled’. The males – and some of the...
Posted 28 Oct 2013
Statements from Sainsbury’s and Tesco regarding Animal Aid’s Bedfordia investigation
In a press release issued on 30 July 2013 about animal suffering found on pig farms owned by Bedfordia Farms Ltd, Animal Aid stated that the company in question supplied meat to both Tesco and...
Posted 30 Jul 2013
Footage from farms belonging to Bedfordia Farms Ltd
Investigators from Animal Aid have found death, disease and injuries inside three Bedfordshire pig farms.
Posted 26 Jul 2013
Animal Aid’s undercover investigators reveal suffering at Bedfordshire pig farms
Investigators from Animal Aid have found death, disease and injuries inside Bedfordshire pig farms.
Posted 26 Jul 2013
Somerset pig farm is revisited five years on
Animal Aid investigators have gone back to a pig farm they first visited five years ago to see whether conditions have improved.
Posted 11 Jul 2013
Two people die in new bird flu outbreak
A strain of bird flu virus that has not previously been reported in humans has killed two people in China and four more remain critically ill.
Posted 11 Apr 2013
Farmed animals die in the snow
Whilst reports in the media about the enduring cold weather and snow have largely focused on the impacts on people, we are just beginning to hear about the consequences for farmed animals.
Posted 26 Mar 2013
Sow stall ban comes into effect
On 1st January a new EU-wide ban on the use of sow stalls finally came into effect.
Posted 03 Jan 2013
The misery of ‘free range’ turkeys
Very soon, millions of people across the UK will be eating turkey on Christmas day. Many will pay extra to ensure that their turkey is from a more ‘ethical’ source.
Posted 18 Dec 2012