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
News
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
Exposed: Shocking conditions found on award winning farms
Five animal farms celebrated during the past three years as meeting the industry’s highest possible standards are exposed in a shocking new Animal Aid undercover investigation.
Posted 02 Oct 2012
Milk allergy cloning experiment results in seriously deformed cow
More evidence that the genetic modification of animals is a reckless, hazardous activity comes today with news that New Zealand scientists have created a GM cow whose milk lacks a protein that causes an allergic...
Posted 02 Oct 2012
Pig welfare in the spotlight
The ‘high welfare standards’ of pigs reared under the Red Tractor scheme have been called into question after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) banned three adverts that trumpeted standards on British pig farms.
Posted 30 Aug 2012
List of sanctuaries
This is a list of sanctuaries with large and/or farmed animals but there are many, many more sanctuaries out there doing great work.
Posted 19 Dec 2011
Unseen suffering of pigs
Today (November 23rd), Animal Aid is making public a series of photographs of a pig taken inside Cheale Meats slaughterhouse in Essex.
Posted 23 Nov 2011