More slaughterhouse illegality and cruelty exposed
Despite industry and government promises of reform…
Posted 19 Nov 2010
News
Essex slaughterhouse expose finds ‘unbearable cruelty and suffering’
Animal Aid has today released footage taken secretly inside an Essex slaughterhouse that kills pigs. The film, which was shot over three days, shows scenes of extreme and deliberately-inflicted suffering, including use of electric tongs...
Posted 27 Jun 2010
New report: Is factory farming making you sick?
Animal Aid has released a shocking new factory farming film featuring grim scenes shot secretly in randomly-selected farms across the UK during the last three years.
Posted 26 May 2010
‘Cruel’ Norfolk slaughterhouse exposed
Animal Aid has today released footage taken secretly inside a Norfolk slaughterhouse that kills pigs and sheep.
Posted 06 May 2010
Prosecutions demanded for slaughterhouse cruelty: Animal Aid releases new covert film
Animal Aid has released footage taken covertly at the Soil Association-approved Sturminster Newton abattoir in Dorset. This is the sixth UK slaughterhouse to be filmed by the campaign group, and the footage shows serious welfare...
Posted 12 Apr 2010
A million or more sheep face death in the snow
In November, we reported that, according to the farming trade press, hundreds, if not thousands, of sheep and cattle perished in the floods that battered Cumbria.
Posted 08 Jan 2010
The long fight against animal testing by Peter Tatchell
The use of animals in medical research is increasing at its fastest rate since 1986. We must find a credible humane alternative. By Peter Tatchell, human rights campaigner As published in The Guardian – Comment is Free...
Posted 23 Jul 2009
Unhappy Mother’s Day
Animal Aid brings a little cheer to the ‘unhappiest mothers in Britain’
Posted 19 Mar 2009
It’s official! UK pigs do not enjoy very high welfare standards
The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that pig industry adverts, which maintained that British pigs enjoy ‘very high welfare standards’, were misleading.
Posted 11 Feb 2009