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General Election 2024: What’s next for animals?

This morning, people all over the country will be waking up to a new government with Labour winning a landslide majority in yesterday’s General Election (July 4). But what does this mean for animals?

Posted 05 Jul 2024

RTÉ Investigation exposes systemic abuse of innocent horses

An undercover investigation by RTÉ into the contemptible world of horse trading highlighted blatant cruelty towards horses, unrestrained greed, fraudulent practices of changing horses’ identifications and illegal transportation of the animals across Europe via the UK...

Posted 13 Jun 2024

‘Votes for Animals’ launched!

On 4th July, the British public will vote in an election that will impact the lives of billions of sentient beings. Today, we launch our Votes For Animals website and the Crackdown on Cruelty campaign,...

Posted 12 Jun 2024

Kindness and cruelty-free living with Oldhams Church

In April, Animal Aid spent a sunny Sunday in Bolton with Oldhams Church, doing a cooking demonstration and chatting about cruelty-free living. As it is currently Volunteers' Week (3rd-9th June), we discuss this wonderful event...

Posted 04 Jun 2024

We’ve won the Lush prize!

We’re absolutely delighted to announce that Animal Aid has been awarded the Public Awareness Lush Prize 2024 for our campaign to end lethal dose animal tests! We really could not be happier – this is...

Posted 21 May 2024

Animal Aid director Iain Green and Head of Campaigns Jessamy Korotoga holding a Lush prize statuette of a hare

Live Exports Ban: Does it go far enough?

Yesterday, we shared the news that the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill has passed its final stage in Parliament and will soon be enshrined into law. But does it go far enough?

Posted 15 May 2024