Badger cull to go ahead
The Badger Trust today lost its High Court bid to prevent the mass slaughter of badgers in England. The Trust had argued that: the cull will not prevent the spread of the disease and could...
Posted 12 Jul 2012
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Home Office studies plan for CCTV in animal labs
A proposal for the introduction of CCTV cameras in animal research establishments, to monitor the care of animals, is under consideration by the Home Office. The plan has already been discussed at three recent meetings...
Posted 12 Jul 2012
GSK pleads guilty to largest case of healthcare fraud in US history
Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline has been fined $3billion (ÂŁ1.9billion) for withholding data about its drugs, illegally marketing its products, and bribing doctors to prescribe potentially dangerous medicines.
Posted 03 Jul 2012
Groups join forces to protest use of animals at Olympics
Animal Aid has joined with five leading animal protection groups to protest against the use of live animals in the Olympics opening ceremony. A joint letter has been sent to Bill Morris, Olympics Director of...
Posted 21 Jun 2012
Living with wildlife: new report urges councils to use alternatives to killing
Animal Aid has this week sent a new report to 1,000 local authorities right across the country. Titled Alternatives to Culling, it urges councils to seek humane, cost-effective, long-term solutions to complaints relating to wild...
Posted 18 Jun 2012
Olympic ceremony could fall foul of animal welfare laws
Animal Aid has today written to Bill Morris, Director of Ceremonies of the London Olympics Organising Committee, urging him to end the planned use of live animals at the opening ceremony, and to remind him...
Posted 13 Jun 2012
Queen urged to cut ties with charity that funds vivisection
As the Queen approaches her Diamond Jubilee, Animal Aid is calling on the Sovereign to relinquish her position as patron of Cancer Research UK, a charity that funds a large amount of cruel and medically...
Posted 31 May 2012
Buzzard cull scrapped!
In its latest and most welcome U-turn, this government has today scrapped its plans to allow buzzards’ nests to be destroyed and adult birds taken into captivity – both of which are currently illegal.
Posted 30 May 2012
Pandering to the shooting industry
One of the very first decisions Defra’s Animal Welfare Minister James Paice made when coming to office was to overturn a ban on the use of battery-style cages for breeding pheasants. Now, it seems, he...
Posted 24 May 2012
The new EU vivisection directive: time for government action
The government yesterday (May 17th) made clear how it intends to translate into domestic legislation a new European Directive governing the conduct of animal experiments across the European Union. The government’s plans were laid out...
Posted 18 May 2012