Public support for Aintree’s historic Grand National race has declined significantly over the last eight years, according to the results of a new NOP opinion poll, commissioned by national campaign group Animal Aid.
Posted 01 Sep 2011
Last Saturday, August 13th, saw Animal Aid supporters across the country take to the streets for our Victims of Charity Day of Action. We want to say a big thank you to everyone who took...
Posted 26 Aug 2011
Full poster image Photos of the posters in situ 110-124 Theobalds Road 191 Old Marylebone Road 191 Tottenham Court Road 76 Oxford Street 494 Oxford Street 82 Baker Street Melton Street
Posted 23 Aug 2011
Medical research charities that use public donations to fund animal experimentation have been dealt a bitter blow with the results of a new public opinion poll, which indicates that they are acting against the wishes...
Posted 23 Aug 2011
Nine horses have been killed racing in the Aintree Grand National during the last decade, with two of those victims coming during this year’s race in April.
Posted 15 Aug 2011
With the grouse-slaughtering festival known, incongruously, as the 'Glorious Twelfth' fast approaching, Animal Aid has written to Defra Minister Jim Paice calling upon him to follow the Scottish government's lead and make shooting estate owners...
Posted 04 Aug 2011
Animal Aid’s analysis of whipping offences committed during the first six months of racing in 2011, reveals little improvement in the way that jockeys treat their horses, despite mounting criticism from the public, media, MPs...
Posted 03 Aug 2011
Cheale Meats Ltd, Brentwood Essex Filmed by Animal Aid 28 & 29 March, and 27 & 28 April 2011
Posted 28 Jul 2011
Cigarettes stubbed out on pigs’ faces; one animal punched in the head; another goaded in the face; regular blows and kicks; seriously injured pigs forced to drag themselves to slaughter… All these abuses in one...
Posted 28 Jul 2011
In a move that is likely to prove critical to the outcome of the racing industry’s current review of the future of the whip, the RSPCA membership has declared its opposition to jockeys whipping horses,...
Posted 29 Jun 2011