Hunting is banned!
At long last, after years of campaigning by groups opposed to bloodsports, MPs have passed legislation to 'abolish the hunting of wild animals with hounds'.
Posted 01 Nov 2004
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Compassionate Christmas
Your guide to animal-friendly fashion, food and fun - stylish booklet available from Animal Aid, free of charge
Posted 16 Aug 2004
Yes, in your backyard – can the government now ride roughshod over its own planning inspectors
This article by Norna Hughes appeared in The Times, August 18, 2004. Norna Hughes, Solicitor, acted on behalf of Animal Aid and the National Anti-Vivisection Society in our High Court challenge.
Posted 01 Aug 2004
‘It works because we say so…’
On March 31, Portsmouth South MP, Mike Hancock, asked an apparently innocuous parliamentary question of the Home Secretary. 'What recent research', Hancock wanted to know, had his Department 'commissioned and evaluated on the efficacy of...
Posted 01 Jun 2004
3R plans a ‘sop’
Animal Aid statement in response to the government's plans for a new 3Rs centre
Posted 21 May 2004
Statement on the failure of Professor William ‘Twink’ Allen to obtain a Home Office licence to conduct cloning experiments on horses
Professor William 'Twink' Allen, who conducts invasive experiments on horses at the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association's Equine Fertility Unit based at Cambridge University, claims that the Home Office has bowed to pressure from animal rights protesters...
Posted 06 May 2004
Science based toxicology – Animal Aid backs important new report promoting non-animal safety
In October 2003, the European Commission presented its latest proposal for a new EU regulatory framework for the testing of chemicals. This is part of the EU's plan to test thousands of substances that have...
Posted 01 May 2004
Call for Grand National ban after another year of ‘carnage’
Statement from Animal Aid on the 2004 Grand National
Posted 03 Apr 2004
Today in The Times – Animal Aid win BBC apology
The BBC governors have rebuked the makers of Radio 4's Today programme and ordered them to apologise to Animal Aid Director Andrew Tyler for the way it edited a recorded interview with him that was...
Posted 01 Apr 2004
Racing debate – head to head with the lobbyist
Animal Aid Director Andrew Tyler went head to head with leading horse racing lobbyist, Brough Scott, in The Guardian newspaper, Saturday April 3, 2004. Read their exchange below.
Posted 01 Apr 2004