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Lundy rate slaughter sparks outcry

The UK's largest animal protection organisation, Animal Aid, has condemned four national conservation organisations, namely English Nature, National Trust, RSPB and Landmark Trust, for their planned cull of rats on the isle of Lundy.

Posted 11 Dec 2002

The pheasant industry – Feathering their nests

Andrew Tyler exposes the financial scams at the heart of the pheasant industry. We call it 'The Capone Factor'. The US authorities couldn't get underworld figure Al for murder, so they put him away for tax...

Posted 01 Oct 2002

Waiting to be killed – pheasant campaign coverage

Our campaign against the excesses of the pheasant rearing and shooting industry received an important boost with this feature in the Guardian on 7th October 2002. Coverage in the Guardian 'Fat, sluggish and just waiting to...

Posted 01 Oct 2002

London gets an Animal Protection Officer

While his persecution of the Trafalgar Square pigeons has lost Ken Livingstone a great many friends in recent months, there is some positive animal-related news to report in respect of the London Mayor. Thanks to...

Posted 01 Sep 2002

Young Blood – MPs condemn young killers

As part of Animal Aid's ongoing campaign against pheasant rearing and shooting, we produced a damning report last November exposing the way the industry is avidly recruiting young children to make up for a big...

Posted 01 Jun 2002

Aintree deaths

Desert Mountain and Anubis Quercus - first casualties of Aintree meet

Posted 04 Apr 2002