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Huntingdon’s 11th hour reprieve
The campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) has been top of the national news agenda. When the Royal Bank of Scotland threatened to call in its £22.5 million overdraft facility, financial ruin seemed certain for...
Posted 01 Mar 2001
Vivisection planning victory
Plans for a large extension to the animal research facility operated by Cambridge University at Girton, north of the City, suffered a major blow when permission was refused by South Cambridgeshire District Council on 3...
Posted 01 Mar 2001
John Lewis end staff game shoot
This article is reprinted from the Daily Telegraph, Friday 19 January 2001.
Posted 19 Jan 2001
John Lewis bloodsports club disbands under animal rights pressure
The John Lewis store group has ended the rearing and shooting of pheasants on its Hampshire estate, it was announced today (January 19). The move comes just 16 weeks into a high profile campaign by...
Posted 19 Jan 2001
John Lewis staff revolt over pheasants
11 letters on John Lewis's involvement in pheasant shooting are published in the store group's house magazine, ten of them strongly anti the firm's involvement in the bloodsport.
Posted 01 Nov 2000
John Lewis letters
Correspondence between the John Lewis Partnership and Animal Aid. See the excuses their chairman makes and how we answer them.
Posted 01 Nov 2000
New report exposes devastating impact of wildlife of pheasant shooting industry
Timed to coincide with the opening of the pheasant shooting season (October 1 to February 1), a harrowing new report by national pressure group Animal Aid reveals for the first time the massive scale of...
Posted 29 Sep 2000
Terrible despair of animals cut up in the name of research
This article by Lucy Johnston and Jonathan Calvert appeared in the Daily Express, on 21st September 2000. It is based on the 'Diaries of Despair' report published by Dan Lyons of Uncaged Campaigns. The Diaries...
Posted 21 Sep 2000
Five horses dead in three days is no cause for celebration
The following statement has been issued by Animal Aid today:
Posted 08 Apr 2000