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7,500 objections to Upton pig farm

More than 7,500 people have now spoken out against plans for an intensive pig farm in Upton, Lincolnshire, which could rear nearly 2,000 pigs at a time. This excellent response has already demonstrated the strength...

Posted 01 Sep 2016

Chelmsford residents urged to eat cruelty-free

Members of the public were invited to watch a powerful video showing pigs on the final stage of their journey to a local slaughterhouse, which was filmed during a recent vigil with Essex Pig Save....

Posted 30 Aug 2016

Waste in biomedical research can harm people’s health

According to Dr Michael Bracken, as much as 87.5 per cent of all biomedical research may be wasteful and inefficient1. The Susan Dwight Bliss professor of epidemiology at Yale University School of Public Health is...

Posted 24 Aug 2016

Badgers to be culled in five new areas of England

Animal Aid is saddened by reports that this year’s badger cull will include five new cull zones (South Devon, North Devon, North Cornwall, West Dorset, and South Herefordshire). The badger cull is being pushed by...

Posted 23 Aug 2016

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750 pigs die in farm fire

A fire across two sheds at a farm in Wiltshire has killed more than 750 pigs, including 700 piglets. Eight fire engines were called to the scene, but fire fighters were unable to rescue the...

Posted 28 Jul 2016

Grouse shooting: Unnatural. Uncontrolled. Unkind.

With just two weeks to go until the start of the grouse shooting season – the so-called Glorious Twelfth – a short, hard-hitting film, revealing the destructive and cruel nature of grouse shooting, has been...

Posted 27 Jul 2016

New government vivisection figures – the scandal continues

The shocking extent of animal use for scientific research is revealed today in Home Office statistics, relating to all vivisection completed in 2015. A total of 4.14 million procedures were conducted on animals, including dogs,...

Posted 20 Jul 2016