So many horses are dying on Ascot Racecourse, the Queen’s favourite, that representatives of nearly 140,000 people who have signed a Care2 petition demanding action, will be calling on senior officials of the Berkshire course...
Posted 10 Oct 2016
In just two weeks, more than 5,200 people have already signed our petition calling on the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) to end its animal research programme. The College has been involved in shocking animal experiments,...
Posted 07 Oct 2016
As Seafood Week begins, Animal Aid is urging the public to leave fish and other sea creatures off their plates, and try out a cruelty-free diet instead.
Posted 07 Oct 2016
Today, the 30th September, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics has published its report ‘Genome editing: an ethical review’ which considers the impact of recent advances in gene editing and the ethical questions which these advances...
Posted 30 Sep 2016
This November sees the return of our ever-popular Great Vegan Challenge. Thousands of people have taken part in this annual vegan pledge month since 2012 and for many it has been a life-changing experience. It’s...
Posted 27 Sep 2016
Animal Aid installed a 'graveyard' for animals at the Welsh Assembly in Cardiff on Saturday 24 September, calling for an end to pheasant shooting in the national forest.
Posted 24 Sep 2016
Animal Aid can reveal that the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) played a central role in a series of gruesome experiments on female sheep. Some of these are reported to have gone seriously wrong, which resulted...
Posted 23 Sep 2016
Sadly, despite almost 8,000 people submitting objections through our website and vigorous local opposition, a new factory farm in Lincolnshire has been allowed to go ahead.
Posted 21 Sep 2016
Anyone who saw Animal Aid's footage of Mukaynis getting caught up in the starting stalls and snapping his leg while waiting for the start of a race at Doncaster on Saturday could have felt nothing...
Posted 13 Sep 2016
In September 2014 Animal Aid caught on camera the shooting of race horse Wigmore Hall after he broke a leg while racing in the Doncaster St Leger meeting. At this year’s meeting, Animal Aid again...
Posted 12 Sep 2016