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Fireworks frighten

This Bonfire Night, please spare a thought for the animals and birds who may be terrified by the deafening crashes and blinding flashes. Traumatised dogs are rushed to vets for emergency treatment; sheep can spontaneously...

Posted 05 Nov 2014

Please think before supporting Movember

Animal Aid is asking the public to stop and think before they support the ‘Movember’ initiative (which involves growing a moustache throughout the month of November), since some of the money raised is used to...

Posted 28 Oct 2014

Exeter’s cruelty-free Christmas extravaganza returns

South West’s first Green MEP to be special guest South West Christmas Without Cruelty Festival 2014 – Saturday 22 November Exeter Corn Exchange Market Street, Exeter, EX1 1BU 10am-4.15pm FREE ENTRY

Posted 09 Oct 2014

One-in-eight British adults is veggie

A survey conducted by Mintel has found that one-in-eight British adults has ditched meat and fish, with that number rising to one-in-five for younger people aged 16-24. The research found that millions more people have...

Posted 01 Oct 2014

Gun lobby under fire

The gun lobby has today suffered a serious body blow with the publication of two scientifically robust reports that, on the one hand, demolishes claims that ‘sport shooting’ is immensely valuable to the UK economy...

Posted 01 Oct 2014

Government kills parakeets

Animal Aid campaigns for all wildlife and, for several years, we have worked alongside local campaigners to try to stop the government ‘cull’ of a tiny number of monk parakeets living in the wild around...

Posted 29 Sep 2014

Animal Aid’s Christmas Fayre 2014

A feast of ethical festive treats awaits you at the Animal Aid Christmas Fayre. To enrich your mind, soul... and stomach.

Posted 25 Sep 2014

Bullet in the head for a long-haul horse

These are photographs the racing industry does not want the public to see. They show Wigmore Hall moments after breaking his leg at Doncaster Racecourse, and then being shot in the head by a vet....

Posted 19 Sep 2014

United Utilities calls off the cull!

Campaign by Bird Lover and Animal Aid Successful When bird lover David Kennedy discovered that Canada geese were being shot at Lingley Mere – a lake owned by Warrington-based United Utilities – he felt he had...

Posted 19 Sep 2014