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Crustaceans feel anxiety

New research – in which crayfish were stressed using mild electric shocks – indicates that the species experiences anxiety. This adds to a growing body of evidence that decapod crustaceans (lobsters, crabs, prawns and crayfish)...

Posted 13 Jun 2014

Full text of SNP reply

1) The SNP want to see the development of an infrastructure of regional slaughterhouses, through rural development support and a revision of state aid rules, which will reduce the need to transport animals long distances...

Posted 21 May 2014

Vivisectors’ concordat a public relations ploy

Animal Aid has dismissed a ‘concordat on openness’, signed by 72 practitioners or advocates of animal research, as a manoeuvre to boost dwindling public confidence in vivisection and how it is regulated.

Posted 14 May 2014

Correct way to hold laboratory mouse

Medical charities challenged to public vivisection debate

To mark World Day for Animals in Laboratories (April 24), Animal Aid is challenging four prominent UK medical research charities to take part in a public debate about the moral and scientific merits of the...

Posted 20 Apr 2014

The 2014 Grand National

‘Thankfully, there were no horse fatalities in this year’s Grand National but the race was a stomach-churning, chaotic event, with just 18 of the 39 who took part able to complete the course. Eight horses...

Posted 05 Apr 2014

No Safe Limit for Bowel Cancer Awareness month

April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, making it the perfect time to warn people that eating processed red meat – such as bacon and sausages – increases the risk of bowel cancer, the second biggest...

Posted 01 Apr 2014