Public subsidies paid to millionaire grouse shooters
As millions of Britons continue to suffer economic hard times, Animal Aid demands an end to public subsidies for millionaire grouse shoot owners.
Posted 31 Oct 2013
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Veal production in the UK
Dairy cows are made pregnant so that they produce commercial quantities of milk. Female calves may join the herd as replacements for their worn-out mothers who are ‘culled’. The males – and some of the...
Posted 28 Oct 2013
Culling badgers spreads TB
Scientists at the University of Exeter have studied badgers to see how their social interaction may spread bovine TB. They found that TB-infected badgers tended to be shunned within their social groups and were more...
Posted 22 Oct 2013
Horsemeat scandal: The Guardian’s revelations
The Guardian’s Felicity Lawrence has conducted a thorough and eye-opening investigation into the horsemeat scandal, which has uncovered a ‘labyrinth of murky meat brokerage that stretches across borders and takes in drug and horse smuggling,...
Posted 22 Oct 2013
The badgers are moving the goalposts
Today, Defra Minister Owen Paterson declared the trial badger cull in Somerset successful, but only because the official estimate of badger numbers was sharply reduced in the last few days.
Posted 09 Oct 2013
Be kind – don’t kill
As cold weather approaches, wild animals may search for warmth and sustenance within our homes.
Posted 03 Oct 2013
Call for processed red meat sales to be restricted like tobacco, due to cancer link
National campaign group Animal Aid has launched a campaign calling for processed red meat products – such as bacon, sausages and ham – to be restricted in the same way as tobacco products, because of...
Posted 19 Sep 2013
No safe limit campaign tour
To launch our new No Safe Limit campaign – which calls for sales restrictions on processed red meat due to its link to bowel cancer – Animal Aid is taking to the road to visit...
Posted 18 Sep 2013
The badger cull: government cannot define ‘humaneness’
The government’s Chief Veterinary Officer has finally admitted that he cannot define ‘humaneness’, despite the fact that the badger cull is being carried out specifically to test for it. Nigel Gibbens wrote: 'There are, however,...
Posted 16 Sep 2013
Keep gun magazines away from children!
National Anti-Shooting Week targets WHSmith Animal Aid’s ‘Battle Bus’ – a converted ambulance emblazoned with stark protest imagery and messages – will soon be travelling the country as part of a national campaign to have violent...
Posted 12 Sep 2013