Charlotte Dujardin, a dressage champion for Team GB, has withdrawn from the 2024 Paris Olympics. This is due to recently-surfaced footage, taken four years ago of her whipping a horse repeatedly around the legs.
Posted 24 Jul 2024
Shocking figures obtained by Animal Aid show that 112 horses were killed on British racecourses from January – June 2024, and there were 299 abuses of the whip.
Posted 19 Jul 2024
On 31st May, Animal Aid staff and fellow activists held a peaceful demo outside Epsom Ladies’ Day.
Posted 01 Jun 2024
Giovinco (IRE), a 7-year-old, and Pikar (FR), also 7, were tragically killed today on the second day of The Grand National Meeting. This brings the number of horses killed at this 3 day meeting up...
Posted 12 Apr 2024
Shocking information from The Food Standards Agency, given to Animal Aid through a Freedom of Information request, detailed that 175 horses with Weatherbys passports were sent to slaughter in England in 2023. This is an...
Posted 10 Apr 2024
The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has launched its latest welfare initiative, (Horse PWR), ahead of this week’s Grand National meeting, to stem the tide of criticism about its poor welfare record in relation to on-course...
Posted 08 Apr 2024
đź’” R.I.P to Highland Hunter (IRE), aged 11, and Ose Partir (FR), aged 4, who were both killed today at the Cheltenham Festival 12/03/24
Posted 12 Mar 2024
Disturbing figures show that whip offences by jockeys have increased by 48.5% in 2023 when compared to figures from 2022.
Posted 19 Jan 2024
Animal Aid has challenged the government’s Minister for Rural Affairs, Lord Benyon, to watch our undercover horse slaughter footage, after we received a copy of a letter that the Minister sent to an MP stating:...
Posted 31 Oct 2023
After years of killing horses at an unprecedented level, the 2024 Grand National will be run under slightly improved conditions. The racing industry has succumbed to public pressure and persistent campaigning by Animal Aid, and...
Posted 12 Oct 2023
