Labour commits to phasing out animal testing
The Labour Party has today (August 28) published its Animal Welfare Manifesto, which contains a wide range of progressive measures.
Posted 28 Aug 2019
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Ban the whip! Animal Aid’s new London bus adverts take to the streets
Buses adorned with Animal Aid’s new advertising campaign to ban the whip in horse racing have now been rolled out in central London.
Posted 07 Aug 2019
Horse racing reaches a new low as pregnant mare is killed having been forced to race three times in just 17 days
Exploitation at its worst in horse racing was exposed yesterday evening (21 May) at Hexham Racecourse. Eleven year-old mare, Beyondtemptation, was forced to race for the third time in just 17 days and was subsequently...
Posted 22 May 2019
Grand National shame as horse Up For Review is killed at the first fence
Chaos at the first fence in the Grand National resulted in race horse Up For Review being brought down by a fallen horse.
Posted 06 Apr 2019
Grand National Race Meeting kills two horses on second day – Animal Aid asks people not to bet on the Grand National tomorrow
Amid pitiful scenes of suffering on racing’s most notorious racecourse, campaign group, Animal Aid, is calling on the public to not bet on tomorrow’s Grand National.
Posted 05 Apr 2019
As the notorious Grand National looms, pressure builds for a new regulator to protect horses
In the wake of three horse deaths at the recent Cheltenham Festival and ahead of the Grand National meeting which starts on 4 April, national campaigning group, Animal Aid, has renewed its call for a...
Posted 25 Mar 2019
Pressure builds on Cheltenham and the British Horseracing Authority to suspend racing as three horses killed
On the last day of the Cheltenham Festival, two more horses have lost their lives, one of whom died in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Posted 15 Mar 2019
Calls to stop racing as horse is killed at the Cheltenham Festival
National animal campaign group, Animal Aid, is calling for racing at Cheltenham to be immediately suspended after the death of race horse Ballyward on the first day of the 2019 meeting.
Posted 12 Mar 2019
National animal rights group calls on public to boycott the Cheltenham Festival
In the lead-up to the 2019 Cheltenham Festival, Animal Aid is calling for punters to boycott the Festival following an horrific death toll in 2018.
Posted 11 Mar 2019
Racing to resume in spite of equine flu outbreak: Animal Aid’s statement
The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has confirmed that racing will resume from tomorrow (Wednesday 13th February), following the outbreak of equine flu.
Posted 12 Feb 2019
